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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masamichi Tanji, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus to execute a direct wireless communication includes an identification unit, a determining unit, a display unit, and a connection unit. The identification unit identifies, by performing search processing, one device as a communication partner of the direct wireless communication. The determining unit determines whether a user's instruction is needed to establish the direct wireless communication between the one identified device and the communication apparatus. The display unit displays, where a user's instruction is needed, an instruction screen allowing a user to instruct establishing the direct wireless communication. The connection unit performs, where the user has issued the instruction, connection processing to establish the direct wireless communication via the instruction screen. Where the determination unit has determined that the user's instruction is not needed, the connection unit performs the connection processing without the displaying unit displaying the instruction screen.