US 11,816,380 B2
Communication apparatus, method of controlling same, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
Wahei Sugawara, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/862,760.
Application 17/862,760 is a continuation of application No. 17/359,896, filed on Jun. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,429,332.
Application 17/359,896 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/043119, filed on Nov. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-248376 (JP), filed on Dec. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0365735 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01)
CPC G06F 3/1286 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1236 (2013.01); G06F 3/1292 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A communication apparatus capable of operating in at least one of a plurality of modes including a first communication mode in which wired communication is performed with another apparatus and a second communication mode in which wireless communication is performed with another apparatus not via an external access point, the communication apparatus comprising:
at least one processor configured to function as:
a controlling unit configured to control a communication mode of the communication apparatus by enabling or disabling at least one of the plurality of communication modes;
a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction for search processing to search for the external access point near the communication apparatus; and
an executing unit configured to, based on reception of the instruction, execute search processing to search for the external access point near the communication apparatus,
wherein in a case where the instruction has been received in a state where the first communication mode is enabled, the second communication mode is enabled and the search processing is executed in the second communication mode.