Communicating apparatus, communication method, and storage medium storing program
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAtsushi Shimazaki
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Abstract
A communicating apparatus includes a first communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus using a first wireless communication method, and a second communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus using a second wireless communication method different from the first wireless communication method. The second communication unit searches for an external apparatus which communicates by the second wireless communication method using a wireless channel used in communication by the first communication unit, and connects to the external apparatus.
Claims18
A communicating apparatus capable of connecting with an access point which determines a channel for wireless connection, comprising:
- a processor operating to:
- wirelessly connect with the access point by using a channel determined from a plurality of channels and to wirelessly connect with a communication partner apparatus, without using the access point, by using the determined channel, wherein the wireless connection with the access point and the wireless connection with the communication partner apparatus are concurrently maintained;
- and
- search the access point by preferentially using the determined channel of the plurality of channels, in a case where the wireless connection with the access point is disconnected while the wireless connection with the communication partner apparatus by using the determined channel is performed,
- wherein the wireless connection, by using the determined channel, between the communication partner apparatus and the communicating apparatus without using the access point is maintained while the access point is searched by preferentially using the determined channel of the plurality of channels.
A method of connecting a communication apparatus having a processor with an access point which determines a channel for wireless connection, comprising the steps of:
- wirelessly connecting with the access point by using a channel determined from a plurality of channels and wirelessly connecting with a communication partner apparatus, without using the access point, by using the determined channel, wherein the wireless connection with the access point and the wireless connection with the communication partner apparatus are concurrently maintained;
- and
- searching the access point by preferentially using the determined channel of the plurality of channels, in a case where the wireless connection with the access point is disconnected while the wireless connection with the communication partner apparatus by using the determined channel is performed,
- wherein the wireless connection, by using the determined channel, between the communication partner apparatus and the communicating apparatus without using the access point is maintained while the access point is searched by preferentially using the determined channel of the plurality of channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.