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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
May. 20, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Iida, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus controls a connection state of communications by a first communication circuit and communications by a second communication circuit according to characteristics of data to be transmitted and received by the second communication circuit. In a case where a characteristic of the data to be transmitted and received is a first characteristic, communications with an information processing apparatus by the second communication circuit while maintaining the connection state with the information processing apparatus by the first communication circuit. In a case where a characteristic of the data to be transmitted and received by the second communication circuit is a second characteristic, after disconnecting connection with the information processing apparatus by the first communication circuit, communications with the information processing apparatus by the second communication circuit.