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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2005
Jun Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;
Jun Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer () belongs to a service set () and communicates via an access point () in the infrastructure mode. The printer () searches for a beacon periodically. If a beacon is received from a terminal such as a digital camera (), the printer registers the terminal address, service-set identifier and communication mode, which are contained in the beacon, in a function table. The printer sends each terminal, which has been registered in the function table, a frame that is for searching for a terminal that has a required function. If the response to the frame is positive, then the printer registers the fact that the search succeeded in the function table. A similar function search is conducted also by a digital camera () for which a print command has been issued, and the digital camera creates a function table. If there is a terminal (a printer) having the required function, the digital camera () transmits print data to this terminal.