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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Taichi Ueno, Nagano, JP;
Kenji Sakuda, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2013.01); G06F 3/1292 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); G06F 3/1236 (2013.01); H04W 76/023 (2013.01); H04W 76/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wireless communication unit forms any one of a first wireless network and a second wireless network, and performs wireless communication with a terminal device. An NFC communication unit performs short distance wireless communication with a terminal device. A controller switches a network of the wireless communication, which is formed by the wireless communication unit, from the first wireless network to the second wireless network, in response to the short distance wireless communication with the terminal device in a case in which the wireless communication unit forms the first wireless network.