Patent ID: 11917722
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A communication control method executed by a communication apparatus including a plurality of wireless interfaces, and a storage unit configured to store, for a past established connection, connection history information associating a network identifier with an interface identifier of one of the plurality of wireless interfaces, the method comprising:
selecting, based on the connection history information, one of the plurality of wireless interfaces, and transmitting a connection request to another apparatus using the selected wireless interface;
determining whether the network identifier of the other connectable apparatus is a network identifier for connection for temporary communication;
determining, in a case where the connection history information corresponding to the network identifier of the other apparatus is stored in the storage unit and the network identifier is not the network identifier for connection for temporary communication, whether a new wireless interface which has not been mounted on the communication apparatus corresponding to the connection history information is mounted; and
displaying, in a case where the new wireless interface is mounted, a screen for inquiring whether to perform connection using the new wireless interface.