Patent ID: 9692934
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A communicating apparatus having an image forming unit, comprising: a reception unit configured to receive a request command which requires a response, wherein a partner apparatus transmits the request command; a determination unit configured to determine based on the request command received by the reception unit, whether a communication mode of the partner apparatus matches a communication mode executed by the communicating apparatus; and a response control unit configured to respond to the request command received from the partner apparatus, in a case where the determination unit determines that the communication mode of the partner apparatus matches the communication mode executed by the communicating apparatus, wherein, in a case where the determination unit determines that the communication mode of the partner apparatus does not match the communication mode executed by the communicating apparatus, the response control unit does not respond to the request command received from the partner apparatus, and wherein the communication mode of the communicating apparatus needs a negotiation process for determining an apparatus serving as an access point between the communicating apparatus and the partner apparatus.