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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2002
Takurou Noda, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Igarashi, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a communication apparatus and method that allow setting for forming a wireless link to be automatically executed without requiring a special setting operation. A personal computerforms a wireless link with an access-point deviceusing a wireless communication unit, and exchanges data with, for example, a server (not shown) connected to a network, via the access-point device. The personal computerrequires an SSID and a WEP KEY defined in IEEE 802.11b to be set before forming a wireless link with the access-point device. The setting is executed only by placing an IC cardwithin a predetermined distance of (or momentarily in contact with) an IC-card contactless communication unitof the personal computer. The present invention can be applied to a wireless LAN system including personal computers, PDAs, access-points, etc.
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