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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus includes a communication unit configured to connect with an external apparatus via communication, and a control unit configured to control the communication, wherein the control unit controls, if the communication unit receives a search request including information indicating that an external apparatus satisfying a predetermined condition is a transmission source via communication, the communication unit so as to transmit a search request designating the communication apparatus as the transmission source to another apparatus via communication, wherein the control unit controls the communication unit so as to receive a search response replying to the search request designating the communication apparatus as the transmission source via communication, and wherein the control unit controls the communication unit so as to transmit information corresponding to the search response received by the communication unit to the external apparatus via communication.