Patent ID: 8954508
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus to communicate with a partner apparatus, comprising: a processor; and a memory configured to store at least one program comprising program code; a transmission unit configured to directly transmit address information of the communication apparatus to the partner apparatus by direct wireless communication between the communication apparatus and the partner apparatus; a reception unit configured to receive, from the partner apparatus using a communication path including a relay apparatus and being different from a communication path that is used when the transmission unit transmits the address information, data to which a destination address is set based on the transmitted address information; an acquisition unit configured to acquire global address information corresponding to the partner apparatus from the received data; and a notification unit configured to notify the partner apparatus of the acquired global address information, wherein an operation of at least one of the transmission unit, the reception unit, the acquisition unit, the acquisition unit and the notification unit is performed by the processor's execution of the at least one program stored in the memory.