Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Communication apparatus, terminal apparatus, image processing system, and communication method
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Application No.: US15448349Application Date: 2017-03-02
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Publication No.: US09967698B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Eiji Nishi
- Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2014-0138903 20140704
- Main IPC: H04B7/00
- IPC: H04B7/00 ; H04W4/00 ; H04W76/02 ; H04W28/26 ; G06F3/12

Abstract:
A communication apparatus includes a first communication unit, a second communication unit, and a communication-apparatus-side controller. The first communication unit wirelessly communicates with plural terminal apparatuses, the number of which is less than or equal to a predetermined maximum number of connections allowed. The second communication unit wirelessly communicates with a connection-requesting terminal apparatus that attempts to wirelessly communicate with the first communication unit. The communication-apparatus-side controller transmits, to the connection-requesting terminal apparatus via the second communication unit, information indicating that wireless communication via the first communication unit is not available in a case where the number of connections established for wireless communication via the first communication unit has reached the predetermined maximum number of connections allowed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170180922A1 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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