US 2020/0288514 A1Published application

Control method and information processing apparatus

AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorYusuke Uchida

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Abstract

There is provided a control method of performing communication using a first and second communication method includes: searching for, by the first and second communication method, communication apparatus; receiving a selection of one of the communication apparatus discovered by the first and second communication method, as a target; and if the target discovered by the first communication method is selected, transmitting first setting information to cause the target to establish connection by the first communication method to the target, and transmitting second setting information to cause the target to establish connection by the second communication method to the target, and if the target discovered by the second communication method is selected, transmitting the second setting information to the target by the second communication method, and transmitting the first setting information to the target.

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Dependent claims

A control method of a computer of an information processing apparatus capable of performing communication using a first communication method and a second communication method in which a communicable distance is shorter than in the first communication method, comprising:

searching for, by the first communication method, at least one communication apparatus capable of executing communication by the first communication method;
searching for, by the second communication method, the at least one communication apparatus capable of executing communication by the second communication method;
receiving a selection operation of selecting, as the communication apparatus of a connection setting target, one of the at least one communication apparatus discovered by the search using the first communication method and the at least one communication apparatus discovered by the search using the second communication method;
and
if the communication apparatus of the connection setting target is selected by the selection operation from the at least one communication apparatus discovered by the search using the first communication method, transmitting first setting information used to cause the communication apparatus of the connection setting target to establish connection by the first communication method to the communication apparatus of the connection setting target by the first communication method, and based on the transmission of the first setting information, transmitting second setting information used to cause the communication apparatus of the connection setting target to establish connection by the second communication method to the communication apparatus of the connection setting target, and
if the communication apparatus of the connection setting target is selected by the selection operation from the at least one communication apparatus discovered by the search using the second communication method, transmitting the second setting information to the communication apparatus of the connection setting target by the second communication method, and based on the transmission of the second setting information, transmitting the first setting information to the communication apparatus of the connection setting target.

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An information processing apparatus capable of performing communication using a first communication method and a second communication method in which a communicable distance is shorter than in the first communication method, comprising:

a first search unit configured to search for, by the first communication method, at least one communication apparatus capable of executing communication by the first communication method;
a second search unit configured to search for, by the second communication method, the at least one communication apparatus capable of executing communication by the second communication method;
a receiving unit configured to receive a selection operation of selecting, as the communication apparatus of a connection setting target, one of the at least one communication apparatus discovered by the search using the first communication method and the at least one communication apparatus discovered by the search using the second communication method;
and
a transmission unit configured to, if the communication apparatus of the connection setting target is selected by the selection operation from the at least one communication apparatus discovered by the search using the first communication method, transmit first setting information used to cause the communication apparatus of the connection setting target to establish connection by the first communication method to the communication apparatus of the connection setting target by the first communication method, and based on the transmission of the first setting information, transmit second setting information used to cause the communication apparatus of the connection setting target to establish connection by the second communication method to the communication apparatus of the connection setting target, and
if the communication apparatus of the connection setting target is selected by the selection operation from the at least one communication apparatus discovered by the search using the second communication method, transmit the second setting information to the communication apparatus of the connection setting target by the second communication method, and based on the transmission of the second setting information, transmit the first setting information to the communication apparatus of the connection setting target.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Application: 16/801,363Filed 26 Feb 2020
Priority: JP 2019-0398115 Mar 2019
Published: 10 Sep 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H04W 76/11
Connection setup: allocation or use of connection identifiers
H04W 4/80
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services using short range communication, e.g. near-field…
H04W 48/08
Access restriction ; Network selection; Access point selection: access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery
H04W 48/18
Access restriction ; Network selection; Access point selection: selecting a network or a communication service

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