Communication apparatus, control method for the same, communication system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorRyosuke Sato
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Abstract
A communication apparatus capable of relaying communication between an external apparatus and a communication terminal, determines whether or not a wireless network that enables connection to the external apparatus exists, and decides on a communication mode between the external apparatus and the communication terminal according to a wireless network that was determined as being connectable.
Claims13
A communication apparatus comprising:
- a first communication unit configured to communicate with a first other communication apparatus by a first wireless communication method;
- a second communication unit configured to communicate by a second wireless communication method different from the first wireless communication method;
- a determination unit configured to determine whether it is possible to communicate with a second other communication apparatus via communication with the first other communication apparatus by the first wireless communication method and/or it is possible to communicate with the second other communication apparatus via communication by the second wireless communication method;
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- a providing unit configured to provide, to a third other communication apparatus, either first communication parameters for connecting to the communication apparatus or second communication parameters for connecting to the first other communication apparatus based on a determination result by the determination unit.
A method of controlling a communication apparatus having a first communication unit configured to communicate with a first other communication apparatus by a first wireless communication method and a second communication unit configured to communicate by a second wireless communication method different from the first wireless communication method, comprising:
- determining whether it is possible to communicate with a second other communication apparatus via communication with the first other communication apparatus by the first wireless communication method and/or it is possible to communicate with the second other communication apparatus via communication by the second wireless communication method;
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- providing, to a third other communication apparatus, either first communication parameters for connecting to the communication apparatus or second communication parameters for connecting to the first other communication apparatus based on a determination result in the determining.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for controlling a computer to execute a method of controlling a communication apparatus having a first communication unit configured to communicate with a first other communication apparatus by a first wireless communication method and a second communication unit configured to communicate by a second wireless communication method different from the first wireless communication method, the method comprising:
- determining whether it is possible to communicate with a second other communication apparatus via communication with the first other communication apparatus by the first wireless communication method and/or it is possible to communicate with the second other communication apparatus via communication by the second wireless communication method;
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- providing, to a third other communication apparatus, either first communication parameters for connecting to the communication apparatus or second communication parameters for connecting to the first other communication apparatus based on a determination result in the determining.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.