Patent ID: 7715834

Claim:
A wireless communication system, comprising: a wireless communication adapter configured for wireless communication; a storage device configured to store setting information for the wireless communication adapter, the setting information obtained from a physically separate computing device; and a non-wireless device including a connector configured to support plug and play functionality and further configured to selectively connect to one of the storage device and the wireless communication adapter, wherein the non-wireless device includes: a detection unit configured to detect connection to the connector each time a connection to the connector is made, a memory configured to store setting information for the wireless communication adapter, and a controller configured to: judge whether one of the storage device and the wireless communication adapter is connected to the connector in response to the detection of a connection to the connector by the detection unit, obtain the setting information stored in the storage device through the connector and store the obtained setting information in the memory if it is judged that the storage device is connected to the connector, and obtain the setting information stored in the memory and apply the setting information to the wireless communication adapter through the connector if it is judged that the wireless communication adapter is connected to the connector, wherein the setting information enables the non-wireless device to communicate wirelessly when the setting information is obtained by the non-wireless device and when the wireless communication adapter is connected via the connector to the non-wireless device, and wherein the wireless communication adapter performs wireless communication in accordance with the setting information which is applied by the controller, and wherein the wireless communication adapter, the storage device, and the non-wireless device are physically separable from each other.