Patent ID: 11917705
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a first wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a plurality of communication apparatuses simultaneously;
a second wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with one of the plurality of communication apparatuses selectively via an access point;
a third wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with one of the plurality of communication apparatuses selectively without the access point;
a control unit configured to control, based on information shared with one of the plurality of communication apparatuses that is connected via the first wireless communication unit, establishment of a wireless connection via the second wireless communication unit with the communication apparatus sharing the information; and
a transmission unit configured to transmit, in a case where a connection via the second wireless communication unit is to be established with the communication apparatus sharing the information, a notification to a communication apparatus having no wireless connection via the second wireless communication unit among the plurality of communication apparatuses connected via the first wireless communication unit so that the communication apparatus receiving the notification recognizes that a connection via the third wireless communication unit is not allowed.