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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 48/04 (2009.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04W 88/10 (2009.01); H04W 88/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 48/04 (2013.01); H04W 48/14 (2013.01); H04W 88/10 (2013.01); H04W 88/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a network including a plurality of access points, a communication apparatus performs communication via the network as a first access point based on setting information for enabling the communication apparatus to operate as the first access point that controls another access point, backs up the setting information to an apparatus other than the communication apparatus, and notifies the another access point of location information indicating the location of the apparatus other than the communication apparatus where the setting information is backed up.