Patent ID: 9554254
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: an identification unit configured to identify a partner apparatus for a first communication service; and a formation unit configured to form a new network for executing the first communication service according to the partner apparatus for the first communication service in a case where the communication apparatus starts the first communication service while the communication apparatus and a partner apparatus for a second communication service are executing the second communication service; and an execution unit configured to execute the first communication service, wherein, according to the partner apparatus for the first communication service, the execution unit executes the first communication service by using a network in which the second communication service is being executed, wherein the execution unit executes the first communication service by using the network in which the second communication service is being executed in a case where the partner apparatus for the first communication service and the partner apparatus for the second communication service are the same.