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US 2014/0368874 A1Published application
Communication apparatus, communication method and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakeshi Suzuki, Takashi Moriya, Arata Miyagi
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Abstract
According to an aspect of the present invention, a communication resource may be saved for wireless communication in peer-to-peer mode. A communication apparatus acquires information regarding a protocol from another communication apparatus and invalidates protocols not to be used based on the information.
Claims19
A communication apparatus comprising:
- a communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with another communication apparatus in a peer-to-peer mode;
- an acquiring unit configured to acquire information regarding a protocol for communicating with the another communication apparatus;
- a determining unit configured to determine a protocol for communicating with the another communication apparatus based on the information acquired by the acquiring unit;
- and
- a setting unit configured to set to invalidate a protocol excluding the protocol determined by the determining unit.
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A control method implemented in a communication apparatus, the control method comprising:
- wirelessly communicating with another communication apparatus in a peer-to-peer mode;
- acquiring information regarding a protocol for communicating with the another communication apparatus;
- determining a protocol for communicating with the another communication apparatus based on the acquired information;
- and
- setting to invalidate a protocol excluding the determined protocol.
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A computer-readable storage medium configured to store computer executable instructions to cause a communication apparatus to execute a method, the method comprising:
- wirelessly communicating with another communication apparatus in a peer-to-peer mode;
- acquiring information regarding a protocol for communicating with the another communication apparatus;
- determining a protocol for communicating with the another communication apparatus based on the acquired information;
- and
- setting to invalidate a protocol excluding the determined protocol.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.