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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Tsuboi, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus and method are provided such that, if first information received by a first communication apparatus from a second communication apparatus corresponds to a first code stored in the first communication apparatus, the first code corresponding to time synchronization processing, a communication parameter for joining a network established by the first communication apparatus is provided to the second communication apparatus. If the first information does not corresponds to the first code, the communication parameter is not provided. The first communication apparatus cause the second communication apparatus participating in the network to execute the time synchronization processing using time information about the first communication apparatus.