Patent ID: 7697932

Claim:
A method for setting communication parameters for a wireless network between communication apparatuses, the communication parameters including encryption information and authentication information for wireless communication, the method comprising: a detection step of detecting a network identifier for identifying the wireless network; a selection step of selecting a communication parameter setting method corresponding to the network identifier detected in the detection step from among a plurality of communication parameter setting methods, wherein the communication parameter setting method comprises a method for setting the communication parameters for communicating over the wireless network between communication apparatuses by transmitting the communication parameters from one communication apparatus to other communication apparatuses using predetermined procedures and messages in order to set the communication parameters to the respective communication apparatus, and wherein each communication parameter setting method differs from other communication parameter setting methods in the procedures or messages for setting the communication parameters; a connection step of connecting to a communication parameter setting wireless network, which is used for setting the communication parameters and is identified by the network identifier detected in the detection step, for performing the setting by the communication parameter setting method selected in the selection step; and a setting step of setting the communication parameters for data communication by using the selected communication parameter setting method in the communication parameter setting wireless network connected in the connection step.