Patent ID: 8693411

Claim:
A communication apparatus comprising: a joining unit which joins a first shared network; a receiving unit which receives an instruction for starting a process for setting communication parameters with another communication apparatus to enable the another communication apparatus to set up communications with the first shared network; wherein the setting up communication parameters comprises: a creating unit which, upon receiving the instruction for starting a process for setting communication parameters, creates a second network; and a providing unit which, upon receiving a request from another communication apparatus to join the second network during execution of the process for setting communication parameters, provides communication parameters, wherein the another communication apparatus joins the first shared network using the communication parameters, wherein the communication apparatus ends the second network created by said creating unit and returns to the first network if a fixed period of time elapses without receiving the request from another communication apparatus, and wherein the first shared network or second network comprises a wired or wireless LAN, Zigbee, Bluetooth, or UWB (Ultra Wide Band) network.