Communication apparatus, control method therefor, program, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTatsuhiko Sakai
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Abstract
Even when multiple providing apparatuses joined in a network are activated as providing apparatuses, a new apparatus can be added to the network without degrading the network security or the ease of use of the providing apparatuses, a apparatus activates an operation as a providing apparatus of a communication-parameter in accordance with the a state notification of an operation as a providing apparatus of a communication-parameter, which is received from another communication apparatus.
Claims17
A communication apparatus, comprising:
- a providing unit configured to operate as a providing apparatus that provides communication parameters to a receiving apparatus that receives the provided communication parameters;
- a receiving unit configured to receive, from another communication apparatus, a state notification message, that indicates a start or end of a communication-parameters providing process, transmitted from another providing apparatus of the communication parameters;
- and
- a control unit configured to stop an operation of the providing unit as a providing apparatus, in a case where the state notification message is received during activating the operation of the providing unit as a providing apparatus.
A control method for a communication apparatus, comprising:
- operating as a providing apparatus that provides a communication parameters to a receiving apparatus that receives the provided communication parameters;
- receiving, from another communication apparatus, a state notification message, that indicates a start or end of a communication-parameters providing process, transmitted from another providing apparatus of the communication parameters;
- and
- stopping the operating as a providing apparatus, in a case where the state notification message is received during activating the operating as a providing apparatus.
A computer-readable storage medium storing the computer-executable program of instructions for causing a computer to perform a method comprising:
- operating as a providing apparatus that provides communication parameters to a receiving apparatus that receives the provided communication parameters;
- receiving, from another communication apparatus, a state notification message, that indicates a start or end of a communication parameters providing process, transmitted from another providing apparatus of the communication parameters;
- and
- stopping the operating as a providing apparatus, in a case where the state notification message is received during activating the operating as a providing apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.