Communication apparatus, control method thereof, and recording medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorFumihide Goto
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Abstract
According to an instruction for starting processing for connecting to another communication apparatus, a communication apparatus prompts a user to select whether the communication apparatus joins an existing network or establishes a new network, searches another communication apparatus establishing the existing network when the user selects to join the existing network, searches another communication apparatus not establishing the existing network when the user selects to establish the new network, and then connects to the another searched communication apparatus.
Claims10
A communication apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor coupled to the memory which executes the following:
- receiving a user instruction to select a search mode for searching a partner apparatus that performs communication conforming to a standard of Wi-Fi Direct;
- searching, according to the received user instruction, a partner apparatus conforming to the standard of Wi-Fi Direct based on a first search mode or a second search mode,
- wherein the first search mode is a mode for discovering an existing wireless network by executing a scan phase specified by the Wi-Fi Direct and performing a search on a plurality of channels, and the second search mode is a mode for discovering an apparatus not connected to the existing wireless network by omitting the scan phase, executing a find phase specified by the Wi-Fi Direct and performing a search on a specified part of the plurality of channels;
- and
- connecting to the searched partner apparatus based on the Wi-Fi Direct.
A control method of a communication apparatus comprising:
- receiving a user instruction to select a search mode for searching a partner apparatus that performs communication conforming to a standard of Wi-Fi Direct;
- searching, according to the received user instruction, a partner apparatus conforming to the standard of Wi-Fi Direct based on a first search mode or a second search mode,
- wherein the first search mode is a mode for discovering an existing wireless network by executing a scan phase specified by the Wi-Fi Direct and performing a search on a plurality of channels, and the second search mode is a mode for discovering an apparatus not connected to the existing wireless network by omitting the scan phase, executing a find phase specified by the Wi-Fi Direct and performing a search on a specified part of the plurality of channels;
- and
- connecting to the searched partner apparatus based on the Wi-Fi Direct.
A non-transitory recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a method of a communication apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving a user instruction to select a search mode for searching a partner apparatus that performs communication conforming to a standard of Wi-Fi Direct;
- searching, according to the received user instruction, a partner apparatus conforming to the standard of Wi-Fi Direct based on a first search mode or a second search mode,
- wherein the first search mode is a mode for discovering an existing wireless network by executing a scan phase specified by the Wi-Fi Direct and performing a search on a plurality of channels, and the second search mode is a mode for discovering an apparatus not connected to the existing wireless network by omitting the scan phase, executing a find phase specified by the Wi-Fi Direct and performing a search on a specified part of the plurality of channels;
- and
- connecting to the searched partner apparatus based on the Wi-Fi Direct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.