Communication apparatus for setting group ownership intent, communication method for setting group ownership intent, and storage medium for setting group ownership intent
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakeshi Suzuki, Takashi Moriya, Arata Miyagi
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Abstract
A communication apparatus is capable of wirelessly communicating with a communication partner apparatus in a peer-to-peer mode. A state of supplying electric power to the communication apparatus is determined, and a group owner intent value indicating the degree of intent to operate as an access point in wireless communication is changed from a default value to a value depending on the state of the supplying electric power.
Claims20
A communication apparatus capable of wirelessly communicating with a communication partner apparatus, the communication apparatus comprising:
- memory;
- and
- one or more processors, the one or more processors configured to:
- send, in a case where the communication apparatus is in a power saving status to reduce power consumption, information indicating that the communication apparatus does not operate as an access point to the communication partner apparatus;
- set an intent value to be lower than a predetermined value after the information is sent, wherein the intent value indicates a degree of intent to operate as an access point in a wireless communication;
- and
- send the set intent value to the communication partner apparatus.
A method of controlling a communication apparatus capable of wirelessly communicating with a communication partner apparatus, the method comprising:
- at the communication apparatus, sending, in a case where the communication apparatus is in a power saving status to reduce power consumption, information indicating that the communication apparatus does not operate as an access point to the communication partner apparatus;
- setting an intent value to be lower than a predetermined value after the information is sent, wherein the intent value indicates a degree of intent to operate as an access point in a wireless communication;
- and
- sending the set intent value to the communication partner apparatus.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions configured to control a communication apparatus capable of wirelessly communicating with a communication partner apparatus, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:
- at the communication apparatus, sending, in a case where the communication apparatus is in a power saving status to reduce power consumption, information indicating that the communication apparatus does not operate as an access point to the communication partner apparatus;
- setting an intent value to be lower than a predetermined value after the information is sent, wherein the intent value indicates a degree of intent to operate as an access point in a wireless communication;
- and
- sending the set intent value to the communication partner apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.