Patent ID: 8081218

Claim:
A communication apparatus comprising: a notification unit configured to notify one or more communication devices of a start of a service to share a network identifier of a data communication wireless network, in a parameter setting wireless network; a reception unit configured to receive a service join request for joining the service in response to the notification, in the parameter setting wireless network; a detecting unit configured to detect name information and identification information of a requesting device which transmitted the service join request; a display unit configured to display the name information detected by the detecting unit so as to allow a user to select whether or not to share the network identifier between the communication apparatus and the requesting device; a determination unit configured to determine whether to execute the service with the requesting device in response to the user's selection; a transmission unit configured to transmit a service rejection message, for rejecting the service join request for joining the service, to the requesting device without executing the service with the requesting device, when said determination unit determines not to execute the service with the requesting device, and to transmit a service request message, for requesting the network identifier of the data communication wireless network, to the requesting device, when the determination unit determines to execute the service with the requesting device; an obtaining unit configured to obtain the network identifier of the data communication wireless network from the requesting device, if the transmission unit transmits the service request message to the requesting device; a storage unit configured to store identification information of the requesting device detected by the detecting unit, if the transmission unit transmits the service rejection message to the requesting device; and a rejecting unit configured to reject a request for connecting at the parameter setting wireless network from the requesting device of which the identification information is stored on the storage unit, wherein said notification unit re-notifies the one or more communication devices of the start of the service in the parameter setting wireless network, if the transmission unit transmits the service rejection message to the requesting device.