Patent ID: 9467581
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of image data; a first determination unit configured to determine a role of whether the communication apparatus operates as an apparatus that constructs a wireless network, or operates as an apparatus that participates in a constructed wireless network, by communicating with another communication apparatus; a receiving unit configured to receive a request signal for requesting information of the plurality of pieces of image data from said another communication apparatus; and a transmission unit configured to, 1) in a case where the requested signal received by the receiving unit designates ID information of first image data and information of image data associated with the first image data is requested, transmit information of the image data associated with the first image data, 2) in a case where the requested signal does not designate ID information of image data, transmit ID information of representative image data in a group of grouped image data, not transmit ID information of image data other than the representative image data in the group, and transmit ID information of image data that is not grouped.