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Patent No.:

US 11573757 B1

Date of Patent:

Feb. 07, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2021

Communication apparatus, control method, and program for connecting at least two types of wireless communication units according to an operative state of an access point

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takeshi Matsushita, Fujisawa, JP;

Mitsuru Konji, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Canon U.S.A., Inc., IP Division

Primary Examiner:

Juan M Guillermety

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 3/1292 (2013.01); G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1236 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);

Abstract

A communication apparatus capable of performing near field communication acquires communication information of a target apparatus through the near field communication, determines whether or not the target apparatus is connected to an access point to which the communication apparatus is connected, on the basis of the communication information, and accepts the target apparatus as a target to which the communication apparatus is to be connected by using a peer-to-peer communication system, when it is determined that the target apparatus is not connected to the access point to which the communication apparatus is connected.

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