Patent ID: 9252847
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H04B,H04N,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: a short-range wireless communication unit configured to perform short-range wireless communication, wherein the short-range wireless communication unit has a plurality of operation modes, one of which is a card emulation mode for allowing an external apparatus to read information held by the short-range wireless communication unit; a selecting unit configured to select, in accordance with a user's instruction, a piece of data that is to be held by the short-range wireless communication unit from among a plurality of pieces of candidate data; a detecting unit configured to detect that the communication apparatus shifts to a powered-off state; and a controlling unit configured to, when the detection unit detects that the communication apparatus shifts to the powered-off state, cause the short-range wireless communication unit to hold the piece of data selected by the selecting unit and set the card emulation mode as an operation mode of the short-range wireless communication unit; wherein in a case where an error has occurred in the communication apparatus, the controlling unit causes the short-range wireless communication unit to hold error information about the error instead of the piece of data selected by the selecting unit.