Electronic apparatus and communication control method

摘要

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a communication module and a connection control module. The communication module is configured to execute close proximity wireless transfer. The connection control module is configured to start an operation of establishing a connection between the communication module and an external device which is in close proximity to the communication module if an identifier of the external device wirelessly transmitted from the external device is included in a connection permission list. The connection control module is configured to display a password entry screen if the identifier is not included in the connection permission list, and to add, if a password entered on the password entry screen matches with a registered password, the identifier to the connection permission list and start the operation of establishing the connection between the communication module and the external device.

主权项

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a communication device configured to execute close proximity wireless transfer; and a controller configured to restrict devices which are connectable to the communication device by using a connection permission list indicative of identifiers of one or more devices which are permitted to establish a connection for close proximity wireless transfer with the communication device, wherein the controller is configured to determine whether an identifier of an external device in close proximity to the communication device is on the connection permission list, the identifier being wirelesslv transmitted from the external device to the communication device, wherein the controller is configured to start an operation of establishing a connection between the communication device and the external device if the identifier of the external device is on the connection permission list, and wherein the controller is configured to display a password entry screen prompting a user of the electronic apparatus to confirm whether the external device is to be registered as a device which is permitted to establish a connection for close proximity wireless transfer with the communication device if the identifier is not on the connection permission list, and if a password entered on the password entry screen matches with a registered password, the controller is configured to add the identifier to the connection permission list to register the external device as the device which is permitted to establish a connection for close proximity wireless transfer with the communication device, and start the operation of establishing the connection between the communication device and the external device.