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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
May. 07, 2010
Yasuki Nakajima, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuki Nakajima, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To enable a user to easily approximate a portable information device to a position where the portable information device should be approximated so as to cause the portable information device and a communication apparatus to communicate with each other by wireless communication, there is provided a control method for controlling the communication apparatus, comprising: performing data transfer between the communication apparatus and the portable information device by the wireless communication through a communication unit; acquiring identification information for identifying the portable information device; and displaying position information which indicates the position where the portable information device should be approximated to the communication apparatus so that the portable information device identified by the acquired identification information and the communication unit perform the data transfer by the wireless communication.