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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a mechanism capable of maintaining the security level while simplifying the WPS protocol. A device includes a processing unit that notifies an access point of a message used to instruct the access point to establish a connection for infrastructure communication with another device on condition that a connection for P2P communication with the other device is established, a connection for infrastructure communication with the access point is established or there is a history in which the connection has been established, and a connection for infrastructure communication between the other device and the access point is not established.