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Title:
COMMUNICATION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2018190285
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To minimize waste of communication-related resources.SOLUTION: Provided is a communication device configured to determine whether data transmission to a destination by means of a communication function satisfies predetermined data transmission-related conditions or not, and to control the communication function such that a signal without data is transmitted to the destination if the predetermined conditions are satisfied and a signal with data is transmitted to the destination if the predetermined conditions are no satisfied. When a response to the transmission of the signal to the destination is received from the destination instructing to transfer the signal to another destination, the communication device controls the communication function to transmit the signal with data to the another destination.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Inventors:
MORIMOTO HIROAKI
Application Number:
JP2017094084A
Publication Date:
November 29, 2018
Filing Date:
May 10, 2017
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Assignee:
CANON KK
International Classes:
B41J29/38; G06F13/00; G06F3/12; H04N1/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2007026188A2007-02-01
JP2016076857A2016-05-12
JP2014048719A2014-03-17
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yasunori Otsuka
Yasuhiro Otsuka
Shiro Takayanagi
Shuji Kimura
Osamu Shimoyama
Nagakawa Yukimitsu