Patent ID: 8781511
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an image processing unit; a first access point module which relays a communication between a plurality of external apparatuses through a first wireless communication channel; a client module which communicates with a second external access point module through a second wireless communication channel different from the first wireless communication channel; and a controller which switches communication data received through the first wireless communication channel or the second wireless communication channel to be selectively transmitted through one of the first wireless communication channel or the second wireless communication channel, wherein the controller, if the first access point module receives data from a first external apparatus of the plurality of apparatuses via the first wireless communication channel, extracts an address from the received data and determines whether the address corresponds to the image processing apparatus, the address being a target address to which the received data is transmitted, wherein the controller transmits the received data to the image processing apparatus if the address corresponds to the image processing apparatus, determines whether the address corresponds to a second external apparatus of the plurality of apparatuses if the address does not correspond to the image processing apparatus, detects whether the received data can be transmitted through the first wireless communication channel and the second wireless communication channel if the address corresponds to the second external apparatus, and determines whether the received data can be transmitted through the second wireless communication channel with respect to the address, wherein the controller transmits the received data through the second wireless communication channel via the client module to the second external access point module being connected to the second external apparatus if the received data can be transmitted through the second wireless communication channel, and transmits the received data to the second external apparatus via the first wireless communication channel if the received data cannot be transmitted through the second wireless communication channel.