Communication apparatus and control method thereof, communication system, and storage medium

A communication apparatus, comprising:

• a wireless communication unit capable of executing direct wireless communication between a communication terminal and the communication apparatus with one of the communication terminal and the communication apparatus functioning as an access point;
• a communication unit capable of executing communication between an external apparatus and the communication apparatus, which is a different communication method from communication using the wireless communication unit;
• a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the wireless communication unit is executing communication in a case where a communication request for communicating with the external apparatus has occurred;
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• a control unit configured to switch the communication method from communication using the wireless communication unit to communication using the communication unit and cause the communication unit to communicate with the external apparatus based on the communication request in response to the determination unit determining that the wireless communication unit is executing communication.

A control method for a communication apparatus that communicates with a communication terminal, the method comprising:

• executing direct wireless communication between a communication terminal and the communication apparatus with one of the communication terminal and the communication apparatus functioning as an access point;
• executing communication between an external apparatus and the communication apparatus, which is a different communication method from the direct wireless communication;
• determining whether or not the direct wireless communication is being executed in a case where a communication request for communicating with the external apparatus has occurred;
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• in a case where it is determined that the direct wireless communication is being executed, controlling the communication apparatus to not communicate with the external apparatus based on the communication request until a communication method switches from the direct wireless communication to the different communication method, and causing communication with the external apparatus based on the communication request to be executed using the different communication method in response to switching of the communication method from the direct wireless communication to the different communication method.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute steps of a control method for a communication apparatus that communicates with a communication terminal, the method comprising:

• executing direct wireless communication between a communication terminal and the communication apparatus with one of the communication terminal and the communication apparatus functioning as an access point;
• executing communication between an external apparatus and the communication apparatus, which is a different communication method from the direct wireless communication;
• determining whether or not the direct wireless communication is being executed in a case where a communication request for communicating with the external apparatus has occurred;
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• in a case where it is determined that the direct wireless communication is being executed, controlling the communication apparatus to not communicate with the external apparatus based on the communication request until a communication method switches from the direct wireless communication to the different communication method, and causing communication with the external apparatus based on the communication request to be executed using the different communication method in response to switching of the communication method from the direct wireless communication to the different communication method.