Patent ID: 9137419
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus capable of executing a direct wireless communication, the communication apparatus comprising: an identification unit configured to identify one external device as a communication partner of the direct wireless communication, by performing search processing; a determination unit configured to determine whether the external device identified by the identification unit is a permitted device that is permitted as a communication partner of the direct wireless communication; a display unit configured to display a confirmation screen to prompt a user to ascertain whether to establish the direct wireless communication between the communication apparatus and the external device when the determination unit has determined that the external device is not the permitted device; and a connection unit configured to execute connection processing for establishing the direct wireless communication between the communication apparatus and the external device when the determination unit has determined that the external device is the permitted device or when the user has given an instruction to establish the direct wireless communication via the confirmation screen.