Communication apparatus which establishes wireless connection with external apparatus
First Claim
1. A communication apparatus comprising:
- a display;
a processor; and
a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the communication apparatus to perform;
receiving an apparatus search signal from an external apparatus in a case where a search operation is performed by a user on the external apparatus, the apparatus search signal being sent from the external apparatus for searching an apparatus of a target with which the external apparatus is to establish a wireless connection;
causing the display to display a first screen including a first inquiry message in a case where the apparatus search signal is received from the external apparatus and a first condition is satisfied, the first inquiry message being for inquiring of the user whether a particular wireless connection is to be established between the communication apparatus which received the apparatus search signal and the external apparatus which sent the apparatus search signal;
establishing the particular wireless connection between the communication apparatus and the external apparatus in a case where the user selects, in response to the first inquiry message, that the particular wireless connection is to be established,causing the display to display a second screen including a second inquiry message different from the first inquiry message, in a case where the user does not select, in response to the first inquiry message, that the particular wireless connection is to be established, and a connection request signal different from the apparatus search signal is received from the external apparatus, the connection request signal being sent from the external apparatus to the communication apparatus in a case where identification information for identifying the communication apparatus is selected by the user in the external apparatus under a state where a selection screen including the identification information is displayed in the external apparatus, the second inquiry message being for inquiring of the user whether the particular wireless connection is to be established in response to the connection request signal; and
establishing the particular wireless connection, in a case where the user selects, in response to the second inquiry message, that the particular wireless connection is to be established.
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Abstract
A communication apparatus may cause a display to display a first inquiry message in a case where an apparatus search signal is received from an external apparatus, the apparatus search signal being for searching a target apparatus which is to establish a wireless connection with the external apparatus, and the first inquiry message being for inquiring a user whether a particular wireless connection is to be established between the communication apparatus and the external apparatus. The communication apparatus may establish the particular wireless connection between the communication apparatus and the external apparatus in a case where it is selected by the user, in response to the first inquiry message, that the particular wireless connection is to be established.
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13 Claims
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1. A communication apparatus comprising:
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a display; a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the communication apparatus to perform; receiving an apparatus search signal from an external apparatus in a case where a search operation is performed by a user on the external apparatus, the apparatus search signal being sent from the external apparatus for searching an apparatus of a target with which the external apparatus is to establish a wireless connection; causing the display to display a first screen including a first inquiry message in a case where the apparatus search signal is received from the external apparatus and a first condition is satisfied, the first inquiry message being for inquiring of the user whether a particular wireless connection is to be established between the communication apparatus which received the apparatus search signal and the external apparatus which sent the apparatus search signal; establishing the particular wireless connection between the communication apparatus and the external apparatus in a case where the user selects, in response to the first inquiry message, that the particular wireless connection is to be established, causing the display to display a second screen including a second inquiry message different from the first inquiry message, in a case where the user does not select, in response to the first inquiry message, that the particular wireless connection is to be established, and a connection request signal different from the apparatus search signal is received from the external apparatus, the connection request signal being sent from the external apparatus to the communication apparatus in a case where identification information for identifying the communication apparatus is selected by the user in the external apparatus under a state where a selection screen including the identification information is displayed in the external apparatus, the second inquiry message being for inquiring of the user whether the particular wireless connection is to be established in response to the connection request signal; and establishing the particular wireless connection, in a case where the user selects, in response to the second inquiry message, that the particular wireless connection is to be established. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions for a communication apparatus,
wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by a processor of the communication apparatus, cause the communication apparatus to perform: -
receiving an apparatus search signal from an external apparatus in a case where a search operation is performed by a user on the external apparatus, the apparatus search signal being sent from the external apparatus for searching an apparatus of a target with which the external apparatus is to establish a wireless connection; causing a display of the communication apparatus to display a first screen including a first inquiry message in a case where the apparatus search signal is received from the external apparatus and a first condition is satisfied, the first inquiry message being for inquiring of the user whether a particular wireless connection is to be established between the communication apparatus which received the apparatus search signal and the external apparatus which sent the apparatus search signal; establishing the particular wireless connection between the communication apparatus and the external apparatus in a case where the user selects, in response to the first inquiry message, that the particular wireless connection is to be established; causing the display to display a second screen including a second inquiry message different from the first inquiry message, in a case where the user does not select, in response to the first inquiry message, that the particular wireless connection is to be established, and a connection request signal different from the apparatus search signal is received from the external apparatus, the connection request signal being sent from the external apparatus to the communication apparatus in a case where identification information for identifying the communication apparatus is selected by the user in the external apparatus under a state where a selection screen including the identification information is displayed in the external apparatus, the second inquiry message being for inquiring of the user whether the particular wireless connection is to be established in response to the connection request signal; and establishing the particular wireless connection, in a case where the user selects, in response to the second inquiry message, that the particular wireless connection is to be established.
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13. A communication apparatus comprising:
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a display; a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the communication apparatus to perform; receiving an apparatus search signal from an external apparatus in a case where a search operation is performed by a user on the external apparatus, the apparatus search signal being sent from the external apparatus for searching an apparatus of a target with which the external apparatus is to establish a wireless connection; causing the display to display a first screen including a first inquiry message in a case where the apparatus search signal is received from the external apparatus, the first inquiry message being for inquiring of the user whether a particular wireless connection is to be established between the communication apparatus which received the apparatus search signal and the external apparatus which sent the apparatus search signal; and establishing the particular wireless connection between the communication apparatus and the external apparatus in a case where the user selects, in response to the first inquiry message, that the particular wireless connection is to be established, wherein the establishing the particular wireless connection in response to the first inquiry message includes; determining whether the external apparatus has previously belonged as a child station or a parent station to a first wireless network in which the communication apparatus operates as the parent station or the child station, in a case where the user selects, in response to the first inquiry message, that the particular wireless connection is to be established, under a state where the communication apparatus does not operate as either the parent station or the child station of a wireless network; reforming the first wireless network in which the communication apparatus operates as the parent station, in a case where it is determined that the external apparatus had previously belonged to the first wireless network as the child station, and establishing the particular wireless connection by sending, to the external apparatus, a particular signal for requiring that both the communication apparatus and the external apparatus belong to the first wireless network which is to be reformed by the communication apparatus, in a case where it is determined that the external apparatus had belonged to the first wireless network as the child station, establishing the particular wireless connection by sending, to the external apparatus, a particular signal for requiring that both the communication apparatus and the external apparatus belong to the first wireless network which is to be reformed by the external apparatus, in a case where it is determined that the external apparatus had belonged to the first wireless network as the parent station, establishing the particular wireless connection by executing an operation-determining communication for determining whether the communication apparatus is to operate as a parent station or a child station, in a case where it is determined that the external apparatus has never belonged to the first wireless network as either the child station or the parent station, in a case where it is determined, in response to a result of the operation-determining communication, that the communication apparatus is to operate as the parent station, establishing the particular wireless connection so as to cause the external apparatus to belong as a child station to a second wireless network in which the communication apparatus operates as a parent station, and in a case where it is determined, in response to the result of the operation-determining communication, that the communication apparatus is to operate as the child station, establishing the particular wireless connection so as to cause the communication apparatus to belong as a child station to a third wireless network in which the external apparatus operates as a parent station.
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