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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2012
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Koshi Tokunaga, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention relates to a communication apparatus capable of facilitating a connection with a device in a network by using a discovery protocol for discovering a device in a network. After selecting a device based on pieces of device information transmitted from devices in the network in response to a search command to search devices in the network, the communication apparatus transmits a notification signal to notify devices in the network of the presence of the communication apparatus. If a connection request received from a device which has received the notification signal is one transmitted from the selected device, the communication apparatus transmits a response representing that connection is accepted for the connection request.