ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CONNECTION THEREOF

• Main Authors: CHOI, Jongmu, PARK, Jinhyun, YOON, Ye-Ji, CHAE, Wontae, KANG, Min-Ho, LIM, Jun-Hak, LEE, Sun-Kee, HYUN, Eun Jung, KANG, Doo-Suk, KIM, Moonsoo, CHOI, Bokun
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.06.2022
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

Various example embodiments of the disclosure relate to an electronic device and a wireless communication connection control method thereof. The method may include: receiving and storing at least one first account information stored in at least one server from a first electronic device; broadcasting a beacon signal including an indicator indicating that a WiFi access is granted based at least in part on account information related to the server; receiving at least one second account information from a neighboring electronic device which has received the beacon signal; determining whether the second account information is related to the first account information, based at least in part on data to be exchanged with the server; and upon determining that the second account information is related to the first account information, granting the neighboring electronic device an access to the access point in order to use the Internet, without having to request for credential information from the neighboring electronic device.