Patent ID: 8879981

Claim:
A communication apparatus which comprises a close proximity communication unit which makes a close proximity wireless communication with a communication relay apparatus, and makes a data communication with one of a plurality of external apparatuses connected to the communication relay apparatus using the close proximity communication unit via the communication relay apparatus, said communication apparatus comprising: a display unit; a detection unit which detects a connection with the communication relay apparatus by the close proximity communication unit; an acquisition unit which acquires a list of the external apparatuses from the communication relay apparatus; a target designating unit which prompts a user to designate one external apparatus used to make the data communication from the list of the external apparatuses acquired by said acquisition unit; and a transmission unit which transmits at least information of the one external apparatus designated by said target designating unit to the communication relay apparatus, wherein said acquisition unit acquires the list of the external apparatuses on a first connection between the communication apparatus and the communication relay apparatus by the close proximity communication when said detection unit detects the first connection, and said display unit displays, upon a trigger of a detection of disconnecting of the first connection by said detection unit, the list acquired by said acquisition unit on the first connection; said target designating unit prompts, upon a trigger of the detection of disconnecting of the first connection by said detection unit, the user to designate one external apparatus from the list displayed by said display unit; said transmission unit transmits the information of the one external apparatus designated by the user via said target designating unit to the communication relay apparatus when said detection unit detects a second connection, which is a connection subsequent to the first connection, between the communication apparatus and the communication relay apparatus by the close proximity communication.