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Communication apparatus, method of controlling a communication apparatus, and storage medium

  • US 10,547,992 B2
  • Filed: 12/28/2015
  • Issued: 01/28/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communication apparatus operable as an AP (Access Point) or STA (Station) of a wireless LAN (Local Area Network), the apparatus comprising:

  • at least one processor; and

    at least one memory storing code to be executed by the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor executes the code tocreate a wireless LAN by operating as the AP;

    accept from a user a first instruction for performing printing processing or a second instruction for performing a maintenance service by using a tethering function;

    receive from a printing apparatus, after a direct connection to the printing apparatus by the wireless LAN cannot be established in accordance with a wireless LAN connection request that is transmitted by the communication apparatus to the printing apparatus, by communication in accordance with a predetermined wireless communication, a notification indicating that it is possible to connect to the wireless LAN, wherein the predetermined wireless communication is a wireless communication in which power consumption is lower than a wireless LAN; and

    control to cause the communication apparatus to operate as the STA and connect to the printing apparatus, which operates as the AP, directly via a wireless LAN, in a case where the notification is received from the printing apparatus in a state where the first instruction has been accepted, and to control to cause the communication apparatus to operate as the AP and connect to the printing apparatus, which operates as the STA, directly via the wireless LAN created by the creating, in a case where the notification is received from the printing apparatus in a state where the second instruction has been accepted.

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