Patent ID: 8259650
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication device, comprising: radio communication means; and means for switching a function between a station function and an access point function; wherein in a state that the function of the communication device, responsive to a user input operation on the communication device, has been switched to the access point function, the communication device is connected to another communication device contained in a radio communication network through the radio communication means, the communication device receives connection setting information from the other communication device through the radio communication means, the connection setting information having been set thereto and a user input operation at the other communication device causing the communication device to receive the connection setting information, the communication device stores the received connection setting information, and after the function of the communication device has been switched from the access point function to the station function, the communication device is connected to an access point which is different and separate from the other communication device based on the stored connection setting information, such that the communication device is connectable to the access point based on the connection setting information stored in the communication device which was provided from the other communication device without using a cable connection between the communication device and the other communication device.