Patent ID: 8761670
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: a close proximity wireless communication unit configured to perform non-contact communication when the communication apparatus and an external apparatus are brought into close proximity with each other within a predetermined range; a plurality of operating units; a storing unit configured to store information on the plurality of operating units and information on communication processes to be performed by the communication apparatus, in association with each other; and a control unit configured to control the close proximity wireless communication unit to perform, in a case where a state of the communication apparatus changes from a first state to a second state, a communication process that is associated with the one of the plurality of operating units of the communication apparatus that is being operated when communication with the external apparatus is established, wherein the first state is a state that the one of the plurality of operating units of the communication apparatus is kept operated and the communication with the external apparatus is not established, and the second state is a state that the one of the plurality of operating units of the communication apparatus is kept operated continuing from the first state and the communication with the external apparatus is established.