US 11,792,632 B2
Communicating apparatus, communication method, and storage medium storing program
Atsushi Shimazaki, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/740,642.
Application 17/740,642 is a continuation of application No. 16/857,323, filed on Apr. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,356,836.
Application 16/857,323 is a continuation of application No. 15/825,608, filed on Nov. 29, 2017, granted, now 10,667,117, issued on May 26, 2020.
Application 15/825,608 is a continuation of application No. 15/646,396, filed on Jul. 11, 2017, granted, now 9,867,029, issued on Jan. 9, 2018.
Application 15/646,396 is a continuation of application No. 14/257,139, filed on Apr. 21, 2014, granted, now 9,730,045, issued on Aug. 8, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2013-094644 (JP), filed on Apr. 26, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0272516 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/005 (2013.01) [H04W 76/14 (2018.02)] 14 Claims
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1. A communication apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
at least one processor configured to:
perform communication processing to a communication partner apparatus using a near field communication (NFC) unit of the communication apparatus;
establish a wireless connection based on an infrastructure mode between the communication apparatus and an external access point;
establish a direct wireless connection between the communication apparatus and the communication partner apparatus which is the same as the communication partner apparatus of the NFC unit, wherein the direct wireless connection is established based on Wi-Fi Direct without the external access point or the direct wireless connection is established using an Access Point function of the communication apparatus;
concurrently perform the wireless connection between the communication apparatus and the external access point and the direct wireless connection between the communication apparatus and the communication partner apparatus with each other; and
search the external access point in a state that the direct wireless connection between the communication apparatus and the communication partner apparatus is maintained, in a case where the wireless connection between the communication apparatus and the external access point is disconnected,
wherein the external access point is external to the communication apparatus and is external to the communication partner apparatus.