Patent ID: 9591674
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A communication apparatus that searches a service providing apparatus, comprising: a display unit configured to display a search result of the service providing apparatus; one or more processors; and at least one memory coupled to the one or more processors, the at least one memory having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the communication apparatus to: if a search instruction for searching the service providing apparatus is received from a user, connect a plurality of access points to the communication apparatus in order and search the service providing apparatus via each of the plurality of access points; and if the search of the service providing apparatus via each of the plurality of access points is completed and an access point to which the communication apparatus is connected does not coincide with an access point to which the communication apparatus was previously connected before the search of the service providing apparatus was performed, a connection destination is returned to the access point to which the communication apparatus was previously connected before the search of the service providing apparatus was performed.