Information processing apparatus, control method for information processing apparatus, and control method for communication system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazuyoshi Sumiuchi, Yuuki Wakabayashi, Mitsuru Konji
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Abstract
A control method for an information processing apparatus includes transmitting, by a first communication unit, information about an access point to which a second communication unit is connected, to a communication apparatus to which the first communication unit is connected. In a case where the information about the access point to which the second communication unit is connected is received, the communication apparatus connects to and communicates with the access point to which the second communication unit is connected by the second wireless communication method.
Claims18
A control method for an information processing apparatus that connects to and communicates with a communication apparatus by a first wireless communication method and that connects to and communicates with an external access point that is external to the information processing apparatus and external to the communication apparatus by a second wireless communication method that is able to realize faster communication than the first wireless communication method, the control method comprising:
- receiving a user instruction;
- establishing, based on the user instruction, a connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus by the first wireless communication method or a connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus by the second wireless communication method;
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- transmitting, in a case where the connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus by the first wireless communication method is established based on the user instruction, connection information for connection to the external access point by the second wireless communication method to the communication apparatus by the first wireless communication method, and transmitting, in a case where the connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus by the second wireless communication method is established based on the user instruction, the connection information to the communication apparatus by the second wireless communication method;
- wherein a connection between the external access point and the communication apparatus by the second wireless communication method is established in a case where the connection information is received by the communication apparatus.
An information processing apparatus that connects to and communicates with a communication apparatus by a first wireless communication method and that connects to and communicates with an external access point that is external to the information processing apparatus and external to the communication apparatus by a second wireless communication method that is able to realize faster communication than the first wireless communication method, the information processing apparatus comprising:
- a reception unit configured to receive a user instruction;
- an establishment unit configured to establish, based on the user instruction, a connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus by the first wireless communication method or a connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus by the second wireless communication method;
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- a transmission unit configured to transmit, in a case where the connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus by the first wireless communication method is established based on the user instruction, connection information for connection to the external access point by the second wireless communication method to the communication apparatus by the first wireless communication method, and configured to transmit, in a case where the connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus by the second wireless communication method is established based on the user instruction, the connection information to the communication apparatus by the second wireless communication method;
- wherein a connection between the external access point and the communication apparatus by the second wireless communication method is established in a case where the connection information is received by the communication apparatus.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing an information processing apparatus to execute a control method, the information processing apparatus connecting to and communicating with a communication apparatus by a first wireless communication method and that connects to and communicates with an external access point that is external to the information processing apparatus and external to the communication apparatus by a second wireless communication method that is able to realize faster communication than the first wireless communication method,
- wherein the control method includes:
- receiving a user instruction;
- establishing, based on the user instruction, a connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus by the first wireless communication method or a connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus by the second wireless communication method;
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- transmitting, in a case where the connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus by the first wireless communication method is established based on the user instruction, connection information for connection to the external access point by the second wireless communication method to the communication apparatus by the first wireless communication method, and transmitting, in a case where the connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus by the second wireless communication method is established based on the user instruction, the connection information to the communication apparatus by the second wireless communication method;
- wherein a connection between the external access point and the communication apparatus by the second wireless communication method is established in a case where the connection information is received by the communication apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.