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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:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2009
Nobuhiro Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuhiro Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention makes it possible to manage the wireless resources of each network even if network separation, disappearance, and recreation are repeated. The invention includes a management apparatus () which communicates with an AP () in the first network. The management apparatus () includes a reception unit which receives a message (M) from some () of the communication apparatuses when some () of a plurality of communication apparatuses form the second network, a management unit which manages information for forming the second network, and information on a network with which some () of the communication apparatuses that have belonged to the second network should associate, and a transmission unit which transmits messages (M, M) containing the information for forming the second network to some () of the communication apparatuses when the message (M) is received.
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