Patent ID: 9335957
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to have a storage area for storing information and to perform short-range wireless communication, wherein when a predetermined error does not occur in the communication apparatus, a reader/writer mode is set as an operation mode of the wireless communication unit; a detection unit configured to detect that the predetermined error occurs in the communication apparatus; and a control unit configured to, when the detection unit detects that the predetermined error occurs in the communication apparatus, store error information corresponding to the predetermined error in the storage area and change the operation mode of the wireless communication unit from the reader/writer mode to a card emulation mode, wherein the reader/writer mode is an operation mode for the wireless communication unit to read information from an external apparatus, and the card emulation mode is an operation mode for allowing an external apparatus to read information stored in the storage area.