COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100190434A1
• Filed: 01/21/2010
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Shichino, Takahiro
• Application Number:
  US12/691,519
• Publication Number:
  US 20100190434A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/26.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

In order to provide a technique that facilitates the setting and management of communication parameters, a communication apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire geographic position information indicating a position where the communication apparatus exists; and a determination unit configured to determine availability of a communication parameter to be used when communicating with another apparatus, based on the position information acquired by the acquisition unit.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire geographic position information indicating a position where the communication apparatus exists; and

a determination unit configured to determine availability of a communication parameter to be used when communicating with another apparatus, based on the position information acquired by said acquisition unit.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said determination unit determines the availability of the communication parameter based on whether the position information acquired by said acquisition unit is included in a geographic range within which the communication parameter is usable.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a decision unit configured to decide a geographic range within which a communication parameter to be used when communicating with another apparatus is usable, based on the position information acquired by said acquisition unit.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a transmitting unit configured to transmit the communication parameter and information indicating the range decided by said decision unit to another communication terminal.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit configured to control the communication apparatus to perform communication by using a new communication parameter, if said determination unit determines that a communication parameter currently being used is unavailable.

6. A communication apparatus comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire geographic position information indicating a position where the communication apparatus exists; and

a decision unit configured to decide a geographic range within which a communication parameter to be used when communicating with another apparatus is usable, based on the position information acquired by said acquisition unit.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a generation unit configured to generate the communication parameter,

wherein said decision unit decides the range when said generation unit generates the communication parameter.

8. A communication apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive a communication parameter to be used when communicating with another apparatus, and range information indicating a geographic range within which the communication parameter is usable;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire geographic position information indicating a position where the communication apparatus exists; and

a determination unit configured to determine availability of the communication parameter based on the position information acquired by said acquisition unit and the range information received by said receiving unit.

9. A control method of a communication apparatus, comprising the steps of:

acquiring geographic position information indicating a position where the communication apparatus exists; and

restricting use of a communication parameter to be used when communicating with another apparatus, based on the position information acquired in the acquiring step.

10. A control method of a communication apparatus, comprising the steps of:

acquiring geographic position information indicating a position where the communication apparatus exists; and

deciding a range which restricts use of a communication parameter to be used when communicating with another apparatus, based on the position information acquired in the acquiring step.

11. A control method of a communication apparatus, comprising the steps of:

receiving a communication parameter to be used when communicating with another apparatus, and range information indicating a geographic range within which the communication parameter is usable;

acquiring geographic position information indicating a position where the communication apparatus exists; and

restricting use of the communication parameter based on the position information acquired in the acquiring step and the range information received in the receiving step.