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US 8,553,556 B2Granted
Communication apparatus and communication method therefor to set communication parameters
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorFumihide Goto
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Abstract
In order to prevent a communication-parameter automatic setting process from being performed by unintended communication apparatuses, a communication terminal having detected a plurality of communication-parameter providing apparatuses sends a notification indicating that the plurality of providing apparatuses exist to another terminal.
Claims20
A communication apparatus, comprising:
- a central processing unit;
- a processing unit configured to execute, in response to a user instruction, communication-parameter sharing processing for providing a communication parameter to a receiving apparatus from a providing apparatus;
- a determining unit configured to determine whether there exists another apparatus that, in response to the user instruction, has executed the communication-parameter sharing processing, in a case where the communication apparatus is executing the communication-parameter sharing processing as the providing apparatus;
- and
- a notification unit configured to send, in a case where the communication apparatus is executing the communication-parameter sharing processing as the providing apparatus and there are plural other apparatuses that are executing the communication-parameter sharing processing as a result of determination by the determining unit, a notification to cancel executing the communication-parameter sharing processing directly to a first apparatus that is executing the communication-parameter sharing processing as a receiving apparatus,
- wherein at least one of the processing unit, the determining unit, and the notification unit is implemented by the central processing unit.
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A communication method for a communication apparatus, the communication method comprising:
- executing, in response to a user instruction, communication-parameter sharing processing for providing a communication parameter to a receiving apparatus from a providing apparatus;
- determining whether there exists another apparatus that, in response to the user instruction, has executed the communication-parameter sharing processing, in a case where the communication apparatus is executing the communication-parameter sharing processing as the providing apparatus;
- and
- sending, in a case where the communication apparatus is executing the communication-parameter sharing processing as the providing apparatus and there are plural other apparatuses that are executing the communication-parameter sharing processing as a result of determination, a notification to cancel executing the communication-parameter sharing processing directly to a first apparatus that is executing the communication-parameter sharing processing as a receiving apparatus,
- wherein at least one of executing, determining, and sending is implemented by a central processing unit.
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A communication apparatus, comprising:
- a central processing unit;
- a processing unit configured to execute, in response to a user instruction, a communication-parameter sharing processing for providing a communication parameter to a receiving apparatus from a providing apparatus;
- a receiving unit configured to receive, directly from a first apparatus that executes the communication-parameter sharing processing as the providing apparatus, a notification which is sent in a case where the first apparatus is executing the communication-parameter sharing processing as the providing apparatus and there are plural other apparatuses that are executing the communication-parameter sharing processing as a result of determination, by the first apparatus, of whether there exists another apparatus that, in response to the user instruction, has executed the communication-parameter sharing processing;
- and
- a cancelling unit configured to cancel, in response to receiving the notification by the receiving unit, the communication-parameter sharing processing as the receiving apparatus,
- wherein at least one of the processing unit, the receiving unit, and the cancelling unit is implemented by the central processing unit.
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A method to control a communication apparatus, the method comprising:
- executing, in response to a user instruction, a communication-parameter sharing processing for providing a communication parameter to a receiving apparatus from a providing apparatus;
- receiving, directly from a first apparatus that executes the communication-parameter sharing processing as the providing apparatus, a notification which is sent in a case where the first apparatus is executing the communication-parameter sharing processing as the providing apparatus and there are plural other apparatuses that are executing the communication-parameter sharing processing as a result of determination, by the first apparatus, of whether there exists another apparatus that, in response to the user instruction, has executed the communication-parameter sharing processing;
- and
- cancelling, in response to receiving the notification, the communication-parameter sharing processing as the receiving apparatus,
- wherein at least one of executing, receiving, and cancelling is implemented by a central processing unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.