US 12,316,498 B2
Communication apparatus communicable with information processing apparatus, control method for communication apparatus, storage medium, and system
Yu Matsumoto, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/381,270.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-169993 (JP), filed on Oct. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0137275 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0235938 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 41/084 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0846 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0806 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A control method for controlling a communication apparatus communicable with an information processing apparatus, the control method comprising:
executing a searching process of searching for at least one communication apparatus operating in a predetermined mode for receiving setting information;
in a case where another communication apparatus is found by the searching process, sending, to the information processing apparatus, predetermined information corresponding to finding of the another communication apparatus by the searching process;
receiving instruction information sent from the information processing apparatus on a basis of sending of the predetermined information to the information processing apparatus;
in a case where the instruction information is received from the information processing apparatus, establishing without an external access point a direct connection for direct communication to with the another communication apparatus; and
using the direction communication to send, to the another communication apparatus, setting information that is information used for connection with an access point to which the communication apparatus is connected before the direct connection is established and information relating to communication with the another communication apparatus, wherein the setting information includes an SSID, Service Set Identifier, that is used for connecting to the access point to which the communication apparatus is connected before the direct connection is established.