Patent ID: 8610936

Claim:
A method to control a communication device to communicate with a first external device, the first external device being a printing device in an in-area communication method configured to communicate with network-enabled devices exclusively within a specific coverage area, and with a second external device in a telephone-network communication method configured to communicate with a device outside the specific coverage area using a telephone-network communication method, comprising steps of: determining prior to communicating in the in-area communication method whether the communication device is under an ongoing communication session in the telephone-network communication method; when it is determined that the communication device is not under any ongoing communication session in the telephone-network communication method, switching the communication methods in the communication device from the telephone-network communication method to the in-area communication method; when it is determined that the communication device is under an ongoing communication session, maintaining the telephone-network communication method set in the communication device until the ongoing communication session is completed and switching the communication methods in the communication device from the telephone-network communication method to the in-area communication method after the completion of the ongoing communication session; and communicating with the first external device in the in-area communication method after switching the communication methods from the telephone-network communication method to the in-area communication method.