Communication apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorFumihide Goto
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Abstract
A communication apparatus operating as an access point on a network receives a signal transmitted by a communication apparatus on the network, transfers the signal to another communication apparatus on the network, and transmits, in response to a request signal, a response signal containing function information of the communication apparatus operating as the access point to a transmission source communication apparatus of the request signal on the network, which has transmitted the request signal. The communication apparatus controls transfer so that the transmission source communication apparatus of the request signal receives no response signal from a communication apparatus other than the communication apparatus operating as the access point on the network.
Claims17
A communication apparatus operating as an access point on a network, comprising:
- a transfer unit configured to receive a signal transmitted by a communication apparatus on the network, and transfer the signal to another communication apparatus on the network;
- a transmission unit configured to transmit, in response to a request signal, a response signal containing function information of said communication apparatus operating as the access point to a transmission source communication apparatus of the request signal on the network, which has transmitted the request signal;
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- a control unit configured to control said transfer unit so that the transmission source communication apparatus receives no response signal from a communication apparatus other than said communication apparatus operating as the access point on the network.
A communication apparatus for communicating with a communication apparatus operating as an access point of a network and another communication apparatus connected to the communication apparatus operating as the access point, comprising:
- a holding unit configured to acquire and hold identification information of the communication apparatus operating as the access point;
- a transmission unit configured to transmit a request signal to the communication apparatus operating as the access point;
- a reception unit configured to receive, in response to the request signal transmitted by said transmission unit, a response signal which contains identification information and has been transmitted by each of the communication apparatus operating as the access point and the other communication apparatus;
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- a control unit configured to control to discard, based on the identification information contained in the response signal received by said reception unit and the identification information held in said holding unit, the response signal received from the other communication apparatus.
A communication apparatus comprising:
- a connection unit configured to wirelessly connect to another first communication apparatus;
- a transfer unit configured to transfer a signal transmitted by the other first communication apparatus to another second communication apparatus, or transfer a signal transmitted by the other second communication apparatus to the other first communication apparatus;
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- a control unit configured to, in a case where said connection unit wirelessly connects to the other first communication apparatus by a specific connection method, control said transfer unit so that the other first communication apparatus does not receive, from the other second communication apparatus, a response to a request signal transmitted by the other first communication apparatus.
A control method for a communication apparatus operating as an access point on a network, comprising:
- a transfer step of receiving a signal transmitted by a communication apparatus on the network, and transferring the signal to another communication apparatus on the network;
- a transmission step of transmitting, in response to a request signal, a response signal containing function information of the communication apparatus operating as the access point to a transmission source communication apparatus of the request signal on the network, which has transmitted the request signal;
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- a control step of controlling transfer in the transfer step so that the transmission source communication apparatus receives no response signal from a communication apparatus other than the communication apparatus operating as the access point on the network.
A control method for a communication apparatus which communicates with a communication apparatus operating as an access point of a network and another communication apparatus connected to the communication apparatus operating as the access point, and includes a holding unit configured to acquire and hold identification information of the communication apparatus operating as the access point, the method comprising:
- a transmission step of transmitting a request signal to the communication apparatus operating as the access point;
- a reception step of receiving, in response to the request signal transmitted in the transmission step, a response signal which contains identification information and has been transmitted by each of the communication apparatus operating as the access point and the other communication apparatus;
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- a control step of controlling, based on the identification information contained in the response signal received in the reception step and the identification information held in the holding unit, to discard the response signal received from the other communication apparatus.
A control method for a communication apparatus, comprising:
- a connection step of wirelessly connecting to another first communication apparatus;
- a transfer step of transferring a signal transmitted by the other first communication apparatus to another second communication apparatus, or transferring a signal transmitted by the other second communication apparatus to the other first communication apparatus;
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- a control step of, in a case of wirelessly connecting to the other first communication apparatus by a specific connection method in the connection step, controlling transfer in the transfer step so that the other first communication apparatus does not receive, from the other second communication apparatus, a response to a request signal transmitted by the other first communication apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.