COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20200133605A1
• Filed: 10/16/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kurihara, Shukei
• Granted Patent: US 11,609,734 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 3/1286 via local network
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1417 2D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/035 in self-organising networks

Abstract

A terminal capable of performing wireless communication stores wireless connection information about connection established by a handover, and, in a case where an instruction to transmit new job data is received after wireless connection is disconnected after job data is transmitted, the wireless connection is automatically established using the stored wireless connection information as far as a predetermined condition is satisfied, to enable smooth job execution.

Claims

1. A terminal comprising:

a wireless communicator; and

at least one processor that performs;

acquiring wireless connection information for performing wireless connection from an information processing apparatus;

performing first wireless connection with the information processing apparatus via the wireless communicator based on the acquired wireless connection information;

storing the acquired wireless connection information;

transmitting first job data to the information processing apparatus via the wireless communicator;

automatically disconnecting the first wireless connection performed via the wireless communicator according to transmission of the first job data via the wireless communicator;

determining whether a predetermined condition is satisfied in a case where an instruction to transmit second job data is received after the wireless connection via the wireless communicator is disconnected; and

automatically performing second wireless connection via the wireless communicator using the stored wireless connection information in a case where it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied.

2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition includes at least one of:

a condition that the information processing apparatus that is the first job data transmission destination and information processing apparatus that is the second job data transmission destination are same;

a condition that software running on the terminal and configured to transmit the first job data and the second job data remains in foreground; and

a condition that an amount of time from the disconnection of the wireless connection is within a predetermined amount of time.

3. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition is a condition that the information processing apparatus that is the first job data transmission destination and information processing apparatus that is the second job data transmission destination are same.

4. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition is a condition that software running on the terminal and configured to transmit the first job data and the second job data remains in foreground.

5. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition is a condition that an amount of time from the disconnection of the wireless connection is within a predetermined amount of time.

6. The terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a short range communicator,

wherein the at least one processor further performs acquiring the wireless connection information from the information processing apparatus via the short range communicator.

7. The terminal according to claim 6, wherein the short range communicator performs communication using at least one of Bluetooth®

and Near-Field Communication (NFC).

8. The terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a two-dimensional code reader,

wherein the at least one processor further performs reading, with the two-dimensional code reader, a two-dimensional code displayed on the information processing apparatus to thereby acquire the wireless communication information from the information processing apparatus.

9. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where it is determined that the predetermined condition is not satisfied, the second wireless connection via the wireless communicator is not automatically performed.

10. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the wireless connection information includes information about an access point and a type of the access point.

11. The terminal according to claim 10, wherein the at least one processor further performs displaying, after the determining determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied, a message to prompt activation of the access point in a case where the access point is not activated.

12. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communicator performs communication using Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi).

13. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the first job data and the second job data is data for instructing the information processing apparatus to execute print processing.

14. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is an image forming apparatus.

15. The terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the at least one processor further performs displaying, on a display unit, a first screen for receiving an instruction to transmit the first job data via the wireless communicator,

wherein the first screen displays information about the information processing apparatus, and

wherein, in a case where an instruction to transmit the first job data is received on the first screen, the first job data is transmitted to the information processing apparatus via the wireless communicator.

16. The terminal according to claim 15, wherein the at least one processor further performs displaying, on the display unit, a second screen for selecting a transmission target file included in a job data when the wireless connection is disconnected.

17. The terminal according to claim 16,

wherein the at least one processor further performs displaying, on the display unit, a third screen for receiving an instruction to transmit the second job data after the wireless connection is disconnected,

wherein the third screen displays the information about the information processing apparatus, and

wherein, in a case where an instruction to transmit the second job data is received on the third screen, the second job data is transmitted to the information processing apparatus via the wireless communicator.

18. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor further performs storing a plurality of pieces of wireless connection information for wirelessly connecting to another information processing apparatus different from the information processing apparatus, and when an instruction to transmit the second job data is received, in a case where the another information processing apparatus is set as a transmission destination of the second job data, the determining determines that the predetermined condition is not satisfied, and the second wireless connection is not performed.

19. A method that is executed by a terminal including a wireless communicator, the method comprising:

acquiring wireless connection information for performing wireless connection from an information processing apparatus;

performing first wireless connection with the information processing apparatus via the wireless communicator based on the acquired wireless connection information;

storing the acquired wireless connection information;

transmitting job data to the information processing apparatus via the wireless communicator;

automatically disconnecting the first wireless connection performed via the wireless communicator according to transmission of the job data via the wireless communicator;

determining whether a predetermined condition is satisfied in a case where an instruction to transmit new job data is received after the wireless connection via the wireless communicator is disconnected; and

automatically performing second wireless connection via the wireless communicator using the stored wireless connection information in a case where it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program executed by a computer of a terminal which has a wireless communicator, wherein the program causes the computer to perform:

acquiring wireless connection information for performing wireless connection from an information processing apparatus;

performing first wireless connection with the information processing apparatus via the wireless communicator based on the acquired wireless connection information;

storing the acquired wireless connection information;

transmitting job data to the information processing apparatus via the wireless communicator;

automatically disconnecting the first wireless connection performed via the wireless communicator according to transmission of the job data via the wireless communicator;

determining whether a predetermined condition is satisfied in a case where an instruction to transmit new job data is received after the wireless connection via the wireless communicator is disconnected; and

automatically performing second wireless connection via the wireless communicator using the stored wireless connection information in a case where it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied.