US 11,917,722 B2
Communication apparatus and communication control method
Toshinori Kawaura, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/329,840.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-094904 (JP), filed on May 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0377724 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 8/30 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.01); H04W 92/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/30 (2013.01) [H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/30 (2018.02); H04W 92/10 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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1. A communication apparatus comprising:
a plurality of wireless interfaces;
a storage unit configured to store, for a past established connection, connection history information associating a network identifier with an interface identifier of one of the plurality of wireless interfaces; and
a communication control unit configured to select, based on the connection history information, one of the plurality of wireless interfaces, and transmit a connection request to another apparatus using the selected wireless interface,
wherein the communication control unit
determines whether the network identifier of the other connectable apparatus is a network identifier for connection for temporary communication,
determines, in a case where the connection history information corresponding to the network identifier of the other apparatus is stored in the storage unit and the network identifier is not the network identifier for connection for temporary communication, whether a new wireless interface which has not been mounted on the communication apparatus corresponding to the connection history information is mounted, and
displays, in a case where the new wireless interface is mounted, a screen for inquiring whether to perform connection using the new wireless interface.