Communication device, controlling method for communication device, and storage medium

• US 9,451,392 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2015
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Hamada, Masashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hai V
• Application Number:
  US14/800,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20160029150A1
• Time in Patent Office: 433 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/41.2, 375/256
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0016 Hand-off preparation specially adapted for end-to-end data sessions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0055 Transmission or use of information for re-establishing the radio link
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/037 by reducing handover delay, e.g. latency
• 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 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/16 Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A communication device transmits, using a wireless communication through a first communication scheme, a first request message requesting connection by the second communication scheme to another communication device, which includes information indicating that communication processing to be requested to the another communication device has not been determined, receives, using a wireless communication through the first communication scheme, a first response message including information indicating whether the connection can be established by the second communication unit and information indicating communication processing executable by the another communication device using a wireless communication through the second communication scheme, and selects communication processing to be executed using the wireless communication through the second communication scheme based on the information which is included in the received first response message and information about the communication processing by the another communication device using the wireless communication through the second communication scheme.

Claims

1. A communication device comprising:

a first communication unit configured to perform a wireless communication with another communication device through a first communication scheme;

a second communication unit configured to perform a wireless communication with the another communication device through a second communication scheme having a higher communication speed than the first communication scheme;

a transmission unit configured to transmit with the first communication unit a first request message for requesting connection by the second communication scheme to the another communication device, which includes information indicating that a communication processing to be requested to the another communication device is not determined, in a case where the first communication unit establishes connection with the another communication device without determining communication processing to be requested to the another communication device;

a reception unit configured to receive, after the transmission unit transmits the first request message, a first response message including information indicating whether connection can be established by the second communication unit and information indicating communication processing executable by the another communication device using the wireless communication through the second communication scheme; and

a selection unit configured to select communication processing to be executed using the wireless communication through the second communication scheme based on the information included in the first response message received by the reception unit and information about the communication processing executable by the another communication device using the wireless communication through the second communication scheme.

2. The communication device according to claim 1,

wherein the transmission unit is configured to transmit with the first communication unit, in a case where the first communication unit establishes the connection with the another communication device after the communication processing to be requested to the another communication device is determined, a second request message requesting connection with the another communication device established by the second communication unit and execution of the communication processing, and

wherein the reception unit is configured to receive, in a case where the second request message is transmitted, a second response message that includes information indicating whether the communication processing requested in the second request message is executable.

3. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein in a case where transmitting the first request message, the transmission unit is further configured to include information related to a format of data as a processing target in the first request message.

4. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where the reception unit receives the first response message, the selection unit is configured to select communication processing corresponding to the information indicating the communication processing executable by the another communication device using the wireless communication through the second communication scheme.

5. The communication device according to claim 1, further comprising a connection unit configured to, in a case where the first response message includes information indicating that connection can be established by the second communication unit, establish connection using the second communication unit.

6. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the first communication unit is configured to perform the wireless communication through near field communication.

7. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the second communication unit is configured to perform the wireless communication conforming to IEEE802.11.

8. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the first request message is a handover request message defined by Near Field Communication Forum.

9. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the first response message is a handover select message defined by Near Field Communication Forum.

10. The communication device according to claim 1,

wherein at least one of the first request message or the first response message includes a communication parameter, and

wherein the second communication unit is configured to establish connection with the another communication device based on the communication parameter.

11. The communication device according to claim 10, wherein the communication parameter includes at least one of a service set identifier, an encryption key, an encryption scheme, an authentication key, an authentication scheme, or a media access control address.

12. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication processing is any one of a data transfer service, a data reproduction service, or a printing service.

13. A control method for a communication device including a first communication unit that performs a wireless communication with another communication device through a first communication scheme and a second communication unit that performs a wireless communication with the another communication device through a second communication scheme having higher communication speed than the first communication scheme, the control method comprising:

transmitting, with the first communication unit, a first request message for requesting connection by the second communication scheme to the another communication device, which includes information indicating that the communication processing requested to the another communication device has not been determined in a case where the first communication unit establishes connection with the another communication device without determining communication processing to be requested to the another communication device;

receiving, after the first request message is transmitted, a first response message including information indicating whether the connection can be established by the second communication unit and information indicating communication processing executable by the another communication device using the wireless communication through the second communication scheme; and

selecting communication processing to be executed using the wireless communication through the second communication scheme based on the information, which is included in the received first response message, and the information about the communication processing executable by the another communication device using the wireless communication through the second communication scheme.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that cause a communication device including a first communication unit that performs a wireless communication with another communication device through a first communication scheme and a second communication unit that performs a wireless communication with the another communication device through a second communication scheme having higher communication speed than the first communication scheme to execute a control method, the control method comprising:

transmitting, with the first communication unit, a first request message for requesting connection by the second communication scheme to the another communication device, which includes information indicating that the communication processing requested to the another communication device has not been determined in a case where the first communication unit establishes connection with the another communication device without determining communication processing to be requested to the another communication device;

receiving, after the first request message is transmitted, a first response message including information indicating whether the connection can be established by the second communication unit and information indicating communication processing executable by the another communication device using the wireless communication through the second communication scheme; and

selecting communication processing to be executed using the wireless communication through the second communication scheme based on the information, which is included in the received first response message, and the information about the communication processing executable by the another communication device using the wireless communication through the second communication scheme.