Patent ID: 9052862
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06F,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication device configured to be capable of operating selectively in any state among a plurality of states including a parent state performing as a parent station of a wireless network and a child state performing as a child station of the wireless network, the wireless communication device comprising: one or more processors; and a memory that stores a computer program including instructions executed by the one or more processors, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors, when executed by the one or more processors, to function as: a communication controlling unit configured to receive a signal from an external device; a state determination unit configured to: determine in which of the parent state and the child state the wireless communication device is to operate by executing a particular wireless communication for the determination in a case where the communication controlling unit receives a first type of signal including specific information, the specific information includes information indicating that the external device is capable of executing a process for determining in which of the parent state and the child state the external device is to operate; and determine the wireless communication device is to operate in the parent state without executing the particular wireless communication in a case where the communication controlling unit receives a second type of signal not including the specific information; and an establishing controlling unit configured to: send a first wireless profile to a first external device so as to establish a wireless connection with the first external device by using the first wireless profile in a case where it is determined that the wireless communication device is to operate in the parent state; and receive a second wireless profile from a second external device so as to establish a wireless connection with the second external device by using the second wireless profile in a case where it is determined that the wireless communication device is to operate in the child state.