COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

• US 20100315676A1
• Filed: 06/08/2010
• Published: 12/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Nago, Hidetada
• Granted Patent: US 9,154,603 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1236 Connection management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00137 Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00177 from a user terminal, e.g. personal computer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00188 Printing, e.g. prints or reprints H04N1/0019, H04N1/00196 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0015 Control of image communication with the connected apparatus, e.g. signalling capability
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0055 By radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0082 Image hardcopy reproducer H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0089 Image display device

Abstract

An apparatus includes a recognition unit configured to recognize a function included in a communication partner and a determination unit configured to determine processing, which the communication partner performs on transmission data, according to the recognized function and a type of the transmission data.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a determination unit configured to determine a plurality of applications according to a type of transmission data;

a recognition unit configured to recognize a function included in a communication partner;

a selection unit configured to select an application from the plurality of applications based on the recognized function; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission data to the communication partner using the selected application.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a notification unit configured to notify the communication partner of information in which the communication partner activates an application for receiving the transmission data corresponding to the selected application.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a conversion unit configured to convert a format of the transmission data according to a type of power supply of the communication partner when the apparatus performs predetermined processing or the communication partner converts the format performs the predetermined processing.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a conversion unit configured to convert a format of the transmission data according to whether the communication partner can convert the format when the apparatus performs predetermined processing or the communication partner converts the format and performs the predetermined processing.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit selects the application according to the type of the transmission data and a free space in a memory of the communication partner.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit selects the application for each of a plurality of the transmission data.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a notice unit configured to notify a user of an error or prompt the user to select transmission data when the application is not selected.

8. A method comprising:

determining a plurality of applications according to a type of transmission data;

recognizing a function included in a communication partner;

selecting an application from the plurality of applications based on the recognized function; and

transmitting the transmission data to the communication partner using the selected application.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising notifying the communication partner of information in which the communication partner activates an application for receiving the transmission data corresponding to the selected application.

10. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

converting a format of the transmission data according to a type of power supply of the communication partner.

11. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

converting a format of the transmission data according to whether the communication partner can convert the format.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein the selecting selects the application according to the type of the transmission data and a free space in a memory of the communication partner.

13. The method according to claim 8, wherein the selecting selects the application for each of a plurality of the transmission data.

14. The method according to claim 8, further comprising notifying a user of an error or prompting the user to select transmission data when the application is not selected.

15. A recording medium which stores a computer-executable program to control a communication apparatus, the recording medium storing a program for realizing the control method according to claim 8.

16. The recording medium according to claim 15, further comprising notifying the communication partner of information in which the communication partner activates an application for receiving the transmission data corresponding to the selected application.

17. The recording medium according to claim 15, further comprising:

converting a format of the transmission data according to a type of power supply of the communication partner.

18. The recording medium according to claim 15, wherein the selecting selects the application according to the type of the transmission data and a free space in a memory of the communication partner.

19. The recording medium according to claim 15, wherein the selecting selects the application for each of a plurality of the transmission data.

20. The recording medium according to claim 15, further comprising notifying a user of an error or prompting the user to select transmission data when the application is not selected.