Wireless Setting Reuse via Network Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless communication settings, such as those using the NFC protocol, often require reconfiguration for each use, leading to futile storage efforts and potential disconnection issues with protocols like Wi-Fi Direct, which use one-time SSIDs, making them unavailable for subsequent use.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with a processor and storage medium that stores default device information and associations, allowing for efficient communication by identifying and utilizing either default or temporary devices based on network matching, reducing the need for repeated configuration and maintaining connectivity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If one-time wireless setting is used for wireless communication establishment, then wireless communication can be established successfully, but the setting cannot be reused upon re-establishing communication
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary classification of wireless settings into reusable settings and one-time settings before actual communication establishment. By identifying which settings can be reused in advance, the system avoids unnecessary reconfiguration while maintaining reliable communication establishment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments wireless settings into two distinct categories: reusable settings and one-time settings. This segmentation allows the system to apply different handling strategies to each type, storing reusable settings for future use while properly managing one-time settings that require reconfiguration.
2Productivity
If wireless setting storage is performed, then future communication can be facilitated, but storage of one-time settings is a futile operation
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary determination of whether a wireless setting is reusable or one-time before storing it. This preliminary action prevents futile storage operations by identifying one-time settings in advance and excluding them from storage, thereby saving energy while maintaining high communication efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts one-time settings from the pool of all wireless settings and excludes them from storage operations. By separating these settings before the storage process, the system eliminates wasteful energy consumption associated with storing settings that cannot be reused.
3Ease of operation
If default device information is stored for reuse, then repeated setup can be eliminated, but unreliable communication paths may be continuously used
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms to monitor the status and reliability of stored default device information. By continuously checking whether communication paths remain valid and reliable, the system can update or invalidate stored settings based on current conditions, ensuring both ease of operation and communication reliability.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus may communicate with a communication-target device, which is a device with which the information processing apparatus is to communicate, via a first type interface section. The information processing apparatus may store, in a first storage area, target identification information for identifying the communication-target device as default identification information, in a case where a first network to which the communication-target device belongs is identical to a second network to which the information processing apparatus belongs via the second type interface section. The target identification information may be stored in association with at least one of a plurality of attributes. The information processing apparatus may cause the target identification information not to be stored in the first storage area as the default identification information in a case where the first network is not identical to the second network.