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Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2022
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Keigo Tsuchiya, Chiba, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A communication apparatus configured to communicate with an information processing apparatus, the communication apparatus includes a first control unit configured to perform, in a case where a predetermined operation is performed on the communication apparatus, first control to start both a first state to communicate with the information processing apparatus using a first protocol and a second state to communicate with the information processing apparatus using a second protocol different from the first protocol, and a second control unit configured to perform, in a case where connection information for use by the communication apparatus to connect to an access point is obtained from the information processing apparatus via communication with the information processing apparatus using the second protocol based on predetermined information transmitted using the first protocol, second control to establish a connection between the communication apparatus and the access point by using the connection information.


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