Patent ID: 8560680
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An assistance device for providing a user with an identifier of an access point which is to be set in a wireless device, the assistance device comprising: a controller configured to execute a process, comprising: a first determining that determines, by utilizing specific information included in network information related to a network and stored in the assistance device, whether an IP address of the assistance device is an IP address that was assigned by an IP address assignment server; extracting, from the network information stored in the assistance device, an IP address of the IP address assignment server that assigned the IP address to the assistance device when the first determining determines that the IP address of the assistance device is the IP address that was assigned by the IP address assignment server; and obtaining from the access point, by utilizing the extracted IP address of the IP address assignment server, information comprising the identifier of the access point, so as to display the information comprising the identifier of the access point on a display unit, wherein obtaining the information comprising the identifier comprises: sending a first signal, with the extracted IP address of the IP address assignment server as a destination, to the access point which is configured integrally with the IP address assignment server, so as to obtain the information comprising the identifier of the access point from the access point, and a second determining that determines, by utilizing the extracted IP address of the IP address assignment server, whether the access point having a router function which is configured separately with the IP address assignment server may exist on a communication path between the assistance device and the IP address assignment server, and wherein, in a first case where a determination is made in the second determining that the access point having the router function may not exist on the communication path, the controller executes the sending of the first signal, with the extracted IP address of the IP address assignment server as the destination, so as to obtain the information including the identifier of the access point from the access point which is configured integrally with the IP address assignment server.