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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Tachiwa, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a communication system including a first apparatus and a second apparatus, the first apparatus transmits to the second apparatus a signal that requests information for connecting to a network. Then, in response to receiving the signal from the first apparatus, the second apparatus determines whether or not another apparatus connectable to the network is present within a communicable range of the second apparatus, and when determining that the other apparatus is present in the communicable range, the second apparatus notifies the first apparatus of information for connecting to the other apparatus. The first apparatus receives from the second apparatus the information for connecting to the other apparatus, and connects to the other apparatus and to the network, based on the received information.
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