Ending wireless communication based on number of wirelessly connected terminals
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshiro Mihira
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Abstract
In a case where a communication apparatus receives an instruction for making a printing apparatus stop operation of a direct wireless communication mode, the communication apparatus determines whether to make the printing apparatus stop the operation of the direct wireless communication mode based on information acquired from the printing apparatus through Bluetooth® Low Energy communication.
Claims17
A communication apparatus comprising:
- a first communication interface configured to perform a communication that conforms to any one of IEEE802.11 series;
- a second communication interface configured to perform a wireless communication that conforms to Bluetooth® Low Energy;
- and
- one or more processors configured to execute a set of instructions to
- wirelessly connect the communication apparatus to a printing apparatus operating in a direct wireless communication mode via the first communication interface without using a relay apparatus;
- acquire information regarding communication in the direct wireless communication mode from the printing apparatus through Bluetooth® Low Energy communication via the second communication interface;
- determine whether to make the printing apparatus stop operation of the direct wireless communication mode based on the acquired information in a case where an instruction for making the printing apparatus stop the operation of the direct wireless communication mode is received from a user;
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- instruct the printing apparatus to stop the operation of the direct wireless communication mode via the second communication interface by executing Bluetooth® Low Energy communication in a case where it is determined to make the printing apparatus stop the operation of the direct wireless communication mode.
A control method for controlling a communication apparatus comprising a first communication interface configured to perform a communication that conforms to any one of IEEE802.11 series and a second communication interface configured to perform a wireless communication that conforms to Bluetooth® Low Energy, the method comprising:
- wirelessly connecting the communication apparatus to the printing apparatus operating in a direct wireless communication mode via the first communication interface without using a relay apparatus;
- acquiring information regarding communication in the direct wireless communication mode from the printing apparatus through Bluetooth® Low Energy communication via the second communication interface;
- determining whether to make the printing apparatus stop operation of the direct wireless communication mode based on the acquired information in a case where an instruction for making the printing apparatus stop the operation of the direct wireless communication mode is received from a user;
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- instructing the printing apparatus to stop the operation of the direct wireless communication mode via the second communication interface by executing Bluetooth® Low Energy communication in a case where it is determined to make the printing apparatus stop the operation of the direct wireless communication mode.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions causing a computer to execute a control method for controlling a communication apparatus comprising a first communication interface configured to perform a communication that conforms to any one of IEEE802.11 series and a second communication interface configured to perform a wireless communication that conforms to Bluetooth® Low Energy, the control method comprising:
- wirelessly connecting the communication apparatus to the printing apparatus operating in a direct wireless communication mode via the first communication interface without using a relay apparatus;
- acquiring information regarding communication in the direct wireless communication mode from the printing apparatus through Bluetooth® Low Energy communication via the second communication interface;
- determining whether to make the printing apparatus stop operation of the direct wireless communication mode based on the acquired information in a case where an instruction for making the printing apparatus stop the operation of the direct wireless communication mode is received from a user;
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- instructing the printing apparatus to stop the operation of the direct wireless communication mode via the second communication interface by executing Bluetooth® Low Energy communication in a case where it is determined to make the printing apparatus stop the operation of the direct wireless communication mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.