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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Nishiguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control method for a communication apparatus includes communicating with an external device using a communication application including a first program for receiving a user operation to communicate with the communication apparatus, and a second program for communicating with the communication apparatus, notifying the external device of an operation available for the external device among operations for controlling the communication apparatus in the communication between the communication apparatus and the external device, and determining the type of the second program used by the external device. In the notifying, a different operation to be notified is provided according to the type of the second program.