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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Iko, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus, which is connected to an external apparatus via a network, comprising first and second data communication units, wherein when the first data communication unit establishes a connection to an external apparatus via a network formed by a relay apparatus, the apparatus participates in the network formed by the relay apparatus, and when the second data communication unit, which forms a network in which the communication apparatus serves as a relay apparatus, establishes a connection to the external apparatus, the apparatus forms the network in which the communication apparatus serves as a relay apparatus using parameters of the network stored when the connection to that external apparatus is established.