US 11,991,678 B2
Wireless communication apparatus, method of controlling the apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
Makoto Umehara, Kawasaki (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/729,657.
Application 17/729,657 is a continuation of application No. 16/908,013, filed on Jun. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,337,216.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-119944 (JP), filed on Jun. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0256540 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 12/30 (2021.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/0453 (2013.01) [H04W 4/50 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless communication apparatus to:
acquire, through wireless communication, information regarding an access point to which another wireless communication apparatus is able to connect, the access point being different from the wireless communication apparatus;
acquire an encryption key used for an authentication process, which complies with a DPP (Device Provisioning Protocol) standard, from said another wireless communication apparatus;
select a communication parameter to be provided to said another wireless communication apparatus, wherein the selected communication parameter includes information which is used to connect to the access point different from the wireless communication apparatus;
display information regarding the access point corresponding to the selected communication parameter;
in a case where a user performs a predetermined operation, transmit, to said another wireless communication apparatus, an authentication request, which complies with the DPP standard, including a hash value of the acquired encryption key;
receive, from said another wireless communication apparatus, an authentication response, which complies with the DPP standard, for the authentication request; and
provide the selected communication parameter to said another wireless communication apparatus after receiving the authentication response wherein the said another wireless communication apparatus uses the provided communication parameter to connect to the access point.