US 9,807,807 B2Granted

Communication device and control method thereof

AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorTatsuhiko Sakai

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Abstract

A communication apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a control unit. The acquisition unit acquires capability information on other communication apparatuses in a network. The determination unit determines, based on the capability information acquired by the acquisition unit, whether there is a communication apparatus having a specific function, related to data communication, to be performed after processing to set communication parameters is performed. The control unit perform controls, in response to the determination unit determining that there is a communication apparatus having the specific function, to continue the processing to set the communication parameters, and performs control, in response to the determination unit determining that there is no communication apparatus having the specific function, to terminate the processing to set the communication parameters.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A communication apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store a program;
a processor;
the program stored in the memory causes the communication apparatus to:
acquire information of another communication apparatus;
decide which of the communication apparatus and said another communication apparatus provides a communication parameter for communicating in a predetermined wireless network;
communicate the communication parameter with said another communication apparatus according to the decision in a case where which of the communication apparatus and said another communication apparatus provides the communication parameter is decided according to the acquired information of said another communication apparatus and information of the communication apparatus;
and
in a case where which of the communication apparatus and said another communication apparatus provides the communication parameter is not decided according to the acquired information of said another communication apparatus and the information of the communication apparatus:
1) terminate communication with said another communication apparatus without communicating the communication parameter with said another communication apparatus,
2) notify said another communication apparatus of failure of communication processing of the communication parameter, and
3) display an error.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/262,591Filed 25 Apr 2014 · continuation
Priority: JP 2005-17296913 Jun 2005
Published: US 2014/0232883 A121 Aug 2014
Granted: 31 Oct 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification22 codes

H04L 12/2803
Characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]: home automation networks
G06F 3/1205
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings,…
G06F 3/1232
Printer resources management or printer maintenance, e.g. device status, power levels: transmitting printer device capabilities, e.g. upon request…
G06F 3/1236
Specifically adapted to use a particular technique: connection management

Family

Application11/448,215Parent of this continuation · filed 7 Jun 2006
Application13/533,839Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Jun 2012
US 8,233,405 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 31 Jul 2012
US 2014/0232883 A1Pre-grant publication · published 21 Aug 2014
US 8,743,737 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2007/0043844 A1Published application
US 2012/0269094 A1Published application
US 9,807,807 B2This patent

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