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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Seiji Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0406 (2013.01); H04L 67/06 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 72/048 (2013.01); H04W 76/02 (2013.01); H04W 76/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling a communication apparatus, includes specifying, before joining a wireless network, an external device that will be a data transmitting source, receiving related information relating to data to be transmitted from the specified external device, determining whether to receive the data to be transmitted based on the received related information, joining a wireless network when it is determined to receive the data to be transmitted, and receiving the data to be transmitted from the specified external device after joining the wireless network.