Method and apparatus for establishing wireless local area network link between portable terminals

摘要

A method of connecting a plurality of portable terminal over a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method including: a user selecting at least one contact from a contact list displayed on a screen of a first portable terminal, transmitting, from the first portable terminal to an external server over a cellular network, connection information necessary for establishing a WLAN link to the first portable terminal; pushing the connection information from the external server to a second portable terminal corresponding to the selected contact; a user pressing a connection authentication button on a selection menu displayed on the second portable terminal, and establishing the WLAN link to the first portable terminal from the second portable terminal by using the connection information.

主权项

1. A method for a first portable terminal to communicate with a second portable terminal, the method comprising:
displaying a contact list on a screen of the first portable terminal; the first portable terminal receiving a user input indicating a selection of at least one contact from the contact list; the first portable terminal transmitting, over a mobile communication network to the second portable terminal, connection information necessary for the second portable terminal to establish a wireless local area network (WLAN) link with the first portable terminal; the first portable terminal receiving a WLAN connection request from the second portable terminal through a WLAN interface; and the first portable terminal establishing the WLAN link to the second portable terminal in response to the connection request; wherein a mode of the WLAN link is determined based on a type of an executed application.