Patent ID: 8972552
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A management apparatus comprising: a management unit configured to manage a connection parameter for connecting to a second wireless network, the connection parameter including an SSID (Service Set Identifier) of the second wireless network and an encryption key for performing encrypted communication in the second wireless network, wherein the second wireless network is created by a first communication apparatus differing from the management apparatus, and wherein the first communication apparatus is connected to as a station and then disconnected from a first wireless network that the management apparatus has created as an access point, and newly creates the second wireless network as an access point; and a notification unit configured to, in response to receiving a request from a second communication apparatus connected to the first wireless network, notify the second communication apparatus of the connection parameter managed by said management unit to cause the second communication apparatus to disconnect from the first wireless network and then to connect to the second wireless network, wherein the second communication apparatus is different from the management apparatus and the first communication apparatus, wherein the management apparatus connects to the first wireless network but does not connect to the second wireless network, and wherein at least one of the management unit and the notification unit is executed by a processor.