Patent ID: 8866916

Claim:
An image output apparatus comprising: a first communication control unit configured to control a wireless communication with another apparatus according to a first protocol; a second communication control unit configured to control a communication relating to an image according to a second protocol conducted via the wireless communication according to the first protocol; an image output unit configured to execute output processing of an image provided via a communication control by the second communication control unit; a link control unit configured to defer disconnection processing of the communication by the second communication control unit, if disconnection of the wireless communication by the first communication control unit is detected, based on a state of the output processing by the image output unit; and a notification unit configured to notify the another apparatus of a state of the output processing by the image output unit in accordance with a completion of the output processing by the image output unit and a state of the wireless communication controlled by the first communication control unit, wherein, if the wireless communication by the first communication control unit is not disconnected during the output processing by the image output unit, the notification unit notifies the another apparatus of the state of the output processing by the image output unit in accordance with a completion of the output processing by the image output unit, and if the wireless communication by the first communication control unit is disconnected during the output processing by the image output unit, the notification unit restricts notification of the state of the output processing by the image output unit to the another apparatus even if the output processing by the image output unit is completed.