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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
May. 27, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Moritomo, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus comprises a first obtaining unit configured to obtain from another communication apparatus information indicating a type of a service that can be executed by using a first communication unit, by using a second communication unit whose power consumption is less than the first communication unit; a second obtaining unit configured to, using the first communication unit, obtain from the another communication apparatus detail information necessary for performing a service indicated by the information obtained by the first obtaining unit; and a control unit configured to perform the service using the first communication unit based on the detail information obtained by the second obtaining unit.