Information processing apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

• US 10,397,963 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2017
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ito, Koji, Konji, Mitsuru
• Primary Examiner(s): Huq, Obaidul
• Application Number:
  US15/462,100
• Publication Number:
  US 20170290071A1
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• Field of Search: 370310, 370328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/19 Connection re-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

In an information processing apparatus instructions are executed to perform communication with a communication apparatus by a first communication method and a second communication method, obtain, from the communication apparatus, first information relating to a network connection in the communication apparatus using the first communication method, and hold the obtained first information in a memory. When the information processing apparatus cannot communicate by the first communication method using the first information, second information is obtained from the communication apparatus and via communication using the second communication method, relating to the network connection in the communication apparatus using the first communication method, and when the obtained second information is different from the first information, the first information is transmitted to the communication apparatus and via communication using the second communication method.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

at least one memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor executing the instructions stored in the memory;

wherein the instructions are executed to;

perform communication with a communication apparatus by a first communication method;

perform communication with the communication apparatus by a second communication method different from the first communication method;

obtain, from the communication apparatus, first information relating to a network connection in the communication apparatus using the first communication method; and

hold the obtained first information in the at least one memory, wherein

in a case where the information processing apparatus cannot communicate with the communication apparatus by the first communication method using the first information that is held in the at least one memory, obtain, from the communication apparatus and via communication using the second communication method, second information relating to the network connection in the communication apparatus using the first communication method; and

in a case where the obtained second information is different from the first information that is held in the at least one memory, transmit, to the communication apparatus and via communication using the second communication method, the first information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the instructions are further executed to,

if the second information is different from the first information that is held in the at least one memory, display to accept a restoration instruction, and

the at least one processor is configured to transmit, if the restoration instruction is accepted, the second information via communication using the second communication method.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if the obtained second information coincides with the first information that is held in the at least one memory, an error is displayed.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the first communication method is a communication method related to a wireless LAN, and

the second communication method is a communication method related to Bluetooth Low Energy.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first communication method is a communication method related to a wireless LAN and the second communication method is a communication method related to a WiFi Aware.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the information processing apparatus cannot communicate with the communication apparatus, information indicating that the information processing apparatus cannot communicate with the communication apparatus is displayed.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first information is obtained by search processing using an access point connected to the information processing apparatus.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein print data is transmitted via communication using the first communication method to the communication apparatus.

9. A control method for an information processing apparatus performs communication with a communication apparatus by a first communication method and performs communication with the communication apparatus by a second communication method different from the first communication method, the method comprising:

obtaining, from the communication apparatus, first information relating to a network connection in the communication apparatus using the first communication method;

holding the obtained first information in a memory;

in a case where the information processing apparatus cannot communicate with the communication apparatus by the first communication method using the first information that is held in the memory, obtaining, from the communication apparatus and via communication using the second communication method, second information relating to the network connection in the communication apparatus using the first communication method; and

in a case where the obtained second information is different from the first information that is held in the memory, transmitting, to the communication apparatus and via communication using the second communication method, the first information.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein

if the second information is different from the first information that is held in the memory, display to accept a restoration instruction, and

the method further comprises transmitting, if the restoration instruction is accepted, the second information via communication using the second communication method.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein if the obtained second information coincides with the first information that is held in the memory, an error is displayed.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein

the first communication method is a communication method related to a wireless LAN, and

the second communication method is a communication method related to Bluetooth Low Energy.

13. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first communication method is a communication method related to a wireless LAN and the second communication method is a communication method related to WiFi Aware.

14. The method according to claim 9, wherein in a case where the information processing apparatus cannot communicate with the communication apparatus, information indicating that the information processing apparatus cannot communicate with the communication apparatus is displayed.

15. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first information is obtained by search processing using an access point connected to the information processing apparatus.

16. The method according to claim 9, wherein print data is transmitted via communication using the first communication method to the communication apparatus.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer, included in an information processing apparatus that performs communication with a communication apparatus by a first communication method and performs communication with the communication apparatus by a second communication method different from the first communication method, to:

obtain, from the communication apparatus, first information relating to a network connection in the communication apparatus using the first communication method;

hold the obtained first information in a memory;

in a case where the information processing apparatus cannot communicate with the communication apparatus by the first communication method using the first information that is held in the memory, obtain, from the communication apparatus and via communication using the second communication method, second information relating to network connection in the communication apparatus using the first communication method; and

in a case where the obtained second information is different from the first information that is held in the memory, transmit, to the communication apparatus and via communication using the second communication method, the first information.