US 11,729,289 B2
Push message communication apparatus
Kensuke Yasuma, Tokyo (JP); Tomoya Sakai, Kawasaki (JP); and Kenichi Fujii, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/774,443.
Application 16/774,443 is a continuation of application No. 15/196,778, filed on Jun. 29, 2016, granted, now 10,587,712.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-133926 (JP), filed on Jul. 2, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0162571 A1, May 21, 2020
Int. Cl. H04L 67/56 (2022.01); H04L 69/08 (2022.01); H04L 67/55 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/56 (2022.05) [H04L 67/55 (2022.05); H04L 69/08 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication apparatus comprising:
one or more hardware processors; and
one or more memories which store instructions executable by the one or more hardware processors to cause the communication apparatus to perform at least:
setting an operation mode for communicating with an external apparatus;
transmitting a request to a proxy apparatus for requesting a proxy processing according to the operation mode, the proxy processing being for receiving a message from the external apparatus on behalf of the communication apparatus;
receiving, from the proxy apparatus, a response to the request, wherein the response is based on whether the proxy apparatus is capable of proxy processing according to the operation mode;
after receiving the response, communicating with the proxy apparatus a period during which the communication apparatus is able to communicate with the proxy apparatus to receive the message which the proxy apparatus receives from the external apparatus, in a case where the received response indicates that the proxy apparatus is available to execute the proxy processing; and
receiving the message from the proxy apparatus during the period.