Patent · US Active

Communication apparatus, communication method therefor, and program

US8411592B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13References

9Claims

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Assignee

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · JP

Inventors

Kenichi Fujii · Yokohama, JP
Fumihide Goto · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 25, 2008
Grant date	Apr 2, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 17, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W84/20
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication apparatus searches for another network after a network is created, participates in another network in accordance with a role, in communication parameter setting processing, of a communication apparatus existing in another network, and executes the communication parameter setting processing. After the communication apparatus decides to receive the communication parameters from another communication apparatus, the communication apparatus determines an activation state of a providing function of a provider apparatus of the communication parameters, and requests the provider apparatus to provide the communication parameters in accordance with the determination.

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