Patent ID: 11950095
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A communication method comprising:
setting a setting related to starting a direct wireless communication function of a communication apparatus to either one of ON or OFF, wherein the direct wireless communication function performs wireless communication with an external device without using an external relay device;
receiving a user instruction to start the direct wireless communication function;
controlling the communication apparatus to start the direct wireless communication function not based on the user instruction to start the direct wireless communication function, but in accordance with the communication apparatus being in a predetermined state in a case where the setting related to starting of the direct wireless communication function is set to ON; and
controlling the communication apparatus to start the direct wireless communication function not in accordance with the communication apparatus being in a predetermined state, but based on the user instruction to start the direct wireless communication function in a case where the setting related to starting of the direct wireless communication function is set to OFF.