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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2011
Masahito Shinohara, Tokyo, JP;
Masahito Shinohara, Tokyo, JP;
Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong), Quarry Bay, HK;
Abstract
A communication system includes: a communication device having information provision unit for providing information on a communication state; and a communication terminal including information acquisition unit for acquiring the information on the communication state, and wireless LAN communication unit for operating either in a station (STA) mode for connecting with an access point or in an AP mode for operating as the access point (AP) based on the acquired information. The communication terminal connects with the access point in the case that the communication terminal operates in the STA mode, and the communication device connects with the communication terminal in the case that the communication terminal operates in the AP mode.