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US 9,961,215 B2Granted
Communication apparatus, method for controlling communication apparatus, and storage medium, for selecting an apparatus in a wireless network
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTatsuhiko Sakai
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Abstract
A communication apparatus is configured to accept input of a condition for selecting a communication apparatus to connect to, receive, from a first communication apparatus that is operating as a base station in a wireless network, information on the first communication apparatus and information on a second communication apparatus that is participating in the wireless network established by the first communication apparatus, and display, from among the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus, a communication apparatus or communication apparatuses that meet the condition input via the input unit, based on the received information.
Claims12
A communication apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
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- at least one memory storing code to be executed by the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor executes the code to function as:
- an input unit configured to accept input of a condition for selecting a partner apparatus that connects with the communication apparatus;
- a receiving unit configured to receive information indicating a first communication apparatus and information indicating a second communication apparatus participating in a wireless network established by the first communication apparatus, from the first communication apparatus that is operating as a base station in the wireless network, before wirelessly connecting with the first communication apparatus;
- a selection unit configured to select, based on the information received by the receiving unit, a partner apparatus corresponding to the condition input by the input unit, from among the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus;
- a determination unit configured to determine whether the partner apparatus selected by the selection unit is operating as the base station or not;
- a display unit configured to display, on a basis of determination by the determination unit, information indicating that it is necessary to reconfigure network setting at the selected partner apparatus in a case where the selected partner apparatus is not operating as the base station and not to display the information in a case where the selected partner apparatus is operating as the base station;
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- a connection unit configured to wirelessly connect with the first communication apparatus or the second communication apparatus according to the selection made by the selection unit.
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A method for controlling a communication apparatus for communicating with other devices on a computer network, the method comprising:
- accepting, at the communication apparatus, input of a condition for selecting a partner apparatus that connects with the communication apparatus;
- receiving, at the communication apparatus, information indicating a first communication apparatus and information indicating a second communication apparatus participating in a wireless network established by the first communication apparatus, from the first communication apparatus that is operating as a base station in the wireless network, before wirelessly connecting with the first communication apparatus;
- selecting, based on the received information, a partner apparatus corresponding to the accepted input condition from among the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus;
- determining whether the partner apparatus selected by the selecting is operating as the base station or not;
- displaying, on a basis of a determination by the determining, information indicating that it is necessary to reconfigure network setting at the selected partner apparatus in a case where the selected partner apparatus is not operating as the base station and not to display the information in a case where the selected partner apparatus is operating as the base station;
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- wirelessly connecting with the first communication apparatus or the second communication apparatus according to the selection made by the selecting.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that, when executed, causes a computer to implement a method for controlling a communication apparatus, the method comprising:
- accepting, at the communication apparatus, input of a condition for selecting a partner apparatus that connects with the communication apparatus;
- receiving, at the communication apparatus, information indicating a first communication apparatus and information indicating a second communication apparatus participating in a wireless network established by the first communication apparatus, from the first communication apparatus that is operating as a base station in the wireless network, before wirelessly connecting with the first communication apparatus;
- selecting, based on the received information, a partner apparatus corresponding to the accepted input condition from among the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus;
- determining whether the partner apparatus selected by the selecting is operating as the base station or not;
- displaying, on a basis of a determination by the determining, information indicating that it is necessary to reconfigure network setting at the selected partner apparatus in a case where the selected partner apparatus is not operating as the base station and not to display the information in a case where the selected partner apparatus is operating as the base station;
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- wirelessly connecting with the first communication apparatus or the second communication apparatus according to the selection made by the selecting.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.