Patents by Inventor Yongyong Ren

Yongyong Ren has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20160095146
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a communication interface; an operation device; a storage configured to store connection information and identification information relating to at least one wireless terminal to which the information processing apparatus can be connected over wireless communication; a controller. The controller is configured to: when a wireless connection to a wireless terminal is instructed, determine a first wireless terminal as a wireless terminal to which the information processing apparatus is to be connected; when first connection information and first identification information relating to the first wireless terminal are stored in the storage, determine whether the wireless connection with the first wireless terminal is being established; and when the wireless connection with the first wireless terminal is being established, maintaining the wireless connection with the first wireless terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yongyong REN, Kunihito TERASHITA
  • Patent number: 9244641
    Abstract: A communication apparatus is provided. In a state where the communication apparatus belongs to a second wireless network as a master station, when a device is found which belonged to a first wireless network as a master station, to which the communication apparatus belonged as a slave station, the communication apparatus is disconnected from the second wireless network, and configures a state where the communication apparatus belongs to a third wireless network as a slave station and the first device belongs to the third wireless network as a master station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yongyong Ren
  • Patent number: 9226328
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: a processor; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to execute: receiving identification information of a first device of the slave station devices from the first device through the master station device; transmitting, in a specific case where the master station device is disconnected from the first wireless network, a first type command to the first device by using the identification information of the first device, wherein the first type command is a command for establishing a state where a transmission source device and a transmission destination device thereof belong to a same wireless network; and establishing, when the first type command is transmitted to the first device, a first state where the communication apparatus and the first device belong to a second wireless network different from the first wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yongyong Ren
  • Publication number: 20150373763
    Abstract: A communication device may accept an instruction for establishing a wireless network to which the communication device and an external device are to belong, search for the external device in a case where the instruction is accepted, to transfer from a parent state to a non-parent state in a case where the communication device is in the parent state and the searched external device is in the parent state, and execute a forming process for forming a first wireless network to which the communication device is to belong as a child station and the external device is to belong as the parent station after the state of the communication device had transferred to the non-parent state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Yongyong Ren, Kunihito Terashita
  • Patent number: 9191979
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: a processor; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to execute: receiving identification information of a first device of the slave station devices from the first device through the master station device; transmitting, in a specific case where the master station device is disconnected from the first wireless network, a first type command to the first device by using the identification information of the first device, wherein the first type command is a command for establishing a state where a transmission source device and a transmission destination device thereof belong to a same wireless network; and establishing, when the first type command is transmitted to the first device, a first state where the communication apparatus and the first device belong to a second wireless network different from the first wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yongyong Ren
  • Publication number: 20150096015
    Abstract: A function performing apparatus includes a function performing unit, an operation unit, a processor and memory. The function performing apparatus receives a first instruction from a portable device, determines whether first authentication information is to be registered in an authentication memory, registers the first authentication information in authentication the memory, transmits the first authentication information, receives a second instruction including the first authentication information from the portable device, changes a state of the function performing apparatus from a non-permission state to a permission state if the second instruction is received while the first authentication information is registered in the authentication memory and changes the state from the non-permission state to the permission state if second authentication information is input to the function performing apparatus by the operation unit while the second authentication information is registered in the authentication memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Yongyong Ren
  • Publication number: 20150096016
    Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a process performing unit, an operation unit, a processor and memory. The processing apparatus receives first identification information from a communication device, acquires second identification information input by the operation unit, determines whether registration of the first and second identification information is permitted, registers registration information in which the first and second identification information are associated, when the first identification information is received after registering the registration information, performs authentication based on the first identification information, and, when the second identification information is acquired after registering the registration information, performs authentication based on the second identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Yongyong Ren
  • Publication number: 20150077798
    Abstract: A communication apparatus is provided. In a state where the communication apparatus belongs to a second wireless network as a master station, when a device is found which belonged to a first wireless network as a master station, to which the communication apparatus belonged as a slave station, the communication apparatus is disconnected from the second wireless network, and configures a state where the communication apparatus belongs to a third wireless network as a slave station and the first device belongs to the third wireless network as a master station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yongyong Ren
  • Publication number: 20140094209
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: a processor execute receiving identification information of a first device of the slave station devices from the first device through the master station device; transmitting, in a specific case where the master station device is disconnected from the first wireless network and a specific instruction to perform communication of target data with the first device is provided, transmits a first type command to the first device by using the identification information, the first type command being a command for establishing a state where a transmission source device and a transmission destination device belong to a same wireless network; establishing, when the first type command is transmitted to the first device, a specific state, and performing, when the specific state has been established, communication of the target data with the first device by using the second wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yongyong Ren
  • Publication number: 20140094211
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: a processor; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to execute: receiving identification information of a first device of the slave station devices from the first device through the master station device; transmitting, in a specific case where the master station device is disconnected from the first wireless network, a first type command to the first device by using the identification information of the first device, wherein the first type command is a command for establishing a state where a transmission source device and a transmission destination device thereof belong to a same wireless network; and establishing, when the first type command is transmitted to the first device, a first state where the communication apparatus and the first device belong to a second wireless network different from the first wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yongyong Ren