US 11,733,950 B2
Function executing device with two types of wireless communication interfaces
Takanobu Suzuki, Nagoya (JP); Hirotaka Asakura, Nagoya (JP); Munehisa Matsuda, Nagoya (JP); and Satoshi Tanaka, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/872,607.
Application 17/872,607 is a continuation of application No. 17/078,713, filed on Oct. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,435,969.
Application 17/078,713 is a continuation of application No. 16/299,640, filed on Mar. 12, 2019, granted, now 10,831,427, issued on Nov. 10, 2020.
Application 16/299,640 is a continuation of application No. 15/691,214, filed on Aug. 30, 2017, granted, now 10,282,153, issued on May 7, 2019.
Application 15/691,214 is a continuation of application No. 15/283,829, filed on Oct. 3, 2016, granted, now 9,781,299, issued on Oct. 3, 2017.
Application 15/283,829 is a continuation of application No. 14/706,368, filed on May 7, 2015, granted, now 9,858,022, issued on Jan. 2, 2018.
Application 14/706,368 is a continuation of application No. 13/834,423, filed on Mar. 15, 2013, granted, now 9,106,781, issued on Aug. 11, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 2012-082818 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0357907 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); H04N 1/327 (2006.01); H04N 1/333 (2006.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 3/1292 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1236 (2013.01); G06F 13/385 (2013.01); H04N 1/00307 (2013.01); H04N 1/00315 (2013.01); H04N 1/00912 (2013.01); H04N 1/32765 (2013.01); H04N 1/32776 (2013.01); H04N 1/33384 (2013.01); G06F 2213/3814 (2013.01); H04N 2201/006 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0041 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0055 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 76/15 (2018.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printer comprising:
a wireless communication interface;
a Wi-Fi communication interface different from the wireless communication interface;
a print executing unit;
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the printer to perform:
in a case where a communication is performed with a terminal device via the wireless communication interface and the printer is not in an error state, establishing a wireless connection with the terminal device via the Wi-Fi communication interface so as to form a wireless network in which the printer operates as a parent station, the error state being one or more of: a remaining amount of an expendable item being equal to or less than a first threshold value, a remaining amount of print medium being equal to or less than a second threshold value, the print medium jammed in a transport mechanism of the printer, an amount of space within a memory being less than a third threshold value, and a cover member of the printer being open;
receiving print data from the terminal device via the Wi-Fi communication interface in a case where the wireless connection with the terminal device is established; and
causing the print executing unit to print based on the print data in a case where the print data is received,
wherein in a case where a communication is performed with the terminal device via the wireless communication interface and the printer is in the error state, a wireless connection with the terminal device via the Wi-Fi communication interface is not established.