Wireless connection setting program

Abstract

A computer program product includes computer readable instructions that cause a computer to execute a wireless connection setting process. The computer includes a communication interface configured to communicate with at least one device. The wireless connection setting process includes recognizing a state of the at least one device through the communication interface, displaying an input screen image sequentially for each of at least one setting item of wireless connection settings, configuring the wireless connection settings for the at least one device based upon the input, and controlling whether to display the input screen image by judging whether the input is required to be received for each of the at least one setting item based upon the state of the recognized at least one device. Said configuring includes determining the setting item for which the input is not judged required to be received.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 from Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-104454, filed on Mar. 31, 2005. The entire subject matter of the application is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND [0002] 1. Technical Field [0003] The following description relates to one or more techniques that may be used to configure setting for a wireless connection between a computer and a device. [0004] 2. Related Art [0005] Conventionally, in order to allow various kinds of devices such as a printing device (a printer, Multi Function Peripheral (MFP), etc.) to join a wireless network, various settings necessary for joining the wireless network are configured using a setup wizard. A setup wizard is a program designed to configure such various settings, generally run by a personal computer (PC) on the wireless network. [0006] It is noted that the setup wizard is generally set to allow the device to join the wireless network onl...

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Benefits of technology

[0009] Aspects of the present invention are advantageous in that one or more techniques that allow a user to easily configure settings for a wireless connection between a computer and a device can be provided.

Problems solved by technology

For this reason, even in the case of configuring simple settings for the wireless network with only one device to be connected to the wireless network and one wireless access point, a lot of trouble is required for setting the wireless network.

In addition, since the user has to input even information, which a certain level of technical knowledge about the wireless network is required for inputting, such as information for specifying an “SSID (Service Set Identifier)” or “Channel”, there is a problem that those who do not have sufficient technical knowledge about the wireless network as some general users, cannot easily configure the settings for the wireless network.

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