Patent attributes
A communication apparatus operates to realize multiple communication functions in accordance with multiple client applications. The multiple functions include a step of causing the communication apparatus to function as a client that obtains data from an external server device through the networks and processes the obtained data or to process other data the communication apparatus stores and to transmit the processed data to the external server device, multiple communication interfaces respectively connected to the networks, an interface priority storage storing priority information representing priorities, in usage, of the multiple communication interfaces when each of the multiple client applications is executed for each of the multiple client applications, a communication interface determining system determines a communication interface to be used in accordance with the priority information retrieved from the interface priority storage. The client application is executed using the communication interface determined to be used by the communication interface determining system.
