Communication apparatus and control method therefor
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHideaki Ohshima
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Abstract
A communication apparatus generates second data to be associated with first data being stored. The apparatus controls transfer of data that is registered or managed as a transfer target to an external apparatus, wherein the apparatus can execute immediate transfer in which the second data and the first data to be associated with the second data are transferred to an external apparatus in response to generation of the second data as a transfer target. When executing the immediate transfer, if the first data to be associated with the second data is not a transfer target, the apparatus sets the first data as a transfer target and then transfers the first data together with the second data to the external apparatus.
Claims11
A communication apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors that execute computer-executable instructions stored in a memory and thereby function as:
- a generating unit configured to generate second data to be associated with first data being stored;
- and
- a controlling unit configured to control transfer of data that is registered or managed as a transfer target to an external apparatus, wherein
- the controlling unit
- can execute immediate transfer in which the second data and the first data to be associated with the second data are transferred to the external apparatus in response to generation of the second data as a transfer target by the generating unit, and
- when executing the immediate transfer, if the first data to be associated with the second data is not a transfer target, sets the first data as a transfer target and then transfers the first data together with the second data to the external apparatus.
A control method executed by a communication apparatus, the control method comprising:
- generating second data to be associated with first data being stored;
- and
- controlling transfer of data that is registered or managed as a transfer target to an external apparatus, wherein
- the controlling includes
- executing immediate transfer in which the second data and the first data to be associated with the second data are transferred to the external apparatus in response to generation of the second data as a transfer target, and
- when executing the immediate transfer, if the first data to be associated with the second data is not a transfer target, setting the first data as a transfer target and then transferring the first data together with the second data to the external apparatus.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors equipped in an electronic device, cause the electronic device to function as a communication apparatus comprising:
- a generating unit configured to generate second data to be associated with first data being stored;
- and
- a controlling unit configured to control transfer of data that is registered or managed as a transfer target to an external apparatus, wherein
- the controlling unit
- can execute immediate transfer in which the second data and the first data to be associated with the second data are transferred to the external apparatus in response to generation of the second data as a transfer target by the generating unit, and
- when executing the immediate transfer, if the first data to be associated with the second data is not a transfer target, sets the first data as a transfer target and then transfers the first data together with the second data to the external apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.