Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Communication apparatus, control method, and storage medium
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Application No.: US15188652Application Date: 2016-06-21
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Publication No.: US09609673B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Ryosuke Sato
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA, Inc., IP Division
- Priority: JP2015-128690 20150626
- Main IPC: H04B7/00
- IPC: H04B7/00 ; H04W24/00 ; H04M1/00 ; H04W76/02 ; H04W8/00 ; H04W4/00 ; H04W52/02 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
A communication apparatus according to the present invention includes a storage unit that stores, when the communication apparatus is connected to a first wireless network at a predetermined position, information about the predetermined position, a detection unit that detects whether the communication apparatus exists within a predetermined range including the predetermined position, and a transmission unit that transmits predetermined information, for connecting another communication apparatus to the first wireless network, to the another communication apparatus using a second communication system with a lower power consumption than a first communication system used in the first wireless network in response to the detection unit detecting that the communication apparatus exists within the predetermined range.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160381719A1 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Public/Granted day:2016-12-29
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