Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Masaichi Yano

Ryuichi Okamoto

Masaki Mukai

Tomoyuki Shimomura

Masato Ukena

An information processing apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a processor; a network interface that establishes a connection to a network and a connection to a client terminal; and a storage unit, wherein the processor is capable of executing a tethering function to control communication between the network and the client terminal through the network interface, the storage unit stores network information of the network, to which the information processing apparatus connects, and ON/OFF information of the tethering function in association with the network information, and the processor sets the tethering function based on the ON/OFF information of the tethering function when the network interface connects to the network.

Client terminal's tethering function is selectively turn on or off based on network connection

A highly convenient information processing device is provided. The information processing device according to the present disclosure includes a communication unit, a storage unit in which an OS and a program are stored, and a processor configured to execute a predetermined program based on identification information of a predetermined network when the communication unit establishes a connection to the predetermined network. In a case where the communication unit establishes a connection to the predetermined network when the information processing device is in a sleep state, the processor does not execute the predetermined program, and after the sleep state is cleared, the processor executes the predetermined program.

Information processing device

A network connecting device includes: a wired LAN connection detection section that detects connecting of a LAN cable; a profile management section that manages a profile; a profile selection section that selects in sequence at least one profile that indicates wired LAN connection; a network configuration section that sets a network configuration based on the selected profile; a network identification information acquisition section that acquires network identification information; a network determination section that determines whether or not a wired LAN with which a connection is formed by the LAN cable and a network indicated by the profile match each other; and a network connection section that applies the profile when it is determined as a match.

Network connecting device and method

A network connection device includes: one or more network devices; a network switching control section configured to determine a second network as a candidate network to which connection is subsequently switched from a first network to which a network device is currently connecting; a network relation state determination section configured to determine whether or not the network device is used for forming a PAN; a disconnection-caused disadvantage determination section configured to determine whether or not a disadvantage to a user will be caused by switching connection to the second network, based on the result of the determination by the network relation state determination section; and a switching acceptability determination section configured to prohibit switching connection to the second network when the result of the determination is that a disadvantage to the user will be caused.

Network connection device and method

In a network connecting device connectable to a network, a connection approval/disapproval determination section determines approval/disapproval of connection to a network in accordance with a connection approval/disapproval determination rule managed by a connection approval/disapproval determination rule management section. When there is a security problem in a content of the connection approval/disapproval determination rule if a connection is to be formed, the security problem is solved by having a user re-input authentication information in the content of the connection approval/disapproval determination rule.

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