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US 2014/0211024 A1Published application
Communication apparatus, control method for communication apparatus, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomoki Hiramatsu
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Abstract
A communication apparatus stores a plurality of pieces of image data including grouped image data. The communication apparatus transmits, to another communication apparatus, information of representative image data out of the grouped image data, and information indicating a number of pieces of image data contained in the group, in response to a request from the other communication apparatus.
Claims11
A communication apparatus comprising:
- a determination unit configured to determine a role of whether the communication apparatus operates as an apparatus that constructs a network with other communication apparatus, or operates as an apparatus that participates in a constructed network;
- a communication unit configured to communicate with the other communication apparatus according to the role determined by the determination unit;
- a storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of image data including grouped image data;
- and
- a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the other communication apparatus, information of representative image data out of the grouped image data, and information indicating a number of pieces of image data contained in the group, in response to a request from the other communication apparatus.
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A control method for a communication apparatus, comprising:
- determining a role of whether to operate as an apparatus that constructs a network with other communication apparatus, or to operate as an apparatus that participates in a constructed network;
- communicating with the other communication apparatus according to the determined role;
- storing a plurality of pieces of image data including grouped image data;
- and
- transmitting information of representative image data out of the grouped image data, and information indicating a number of pieces of image data contained in the group to the other communication apparatus, in response to a request from the other communication apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.