US 12,294,857 B2
Communication apparatus for providing a setting screen having high convenience of user input of communication parameters, control method, and storage medium
Yuki Yoshikawa, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/484,510.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-162161 (JP), filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104014 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 12/06 (2021.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 12/068 (2021.01) [G06F 21/45 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication apparatus comprising:
at least one memory that stores a set of instructions; and
at least one processor that executes the instructions, the instructions, when executed, causing the communication apparatus to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from another communication apparatus, information about a wireless network identified by a service set identifier (SSID);
selecting a screen to be displayed from among at least a first input screen and a second input screen, wherein selecting the screen to be displayed comprises:
determining, based on the information about the wireless network, whether a password identifier is a required parameter for connection to the another communication apparatus forming the wireless network, the password identifier being associated with a password used to access the wireless network, the password identifier being different from the SSID of the wireless network and different from the password used to access the wireless network; and
selecting the screen to be displayed based on a result of the determining; and
controlling a display to display the selected screen, wherein controlling the display to display the selected screen comprises:
in a case where it is determined in the determining that the password identifier is not a required parameter for the connection to the another communication apparatus, displaying the first input screen on the display, wherein the first input screen includes a first display item for receiving an input of a character string corresponding to the password used to access the wireless network and does not include a display item for receiving an input of a character string corresponding to the password identifier, and,
in a case where it is determined in the determining that the password identifier is a required parameter for the connection to the another communication apparatus, displaying the second input screen on the display, wherein the second input screen includes a second display item for receiving an input of the character string corresponding to the password used to access the wireless network and a third display item for receiving an input of the character string corresponding to the password identifier.