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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Softbank Mobile Corp., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masayoshi Son, Minato-ku, JP;
Hironobu Tamba, Minato-ku, JP;
Masayuki Doi, Minato-ku, JP;
Takafumi Okaniwa, Minato-ku, JP;
Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Minato-ku, JP;
Younpyo Hong, Minato-ku, JP;
Yasuhiro Noda, Minato-ku, JP;
Assignee:
SOFTBANK CORP., Minato-ku, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
The terminal according to the present application includes: a communication module for scanning to detect accessible access points and connecting to one of the accessible access points; and a connection controller for targeting an identical accessible access point, which has been consecutively detected by a predetermined number of times of scans at predetermined time intervals among the accessible access points, for connection.