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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 28/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/14 (2013.01); G06F 3/1205 (2013.01); G06F 3/1231 (2013.01); G06F 3/1292 (2013.01); H04W 76/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 28/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A relay stationconstructs an infrastructure wireless networkL. A printing devicerequests new participation in the wireless networkL. When preset conditions are satisfied, for example, when the user has pressed a push buttonprovided on the relay station, the relay stationestablishes temporary wireless communication with the printing deviceand changes an SSID of the printing deviceto an SSID of the relay station. In this manner, this arrangement readily changes the configuration information of the printing device