Information processing apparatus, method of controlling information processing apparatus, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroshi Sekine
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Abstract
When a handover is performed, Wi-Fi setting is automatically changed from an inactive state to an active state. In a case where no user operation is performed within a prescribed time period, the Wi-Fi setting is returned from the active state to the inactive state.
Claims30
An information processing apparatus operable in one of a plurality of setting modes including a Wi-Fi ON setting mode and a Wi-Fi OFF setting mode, the information processing apparatus comprising:
- a wireless communicator configured to receive information from outside the information processing apparatus, the wireless communicator being used for communication by a method different from Wi-Fi communication;
- a wireless LAN interface configured to perform Wi-Fi communication with an external device;
- one or more controllers configured to function as:
- a unit configured to acquire, via the wireless communicator, first connection information including at least an SSID of an access point, wherein the first connection information is acquired without inputting of any characters by a user;
- a unit configured to establish a Wi-Fi communication environment based on the first connection information, upon reception of the first connection information by the wireless communicator, wherein the first change processing for automatically changing a setting mode to the Wi-Fi ON setting mode is performed before the Wi-Fi communication environment is established, in a case where the setting mode before the first connection information is received by the wireless communicator is the Wi-Fi OFF setting mode;
- a unit configured to store setting information including at least information for identifying the setting mode before the first connection information is received by the wireless communicator;
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- a unit configured to perform second change processing for automatically changing the setting mode to the Wi-Fi OFF setting mode in response to a predetermined condition being satisfied after the Wi-Fi communication environment is established, at least based on the setting information indicating that the setting mode before the first connection information is received by the wireless communicator is the Wi-Fi OFF setting mode, and to not perform the second change processing even if the predetermined condition is satisfied after the Wi-Fi communication environment is established, at least based on the setting information indicating that the setting mode before the first connection information is received by the wireless communicator is the Wi-Fi ON setting mode.
A control method for an information processing apparatus operable in one of a plurality of setting modes including a Wi-Fi ON setting mode in which an access point is to be searched for and a Wi-Fi OFF setting mode in which an access point is not to be searched for, the information processing apparatus including a wireless communicator configured to receive information from outside the information processing apparatus, the wireless communicator being used for communication by a method different from Wi-Fi communication, and a wireless LAN interface configured to perform Wi-Fi communication with an external device, the control method comprising:
- acquiring, via the wireless communicator, first connection information including at least an SSID of an access point, wherein the first connection information is acquired without inputting of any characters by a user;
- establishing a Wi-Fi communication environment based on the first connection information, upon reception of the first connection information by the wireless communicator, wherein first change processing for automatically changing a setting mode to the Wi-Fi ON setting mode is performed before the Wi-Fi communication environment is established, in a case where the setting mode before the first connection information is received by the wireless communicator is the Wi-Fi OFF setting mode;
- storing setting information including at least information for identifying the setting mode before the first connection information is received by the wireless communicator;
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- performing second change processing for automatically changing the setting mode to the Wi-Fi OFF setting mode in response to a predetermined condition being satisfied after the Wi-Fi communication environment is established, at least based on the setting information indicating that the setting mode before the first connection information is received by the wireless communicator is the Wi-Fi OFF setting mode, and not performing the second change processing even if the predetermined condition is satisfied after the Wi-Fi communication environment is established, at least based on the setting information indicating that the setting mode before the first connection information is received by the wireless communicator is the Wi-Fi ON setting mode.
A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method for an information processing apparatus operable in one of a plurality of setting modes including a Wi-Fi ON setting mode in which an access point is to be searched for and a Wi-Fi OFF setting mode in which an access point is not to be searched for, the information processing apparatus including a wireless communicator configured to receive information from outside the information processing apparatus, the wireless communicator being used for communication by a method different from Wi-Fi communication, and a wireless LAN interface configured to perform Wi-Fi communication with an external device, the control method comprising:
- acquiring, via the wireless communicator, first connection information including at least an SSID of an access point, wherein the first connection information is acquired without inputting of any characters by a user;
- establishing a Wi-Fi communication environment based on the first connection information, upon reception of the first connection information by the wireless communicator, wherein first change processing for automatically changing a setting mode to the Wi-Fi ON setting mode is performed before the Wi-Fi communication environment is established, in a case where the setting mode before the first connection information is received by the wireless communicator is the Wi-Fi OFF setting mode;
- storing setting information including at least information for identifying the setting mode before the first connection information is received by the wireless communicator;
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- performing second change processing for automatically changing the setting mode to the Wi-Fi OFF setting mode in response to a predetermined condition being satisfied after the Wi-Fi communication environment is established, at least based on the setting information indicating that the setting mode before the first connection information is received by the wireless communicator is the Wi-Fi OFF setting mode, and not performing the second change processing even if the predetermined condition is satisfied after the Wi-Fi communication environment is established, at least based on the setting information indicating that the setting mode before the first connection information is received by the wireless communicator is the Wi-Fi OFF setting mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.