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.
Claims
exact text as granted — not AI-modified1 . A computer program product comprising computer readable instructions that cause a computer to execute a wireless connection setting process, the computer including a communication interface configured to communicate with at least one device, the wireless connection setting process being executed in response to the computer receiving an external setting request for configuring wireless connection settings that may be used to make the at least one device join a wireless network, the wireless connection setting process including:
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, to be set, of the wireless connection settings, the input screen image being designed for receiving an input for each of the at least one setting item thereon; configuring the wireless connection settings for the at least one device based upon the input; and controlling whether to display the input screen image for each of the at least one setting item of the wireless connection settings in said displaying 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 at least one device that is recognized in said recognizing the state of the at least one device, wherein said configuring the wireless connection settings includes determining the setting item for which the input is not judged required to be received in said controlling whether to display the input screen image based upon the state of the at least one device recognized in said recognizing the state of the at least one device.
2 . The computer program product according to claim 1 ,
wherein said displaying the input screen image includes displaying as one of the input screen images a setting device selecting screen image for selecting any one of the at least one device whose state is recognized in said recognizing the state of the at least one device as an intended device for which the wireless connection settings are to be configured, wherein said controlling whether to display the input screen image includes preventing displaying the setting device selecting screen image in said displaying the input screen image, in response to the at least one device being recognized to be only one in said recognizing the state of the at least one device, and wherein said configuring the wireless connection settings includes: determining a device that is selected on the setting device selecting screen image as the intended device for which the wireless connection settings are to be configured, in response to the at least one device being recognized to be two or more in said recognizing the state of the at least one device; and determining a device as the intended device in response to the device being the only one device recognized in said recognizing the state of the at least one device.
3 . The computer program product according to claim 1 ,
wherein said recognizing the state of the at least one device is intended for one or more predetermined types of devices.
4 . The computer program product according to claim 1 ,
wherein the communication interface is configured to wirelessly communicate, wherein the wireless connection settings include recognizing wireless networks through the communication interface, wherein said displaying the input screen image includes displaying as one of the input screen images a wireless network selecting screen image for selecting any one of the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks as an intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join, wherein said controlling whether to display the input screen image includes preventing displaying the wireless network selecting screen image in said displaying the input screen image, in response to the wireless networks being recognized to be only one in said recognizing the wireless networks, and wherein said configuring the wireless connection settings includes: determining a wireless network selected on the wireless network selecting screen image as the intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join, in response to the wireless networks being recognized to be two or more in said recognizing the wireless networks; configuring the wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join the selected wireless network; determining a wireless network as the intended wireless network in response to the wireless network being recognized to be only one in said recognizing the wireless networks; and configuring the wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join the only one wireless network.
5 . The computer program product according to claim 1 ,
wherein the communication interface is configured to wirelessly communicate, wherein the wireless connection settings include recognizing wireless networks through the communication interface, wherein said displaying the input screen image includes displaying as one of the input screen images a wireless network selecting screen image for selecting any one of the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks as an intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join, wherein said controlling whether to display the input screen image includes preventing displaying the wireless network selecting screen image in said displaying the input screen image, in response to the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks including a wireless network that the computer is joining, and wherein said configuring the wireless connection settings includes: determining the wireless network selected on the wireless network selecting screen image as the intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join, in response to the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks not including the wireless network that the computer is joining; configuring the wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join the selected wireless network; determining the wireless network that the computer is joining as the intended wireless network in response to the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks including the wireless network that the computer is joining; and configuring the wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join the wireless network that the computer is joining.
6 . The computer program product according to claim 4 ,
wherein the wireless connection settings include recognizing whether a predetermined security function is set for the wireless network determined as the intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join in said configuring the wireless connection settings through the communication interface, and wherein said displaying the input screen image includes displaying a warning screen image for warning that the predetermined security function is not set for the wireless network determined as the intended wireless network in said recognizing whether a predetermined security function is set for the wireless network determined as the intended wireless network, in response to the predetermined security function being not judged to be set for the determined wireless network.
7 . A computer program product comprising computer readable instructions that cause a computer to execute a wireless connection setting process, the computer being configured to create a wireless connection with devices located therearound, the wireless connection setting process being executed in response to the computer receiving an external setting request for creating the wireless connection with any one of the devices located around the computer, the wireless connection setting process including:
recognizing the devices located around the computer through a wireless network; determining a device, which is recognized as only one device located around the computer in said recognizing the devices, as an intended device with which the computer is to create the wireless connection; and creating the wireless connection between the computer and the device determined in said determining the device.
8 . The computer program product according to claim 7 ,
wherein said determining the device includes: judging whether a device, which is recognized as only one device located around the computer in said recognizing the devices, conforms to a predetermined device with which the computer is to create the wireless connection; re-determining the recognized device as the intended device with which the computer is to create the wireless connection, in response to the recognized device conforming to the predetermined device in said judging; displaying a judging screen image for judging whether to select the recognized device as the intended device with showing the recognized device thereon, in response to the recognized device not conforming to the predetermined device in said judging; and determining the recognized device as the intended device with which the computer is to create the wireless connection, only in response to the recognized device being selected on the judging screen image in said displaying the judging screen image.
9 . The computer program product according to claim 7 ,
wherein said determining the device includes: displaying a selecting screen image for selecting any one of the recognized devices located around the computers as the intended device with which the computer is to create the wireless connection with showing the recognized devices located around the computers, in response to the devices located around the computer being recognized to be two or more in said recognizing the devices; and determining a device selected on the selecting screen image displayed in said displaying the selecting screen image as the intended device with which the computer is to create the wireless connection.
10 . The computer program product according to claim 7 ,
wherein the devices located around the computer include wireless access points, and wherein said determining the device includes determining a wireless access point externally specified as an intended wireless access point with which the computer is to create the wireless connection, in response to any wireless access points being not recognized.
11 . The computer program product according to claim 7 ,
wherein the devices located around the computer include wireless access points, and wherein the wireless connection setting process further includes: confirming whether a security function is set for the wireless access point that is determined as the intended wireless access point with which the computer is to create the wireless connection in said determining the device; and displaying a warning screen image for warning that the security function is not set for the determined wireless access point, in response to the security function being confirmed not to be set for the determined wireless access point in said confirming.
12 . The computer program product according to claim 7 ,
wherein said recognizing the devices is intended for one or more predetermined types of devices.
13 . A recording medium, comprising a wireless connection setting program stored therein such that a computer including a communication interface configured to communicate with at least one device can read the wireless connection setting program,
wherein the wireless connection setting program is designed to be executed in response to the computer receiving an external setting request for configuring wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join a wireless network, wherein the wireless connection setting program 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, to be set, of the wireless connection settings, the input screen image being designed for receiving an input for each of the at least one setting item thereon; configuring the wireless connection settings for the at least one device based upon the input; and controlling whether to display the input screen image for each of the at least one setting item of the wireless connection settings in said displaying 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 at least one device that is recognized in said recognizing the state of the at least one device, and wherein said configuring the wireless connection settings includes determining the setting item for which the input is not judged required to be received in said controlling whether to display the input screen image based upon the state of the at least one device recognized in said recognizing the state of the at least one device.
14 . The recording medium according to claim 13 ,
wherein said displaying the input screen image includes displaying as one of the input screen images a setting device selecting screen image for selecting any one of the at least one device whose state is recognized in said recognizing the state of the at least one device as an intended device for which the wireless connection settings are to be configured, wherein said controlling whether to display the input screen image includes preventing displaying the setting device selecting screen image in said displaying the input screen image, in response to the at least one device being recognized to be only one in said recognizing the state of the at least one device, and wherein said configuring the wireless connection settings includes: determining a device that is selected on the setting device selecting screen image as the intended device for which the wireless connection settings are to be configured, in response to the at least one device being recognized to be two or more in said recognizing the state of the at least one device; and determining a device as the intended device in response to the device being the only one device recognized in said recognizing the state of the at least one device.
15 . The recording medium according to claim 13 ,
wherein said recognizing the state of the at least one device is intended for one or more predetermined types of devices.
16 . The recording medium according to claim 13 ,
wherein the communication interface is configured to wirelessly communicate, wherein the wireless connection settings include recognizing wireless networks through the communication interface, wherein said displaying the input screen image includes displaying as one of the input screen images a wireless network selecting screen image for selecting any one of the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks as an intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join, wherein said controlling whether to display the input screen image includes preventing displaying the wireless network selecting screen image in said displaying the input screen image, in response to the wireless networks being recognized to be only one in said recognizing the wireless networks, and wherein said configuring the wireless connection settings includes: determining a wireless network selected on the wireless network selecting screen image as the intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join, in response to the wireless networks being recognized to be two or more in said recognizing the wireless networks; configuring the wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join the selected wireless network; determining a wireless network as the intended wireless network in response to the wireless network being recognized to be only one in said recognizing the wireless networks; and configuring the wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join the only one wireless network.
17 . The recording medium according to claim 13 ,
wherein the communication interface is configured to wirelessly communicate, wherein the wireless connection settings include recognizing wireless networks through the communication interface, wherein said displaying the input screen image includes displaying as one of the input screen images a wireless network selecting screen image for selecting any one of the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the state of the at least one device as an intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join, wherein said controlling whether to display the input screen image includes preventing displaying the wireless network selecting screen image in said displaying the input screen image, in response to the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks including a wireless network that the computer is joining, and wherein said configuring the wireless connection settings includes: determining the wireless network selected on the wireless network selecting screen image as the intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join, in response to the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks not including the wireless network that the computer is joining; configuring the wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join the selected wireless network; determining the wireless network that the computer is joining as the intended wireless network in response to the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks including the wireless network that the computer is joining; and configuring the wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join the wireless network that the computer is joining.
18 . The recording medium according to claim 16 ,
wherein the wireless connection settings include recognizing whether a predetermined security function is set for the wireless network determined as the intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join in said configuring the wireless connection settings through the communication interface, and wherein said displaying the input screen image includes displaying a warning screen image for warning that the predetermined security function is not set for the wireless network determined as the intended wireless network in said recognizing whether a predetermined security function is set for the wireless network determined as the intended wireless network, in response to the predetermined security function being not judged to be set for the determined wireless network.
19 . A recording medium, comprising a wireless connection setting program stored therein such that a computer configured to create a wireless connection with devices located therearound can read the wireless connection setting program,
wherein the wireless connection setting program is designed to be executed in response to the computer receiving an external setting request for creating the wireless connection with any one of the devices located around the computer, wherein the wireless connection setting program includes: recognizing the devices located around the computer through a wireless network; determining a device, which is recognized as only one device located around the computer in said recognizing the devices, as an intended device with which the computer is to create the wireless connection; and creating the wireless connection between the computer and the device determined in said determining the device.
20 . The recording medium according to claim 19 ,
wherein said determining the device includes: judging whether a device, which is recognized as only one device located around the computer in said recognizing the devices, conforms to a predetermined device with which the computer is to create the wireless connection; re-determining the recognized device as the intended device with which the computer is to create the wireless connection, in response to the recognized device conforming to the predetermined device in said judging; displaying a judging screen image for judging whether to select the recognized device as the intended device with showing the recognized device thereon, in response to the recognized device not conforming to the predetermined device in said judging; and determining the recognized device as the intended device with which the computer is to create the wireless connection, only in response to the recognized device being selected on the judging screen image in said displaying the judging screen image.
21 . The recording medium according to claim 19 ,
wherein said determining the device includes: displaying a selecting screen image for selecting any one of the recognized devices located around the computers as the intended device with which the computer is to create the wireless connection with showing the recognized devices located around the computers, in response to the devices located around the computer being recognized to be two or more in said recognizing the devices; and determining a device selected on the selecting screen image displayed in said displaying the selecting screen image as the intended device with which the computer is to create the wireless connection.
22 . The recording medium according to claim 19 ,
wherein the devices located around the computer include wireless access points, and wherein said determining the device includes determining a wireless access point externally specified as an intended wireless access point with which the computer is to create the wireless connection, in response to any wireless access points being not recognized.
23 . The recording medium according to claim 19 ,
wherein the devices located around the computer include wireless access points, and wherein the wireless connection setting program further includes: confirming whether a security function is set for the wireless access point that is determined as the intended wireless access point with which the computer is to create the wireless connection in said determining the device; and displaying a warning screen image for warning that the security function is not set for the determined wireless access point, in response to the security function being confirmed not to be set for the determined wireless access point in said confirming.
24 . The recording medium according to claim 19 ,
wherein said recognizing the devices is intended for one or more predetermined types of devices.
25 . A computer configured to join a wireless network, comprising:
a communication interface configured to communicate with at least one device; and a wireless connection setting program installed therein, wherein the wireless connection setting program is designed to be executed in response to the computer receiving an external setting request for configuring wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join the wireless network, wherein the wireless connection setting program 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, to be set, of the wireless connection settings, the input screen image being designed for receiving an input for each of the at least one setting item thereon; configuring the wireless connection settings for the at least one device based upon the input; and controlling whether to display the input screen image for each of the at least one setting item of the wireless connection settings in said displaying 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 at least one device that is recognized in said recognizing the state of the at least one device, and wherein said configuring the wireless connection settings includes determining the setting item for which the input is not judged required to be received in said controlling whether to display the input screen image based upon the state of the at least one device recognized in said recognizing the state of the at least one device.
26 . The computer according to claim 25 ,
wherein said displaying the input screen image includes displaying as one of the input screen images a setting device selecting screen image for selecting any one of the at least one device whose state is recognized in said recognizing the state of the at least one device as an intended device for which the wireless connection settings are to be configured, wherein said controlling whether to display the input screen image includes preventing displaying the setting device selecting screen image in said displaying the input screen image, in response to the at least one device being recognized to be only one in said recognizing the state of the at least one device, and wherein said configuring the wireless connection settings includes: determining a device that is selected on the setting device selecting screen image as the intended device for which the wireless connection settings are to be configured, in response to the at least one device being recognized to be two or more in said recognizing the state of the at least one device; and determining a device as the intended device in response to the device being the only one device recognized in said recognizing the state of the at least one device.
27 . The computer according to claim 25 ,
wherein said recognizing the state of the at least one device is intended for one or more predetermined types of devices.
28 . The computer according to claim 25 ,
wherein the communication interface is configured to wirelessly communicate, wherein the wireless connection settings include recognizing wireless networks through the communication interface, wherein said displaying the input screen image includes displaying as one of the input screen images a wireless network selecting screen image for selecting any one of the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks as an intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join, wherein said controlling whether to display the input screen image includes preventing displaying the wireless network selecting screen image in said displaying the input screen image, in response to the wireless networks being recognized to be only one in said recognizing the wireless networks, and wherein said configuring the wireless connection settings includes: determining a wireless network selected on the wireless network selecting screen image as the intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join, in response to the wireless networks being recognized to be two or more in said recognizing the wireless networks; configuring the wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join the selected wireless network; determining a wireless network as the intended wireless network in response to the wireless network being recognized to be only one in said recognizing the wireless networks; and configuring the wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join the only one wireless network.
29 . The computer according to claim 25 ,
wherein the communication interface is configured to wirelessly communicate, wherein the wireless connection settings include recognizing wireless networks through the communication interface, wherein said displaying the input screen image includes displaying as one of the input screen images a wireless network selecting screen image for selecting any one of the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks as an intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join, wherein said controlling whether to display the input screen image includes preventing displaying the wireless network selecting screen image in said displaying the input screen image, in response to the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks including a wireless network that the computer is joining, and wherein said configuring the wireless connection settings includes: determining the wireless network selected on the wireless network selecting screen image as the intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join, in response to the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks not including the wireless network that the computer is joining; configuring the wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join the selected wireless network; determining the wireless network that the computer is joining as the intended wireless network in response to the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks including the wireless network that the computer is joining; and configuring the wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join the wireless network that the computer is joining.
30 . The computer according to claim 28 ,
wherein the wireless connection settings includes recognizing whether a predetermined security function is set for the wireless network determined as the intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join in said configuring the wireless connection settings through the communication interface, and wherein said displaying the input screen image includes displaying a warning screen image for warning that the predetermined security function is not set for the wireless network determined as the intended wireless network in said recognizing whether a predetermined security function is set for the wireless network determined as the intended wireless network, in response to the predetermined security function being not judged to be set for the determined wireless network.
31 . A computer configured to join a wireless network and create a wireless connection with devices located therearound, comprising a wireless connection setting program installed therein,
wherein the wireless connection setting program is designed to be executed in response to the computer receiving an external setting request for creating the wireless connection with any one of the devices located around the computer, wherein the wireless connection setting program includes: recognizing the devices located around the computer through the wireless network; determining a device, which is recognized as only one device located around the computer in said recognizing the devices, as an intended device with which the computer is to create the wireless connection; and creating the wireless connection between the computer and the device determined in said determining the device.
32 . The computer according to claim 31 ,
wherein said determining the device includes: judging whether a device, which is recognized as only one device located around the computer in said recognizing the devices, conforms to a predetermined device with which the computer is to create the wireless connection; re-determining the recognized device as the intended device with which the computer is to create the wireless connection, in response to the recognized device conforming to the predetermined device in said judging; displaying a judging screen image for judging whether to select the recognized device as the intended device with showing the recognized device thereon, in response to the recognized device not conforming to the predetermined device in said judging; and determining the recognized device as the intended device with which the computer is to create the wireless connection, only in response to the recognized device being selected on the judging screen image in said displaying the judging screen image.
33 . The computer according to claim 31 ,
wherein said determining the device includes: displaying a selecting screen image for selecting any one of the recognized devices located around the computers as the intended device with which the computer is to create the wireless connection with showing the recognized devices located around the computers, in response to the devices located around the computer being recognized to be two or more in said recognizing the devices; and determining a device selected on the selecting screen image displayed in said displaying the selecting screen image as the intended device with which the computer is to create the wireless connection.
34 . The computer according to claim 31 ,
wherein the devices located around the computer include wireless access points, and wherein said determining the device includes determining a wireless access point externally specified as an intended wireless access point with which the computer is to create the wireless connection, in response to any wireless access points being not recognized.
35 . The computer according to claim 31 ,
wherein the devices located around the computer include wireless access points, and wherein the wireless connection setting program further includes: confirming whether a security function is set for the wireless access point that is determined as the intended wireless access point with which the computer is to create the wireless connection in said determining the device; and displaying a warning screen image for warning that the security function is not set for the determined wireless access point, in response to the security function being confirmed not to be set for the determined wireless access point in said confirming.
36 . The computer according to claim 31 ,
wherein said recognizing the devices is intended for one or more predetermined types of devices.
37 . A wireless network, comprising:
at least one computer that includes a communication interface and a wireless connection setting program installed therein; and at least one device, wherein the communication interface is configured to communicate with the at least one device, wherein the wireless connection setting program is designed to be executed in response to the at least one computer receiving an external setting request for configuring wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join said wireless network, wherein the wireless connection setting program 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, to be set, of the wireless connection settings, the input screen image being designed for receiving an input for each of the at least one setting item thereon; configuring the wireless connection settings for the at least one device based upon the input; and controlling whether to display the input screen image for each of the at least one setting item of the wireless connection settings in said displaying 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 at least one device that is recognized in said recognizing the state of the at least one device, and wherein said configuring the wireless connection settings includes determining the setting item for which the input is not judged required to be received in said controlling whether to display the input screen image based upon the state of the at least one device recognized in said recognizing the state of the at least one device.
38 . The wireless network according to claim 37 ,
wherein said displaying the input screen image includes displaying as one of the input screen images a setting device selecting screen image for selecting any one of the at least one device whose state is recognized in said recognizing the state of the at least one device as an intended device for which the wireless connection settings are to be configured, wherein said controlling whether to display the input screen image includes preventing displaying the setting device selecting screen image in said displaying the input screen image, in response to the at least one device being recognized to be only one in said recognizing the state of the at least one device, and wherein said configuring the wireless connection settings includes: determining a device that is selected on the setting device selecting screen image as the intended device for which the wireless connection settings are to be configured, in response to the at least one device being recognized to be two or more in said recognizing the state of the at least one device; and determining a device as the intended device in response to the device being the only one device recognized in said recognizing the state of the at least one device.
39 . The wireless network according to claim 37 ,
wherein said recognizing the state of the at least one device is intended for one or more predetermined types of devices.
40 . The wireless network according to claim 37 ,
wherein the communication interface is configured to wirelessly communicate, wherein the wireless connection settings include recognizing wireless networks including said wireless network through the communication interface, wherein said displaying the input screen image includes displaying as one of the input screen images a wireless network selecting screen image for selecting any one of the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks as an intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join, wherein said controlling whether to display the input screen image includes preventing displaying the wireless network selecting screen image in said displaying the input screen image, in response to the recognized wireless networks being regarded to be only said wireless network in said recognizing the wireless networks, and wherein said configuring the wireless connection settings includes: determining a wireless network selected on the wireless network selecting screen image as the intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join, in response to the recognized wireless networks being regarded to be two or more in said recognizing the wireless networks; configuring the wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join the selected wireless network; determining said wireless network as the intended wireless network in response to the recognized wireless networks being regarded to be only said wireless network in said recognizing the wireless networks; and configuring the wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join said wireless network.
41 . The wireless network according to claim 37 ,
wherein the communication interface is configured to wirelessly communicate, wherein the wireless connection settings include recognizing wireless networks through the communication interface, wherein said displaying the input screen image includes displaying as one of the input screen images a wireless network selecting screen image for selecting any one of the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks as an intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join, wherein said controlling whether to display the input screen image includes preventing displaying the wireless network selecting screen image in said displaying the input screen image, in response to the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks including a wireless network that the at least one computer is joining, and wherein said configuring the wireless connection settings includes: determining the wireless network selected on the wireless network selecting screen image as the intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join, in response to the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks not including the wireless network that the at least one computer is joining; configuring the wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join the selected wireless network; determining the wireless network that the at least one computer is joining as the intended wireless network, in response to the wireless networks recognized in said recognizing the wireless networks including the wireless network that the at least one computer is joining; and configuring the wireless connection settings that may be used for making the at least one device join the wireless network that the at least one computer is joining.
42 . The wireless network according to claim 40 ,
wherein the wireless connection settings include recognizing whether a predetermined security function is set for the wireless network determined as the intended wireless network that the at least one device is to join in said configuring the wireless connection settings through the communication interface, and wherein said displaying the input screen image includes displaying a warning screen image for warning that the predetermined security function is not set for the wireless network determined as the intended wireless network in said recognizing whether a predetermined security function is set for the wireless network determined as the intended wireless network, in response to the predetermined security function being not judged to be set for the determined wireless network.
43 . A wireless network, comprising:
at least one computer including a wireless connection setting program installed therein; and at least one device configured to create a wireless connection with the at least one computer, wherein the wireless connection setting program is designed to be executed in response to the at least one computer receiving an external setting request for creating the wireless connection with the at least one device, wherein the wireless connection setting program includes: recognizing the at least one device through said wireless network; determining a device, which is recognized as only one device in said recognizing the at least one device, as an intended device with which the at least one computer is to create the wireless connection; and creating the wireless connection between the at least one computer and the device determined in said determining the device.
44 . The wireless network according to claim 43 ,
wherein said determining the device includes: judging whether a device, which is recognized as only one device in said recognizing the at least one device, conforms to a predetermined device that is to have the wireless connection with the at least one computer; re-determining the recognized device as the intended device with which the at least one computer is to create the wireless connection, in response to the recognized device conforming to the predetermined device in said judging; displaying a judging screen image for judging whether to select the recognized device as the intended device with showing the recognized device thereon, in response to the recognized device not conforming to the predetermined device in said judging; and determining the recognized device as the intended device with which the at least one computer is to create the wireless connection, only in response to the recognized device being selected on the judging screen image in said displaying the judging screen image.
45 . The wireless network according to claim 43 ,
wherein said determining the device includes: displaying a selecting screen image for selecting any one of the recognized at least one device as the intended device with which the at least one computer is to create the wireless connection with showing the recognized at least one device in response to the at least one device being recognized to be two or more in said recognizing the at least one device; and determining a device selected on the selecting screen image displayed in said displaying the selecting screen image as the intended device with which the at least one computer is to create the wireless connection.
46 . The wireless network according to claim 43 ,
wherein the at least one device includes wireless access points, and wherein said determining the device includes determining a wireless access point externally specified as an intended wireless access point with which the at least one computer is to create the wireless connection, in response to any wireless access points being not recognized.
47 . The wireless network according to claim 43 ,
wherein the at least one device includes wireless access points, and wherein the wireless connection setting program further includes: confirming whether a security function is set for the wireless access point that is determined as the intended wireless access point with which the at least one computer is to create the wireless connection in said determining the device; and displaying a warning screen image for warning that the security function is not set for the determined wireless access point, in response to the security function being confirmed not to be set for the determined wireless access point in said confirming.
48 . The wireless network according to claim 43 ,
wherein said recognizing the at least one device is intended for one or more predetermined types of devices.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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