US 12,471,186 B2
Communication apparatus, method for controlling communication apparatus, and program
Tatsuhiko Sakai, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/307,472.
Application 17/307,472 is a continuation of application No. 15/788,691, filed on Oct. 19, 2017, granted, now 11,026,295.
Application 15/788,691 is a continuation of application No. 13/688,780, filed on Nov. 29, 2012, granted, now 9,826,447, issued on Nov. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2011-263420 (JP), filed on Dec. 1, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2021/0259050 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.01); H04W 76/23 (2018.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 28/086 (2023.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 88/06 (2013.01) [H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 76/19 (2018.02); H04W 76/23 (2018.02); H04W 76/27 (2018.02); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); H04W 28/0865 (2023.05); H04W 88/04 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A communication apparatus comprising:
a communication unit configured to be able to perform a first communication and a second communication concurrently,
a first control unit configured to control the first communication of communicating with a partner apparatus via an access point;
a second control unit configured to control the second communication of performing direct communication with a partner apparatus,
wherein, in a case where the second communication is to be performed in a state where the first communication and the second communication are concurrently performed, the second control unit performs control to perform the second communication via a frequency channel used in the first communication,
a determination unit configured to determine that a frequency channel used by the first control unit for communication with the access point is a predetermined channel,
an input unit configured to receive, from a user of the communication apparatus, a setting indicating that the second communication is prioritized over the first communication,
wherein, in a state where the second communication is performed via a second frequency channel, in response to the first control unit performing control to connect with the access point via a first frequency channel, the second control unit performs control to terminate the second communication based on the determination unit having determined that the first frequency channel is the predetermined channel, and
wherein, in a state where the second communication is performed via the second frequency channel, in response to the first control unit performing control to connect with the access point via a third frequency channel that is different from the first frequency channel, the second control unit performs control to perform the second communication via the third frequency channel via which the first communication is performed based on the determination unit having determined that the third frequency channel is a channel different from the predetermined channel
wherein in a case where the first communication is changed from the second frequency channel to the first frequency channel in a state where the setting indicating that the second communication is prioritized is set in the communication apparatus, the second control unit performs control to terminate the first communication based on the determination unit having determined that the first frequency channel is the predetermined channel.