Wi-Fi Password Sharing Between Apps for Reliable Device Setup
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing apparatuses face challenges in improving the usability of application programs that transmit connection information, particularly passwords, to communication devices, often resulting in incorrect password inputs and failed connections.
Innovation Solution
The method involves using a first application program to acquire a password of an external access point via a file sharing function of the operating system, allowing the communication apparatus to connect securely by managing and sharing connection information, including passwords, through a password management app.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a first application program manually inputs a password to connect to an access point, then the connection process can be completed, but the usability deteriorates due to frequent incorrect password inputs and connection failures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a password management application as an intermediary between the first application program and the access point password. The first application program requests password sharing from the password management application, which then provides the correct password through the operating system's file sharing function. This mediator eliminates manual password input errors while maintaining connection reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The password management application performs preliminary actions by storing and managing access point passwords in advance. When the first application program needs to connect to an access point, the password is already prepared and can be quickly shared through the file sharing function, eliminating the need for manual input and preventing connection failures due to incorrect passwords.
2Adaptability or versatility
If connection information is transmitted through multiple application programs, then the functionality is enhanced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes the operating system's existing file sharing function, which is a universal mechanism already present in the system, to enable password transmission between different application programs. This approach provides versatile connection methods without requiring each application program to implement its own password management logic, thereby avoiding increased system complexity.
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AI summary
A method for controlling an information processing apparatus including a program including a first application program for communicating with a communication apparatus and an operating system includes acquiring, using the first application program, a password of an access point external to the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus that is managed by a second application program different from the first application program, via a file sharing function of the operating system called by the second application program, and transmitting, using the first application program, connection information including the password acquired via the file sharing function of the operating system to the communication apparatus.