Wireless LAN Setting System Guiding Parameter Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional wireless LAN systems face difficulties in setting up connections between communication terminals and wireless access points, especially for devices with low operability, leading to complex and troublesome settings, and incomplete parameter displays which can hinder connection establishment.
Innovation Solution
A computer program product that enables a second communication terminal to instruct a first communication terminal on connection settings, determining its capability to acquire necessary parameters and guiding the user through selecting and inputting parameter groups to ensure complete settings, even if the first terminal lacks the acquiring function.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If remote setup is used for communication terminals with low operability, then the complexity of settings is reduced, but the setting process becomes incomplete when the target terminal lacks parameter acquisition capability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a setting terminal as an intermediary that possesses both parameter acquisition capability and user interface. This intermediary terminal collects parameters from access points and transmits them to the target terminal, bridging the gap between terminals with and without acquisition capabilities. The setting terminal acts as a mediator that ensures complete parameter transmission regardless of the target terminal's inherent capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The setting terminal is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a parameter acquisition device and as a configuration interface for the target terminal. It can perform multiple roles: scanning for access points, collecting parameters, displaying options to the user, and transmitting settings to the target terminal. This universal approach ensures that the setting process remains complete and reliable across different terminal capabilities.
2Productivity
If the target communication terminal executes parameter acquisition processes, then the burden on the setting terminal is reduced, but the setting process fails if the target terminal lacks the necessary capability
Solution Approach 1:
The setting terminal performs parameter acquisition in advance before transmitting settings to the target terminal. By collecting parameters from access points beforehand and storing them in its own memory, the setting terminal ensures that all necessary parameters are available regardless of the target terminal's capabilities. This preliminary action prevents process failure due to capability mismatches.
Solution Approach 2:
The setting terminal serves as an intermediary that decouples the parameter acquisition function from the target terminal. Instead of requiring the target terminal to acquire parameters itself, the setting terminal performs acquisition and then transmits the collected parameters to the target terminal, ensuring process completion regardless of the target's inherent capabilities.
3Loss of information
If incomplete parameter groups are displayed, then the user can see available options, but the connection setting cannot be completed
Solution Approach 1:
The setting terminal implements feedback by verifying parameter completeness before presenting options to the user. It checks whether all necessary parameters for connection establishment are available, and only displays parameter groups that are complete. This feedback mechanism prevents users from selecting incomplete parameter sets that would fail to establish connections.
Solution Approach 2:
The setting terminal performs preliminary verification of parameter completeness before displaying parameter groups to the user. By checking in advance whether all required parameters are present, it ensures that only complete and usable parameter sets are presented for selection, preventing connection establishment failures.
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AI summary
A computer program product for a wireless LAN system is configured such that connection settings necessary for a first communication terminal to connect with a wireless access point are made in accordance with an instruction from a second communication terminal, the second communication terminal being capable of performing data communication with the first communication terminal, the computer program product comprising computer readable instructions that cause a computer to function as the second communication terminal, the instructions defining procedures of determining, with performing data communication with the first communication terminal, whether the first communication terminal is capable of realizing a predetermined process regarding the connection settings by itself, and instructing the first communication terminal by sending the instruction for the connection settings to the first communication terminal in accordance with a result of determination made by the determining procedure.