Patent ID: 8823985
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A control apparatus that is connected via a wired network to an information processing apparatus having a wireless communication function and that controls a setting of wireless communication between a wireless access point and the information processing apparatus, comprising: a display unit; a setting control unit configured to instruct the information processing apparatus via the wired network to start the setting of wireless communication and instruct the wireless access point via a network to start the setting of wireless communication; a display control unit configured, when receiving a setting result notification that represents a result of execution of the setting of wireless communication between the information processing apparatus and the wireless access point, to cause said display unit to display the setting result notification; a requesting unit configured, when receiving from at least one of the wireless access point and the information processing apparatus a notification representing that the setting of wireless communication has failed, to request the wireless access point to transmit parameters required for the setting of wireless communication; and a recovery control unit configured, when receiving the parameters from the wireless access point, to instruct the information processing apparatus to perform the setting of wireless communication based on the parameters.