The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 09, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2012
Masaki Mukai, Hyogo, JP;
Ryuichi Okamoto, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyuki Shimomura, Osaka, JP;
Masaichi Yano, Hyogo, JP;
Masato Ukena, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Mukai, Hyogo, JP;
Ryuichi Okamoto, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyuki Shimomura, Osaka, JP;
Masaichi Yano, Hyogo, JP;
Masato Ukena, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
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.