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US 2020/0092409 A1Published application
Communication apparatus, method for controlling communication apparatus, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMayumi Shibao
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Abstract
A communication apparatus searches for a device using a first wireless communication, instructs, using the first wireless communication, a device selected from a list based the result of the search to operate in an access point mode, obtains, using the first wireless communication, connection information from the device operating in the access point mode, establishes a second wireless connection with the device based on the obtained connection information.
Claims16
A communication system comprising:
- a terminal;
- and
- a device,
- wherein the terminal comprises:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores a program, wherein the processor executes the program to perform:
- searching for the device by using Bluetooth communication;
- displaying a result of the search;
- requesting, via the Bluetooth communication, connection information about a wireless LAN connection to the device selected from the result of the search, wherein the selected device starts the wireless LAN connection based on the request and passes the connection information about the wireless LAN connection to the terminal via the Bluetooth communication;
- obtaining, via the Bluetooth communication, the connection information about the wireless LAN connection passed from the selected device;
- and
- establishing the wireless LAN connection with the selected device based on the obtained connection information.
10 more elements
A terminal comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores a program, wherein the processor executes the program to perform:
- searching for a device by using Bluetooth communication;
- displaying a result of the search;
- requesting, via the Bluetooth communication, connection information about a wireless LAN connection to the device selected from the result of the search, wherein the selected device starts the wireless LAN connection based on the request and passes the connection information about the wireless LAN connection to the terminal via the Bluetooth communication;
- obtaining, via the Bluetooth communication, the connection information about the wireless LAN connection passed from the selected device;
- and
- establishing the wireless LAN connection with the selected device based on the obtained connection information.
6 more elements
A method executed by a communication system that comprises a terminal and a device, the method comprising:
- searching, by the terminal, for the device using Bluetooth communication;
- displaying, by the terminal, a result of the search;
- requesting, by the terminal via the Bluetooth communication, connection information about a wireless LAN connection to the device selected by a user from the result of the search;
- starting, by the selected device, the wireless LAN connection based on the request;
- passing, by the selected device, the connection information about the wireless LAN connection to the terminal via the Bluetooth communication;
- obtaining, by the terminal via the Bluetooth communication, the connection information about the wireless LAN connection passed from the selected device;
- and
- establishing, by the terminal, the wireless LAN connection with the selected device based on the obtained connection information.
5 more elements
A method for controlling a terminal, the method comprising:
- searching for a device by using Bluetooth communication;
- displaying a result of the search;
- requesting, via the Bluetooth communication, connection information about a wireless LAN connection to the device selected from the result of the search, wherein the selected device starts the wireless LAN connection based on the request and passes the connection information about the wireless LAN connection to the terminal via the Bluetooth communication;
- obtaining, via the Bluetooth communication, the connection information about the wireless LAN connection passed from the selected device;
- and
- establishing the wireless LAN connection with the selected device based on the obtained connection information.
3 more elements
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions for causing a computer to perform:
- searching for a device by using Bluetooth communication;
- displaying a result of the search;
- requesting, via the Bluetooth communication, connection information about a wireless LAN connection to the device selected from the result of the search, wherein the selected device starts the wireless LAN connection based on the request and passes the connection information about the wireless LAN connection to the terminal via the Bluetooth communication;
- obtaining, via the Bluetooth communication, the connection information about the wireless LAN connection passed from the selected device;
- and
- establishing the wireless LAN connection with the selected device based on the obtained connection information.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.