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Patent No.:

US 10568157 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2018

Communication apparatus that carries out communications with external apparatuses, control method therefor, and storage medium

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kouji Ikeda, Inagi, JP;

Assignee:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Dang T Ton

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/50 (2006.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 76/34 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04L 29/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/14 (2018.02); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); H04L 5/005 (2013.01); H04L 41/0803 (2013.01); H04N 5/23206 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 52/0251 (2013.01); H04W 52/0274 (2013.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 76/34 (2018.02); H04L 69/40 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
Abstract

A communication apparatus which is capable of, for a peripheral device of which connection destination is limited to an image pickup apparatus, appropriately changing data without requiring complicated user operations. Wireless communications with a determined one of a first external apparatus and a second external apparatus are carried out using a predetermined protocol. The second external apparatus connects to the first external apparatus by transmitting an advertisement based on the predetermined protocol to the first external apparatus. In a case where an instruction to establish a connection with the first external apparatus is received, a connection with the second external apparatus is established, and then an instruction to stop the transmission of the advertisement is transmitted to the second external apparatus. After that, the connection with the second external apparatus is terminated, and transmission of another advertisement based on the predetermined protocol is started.

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