US 11,818,779 B2
System and method of connecting devices via Wi-Fi network
Hee-chul Jeon, Suwon-si (KR); Jung-ho Kim, Geumsan-gun (KR); Yong-gook Park, Yongin-si (KR); Woo-hyoung Lee, Yongin-si (KR); and Sang-ok Cha, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/979,370.
Application 17/979,370 is a continuation of application No. 17/368,265, filed on Jul. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,523,447.
Application 17/368,265 is a continuation of application No. 16/139,673, filed on Sep. 24, 2018, granted, now 11,357,061, issued on Jun. 7, 2022.
Application 16/139,673 is a continuation of application No. 14/062,177, filed on Oct. 24, 2013, granted, now 10,111,266, issued on Oct. 23, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2012-0123095 (KR), filed on Nov. 1, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0058382 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/11 (2018.02) [H04W 48/20 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, performed by an electronic device, for connecting to an external access point (AP), the method comprising:
setting a networking mode of the electronic device to an AP mode, wherein, in the AP mode, the electronic device operates as an AP in a Wi-Fi network;
while the electronic device is in the AP mode:
broadcasting password information for connecting to the electronic device;
based on an input of a password corresponding to the password information, establishing a first communication interface with an external device in the AP mode; and
receiving, from the external device via the established first communication interface, connection information related to the external AP in the AP mode; and
based on the receiving of the connection information related to the external AP:
changing the networking mode of the electronic device from the AP mode to a client mode; and
establishing a second communication interface with the external AP by using the connection information related to the external AP in the client mode,
wherein the password information for connecting to the electronic device comprises a guide information relating to checking the password for establishing the first communication interface with the electronic device in the AP mode.