US 11,950,095 B2
Communication apparatus and method for controlling the same
Nobuhiko Maki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/309,706.
Application 18/309,706 is a continuation of application No. 17/743,872, filed on May 13, 2022, granted, now 11,678,185.
Application 17/743,872 is a continuation of application No. 16/842,506, filed on Apr. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,363,458, issued on Jun. 14, 2022.
Application 16/842,506 is a continuation of application No. 15/778,092, granted, now 10,652,741, issued on May 12, 2020, previously published as PCT/JP2016/004954, filed on Nov. 25, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-232515 (JP), filed on Nov. 28, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0269585 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 12/06 (2021.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 12/30 (2021.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/73 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/06 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1292 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 12/35 (2021.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01); H04W 12/73 (2021.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication apparatus having a direct wireless communication function of performing wireless communication with an external device without using an external relay device, the communication apparatus comprising:
at least one memory that stores a set of instructions; and
at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to:
set a setting related to starting of the direct wireless communication function to either one of ON or OFF;
receive a user instruction to start the direct wireless communication function; and
control the communication apparatus to start the direct wireless communication function not based on the user instruction to start the direct wireless communication function, but in accordance with the communication apparatus being in a predetermined state in a case where the setting related to starting of the direct wireless communication function is set to ON,
wherein the direct wireless communication function is not started in accordance with the communication apparatus being in a predetermined state, but is started based on a user instruction to start the direct wireless communication function in a case where the setting related to starting of the direct wireless communication function is set to OFF.