| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090007226 | Communications Apparatus and Control Method Therefor - When exchanging communication parameter setting information on a wireless network, a communications apparatus selects between a first operation mode in which communications parameter information is exchanged with a specific communications apparatus and a second operation mode in which communications parameter information is exchanged with an unspecified number of communications apparatus. Depending on the selected operation mode, the communications apparatus control security upon holding the communications parameter information exchanged with the specific communications apparatus and the communications parameter information exchanged with the unspecified number of communications apparatus. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090052344 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A wireless communication method in a wireless communication apparatus, which can exchange data with another wireless communication apparatus via a wireless communication, searches for another wireless communication apparatus, and determines a function of the other wireless communication apparatus. The method selects a communication route required to wirelessly communicate with the other wireless communication apparatus in accordance with the function of the other wireless communication apparatus, and communicates data to the other wireless communication apparatus in accordance with the selected communication route. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20100020706 | COMMUNICATION PARAMETER SETTING PROCESSING METHOD, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - When the role of a receiver is not predetermined, it is impossible to uniquely determine the transfer direction of communication parameters. A communication apparatus comprises: discrimination means adapted to discriminate a function of another communication apparatus with respect to communication parameter setting processing when the self communication apparatus is a candidate for a providing apparatus of communication parameters; setting means adapted to set the function of the self communication apparatus as a receiving apparatus of communication parameters upon detecting an apparatus that is confirmed as a providing apparatus of communication parameters before a set time elapses; and execution means adapted, if the setting means sets the function as the receiving apparatus, to execute, as a receiving apparatus of communication parameters, the communication parameter setting processing with the providing apparatus. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100035549 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A wireless communication method in a wireless communication apparatus, which can exchange data with another wireless communication apparatus via a wireless communication, searches for another wireless communication apparatus, and determines a function of the other wireless communication apparatus. The method selects a communication route required to wirelessly communicate with the other wireless communication apparatus in accordance with the function of the other wireless communication apparatus, and communicates data to the other wireless communication apparatus in accordance with the selected communication route. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100046394 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - A communication apparatus searches for another network after a network is created, participates in another network in accordance with a role, in communication parameter setting processing, of a communication apparatus existing in another network, and executes the communication parameter setting processing. After the communication apparatus decides to receive the communication parameters from another communication apparatus, the communication apparatus determines an activation state of a providing function of a provider apparatus of the communication parameters, and requests the provider apparatus to provide the communication parameters in accordance with the determination. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100215025 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A communication apparatus for performing a communication parameter configuration process as one of a communication parameter providing apparatus and a communication parameter receiving apparatus, comprises: a first reception unit adapted to receive a communication parameter from another communication apparatus; and an enabling unit adapted to enable a communication parameter providing function for providing a communication parameter to another communication apparatus, after the communication parameter is received. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100220605 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION LAYER ROLE DECIDING METHOD - When setting a communication parameter, apparatuses decide on each other's roles for setting the communication parameter. When constructing a new network after the communication parameter is set, the roles of individual communication layers (e.g., a physical layer, IP layer, transport layer, and application layer) are decided on to correspond to the roles when the communication parameter is set. | 09-02-2010 |