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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKouji Ikeda
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A communication apparatus which is capable of, for a peripheral device of which connection destination is limited to an image pickup apparatus, appropriately changing data without requiring complicated user operations. Wireless communications with a determined one of a first external apparatus and a second external apparatus are carried out using a predetermined protocol. The second external apparatus connects to the first external apparatus by transmitting an advertisement based on the predetermined protocol to the first external apparatus. In a case where an instruction to establish a connection with the first external apparatus is received, a connection with the second external apparatus is established, and then an instruction to stop the transmission of the advertisement is transmitted to the second external apparatus. After that, the connection with the second external apparatus is terminated, and transmission of another advertisement based on the predetermined protocol is started.
A communication apparatus comprising:
A control method for a communication apparatus, comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method for a communication apparatus, the control method for the communication apparatus comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.