US 10,095,450 B2 · Information processing apparatus for selecting one of communication device capable of communicating in first communication method and communication device capable of communicating in second communication method, control method for controlling the information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions for causing the information processing apparatus to execute the method

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a first search unit that searches for a communication device communicating in a first communication method while acquiring capability information of the communication device, a second search that searches for a communication device communicating in a second communication method different from the first communication method without acquiring at least some of the capability information acquired by the first search unit, a selecting unit that selects a communication device, and a registration unit that registers the selected communication device as a communication device to communicate with the information processing apparatus.

An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a communication device, the information processing apparatus comprising:

at least one processor;
and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the information processing apparatus to operate as:
a first search unit configured to search for one or more communication devices that are connected to an access point to which the information processing apparatus is connected and are capable of communicating in a first communication method;
a second search unit configured to search for one or more communication devices that are not connected to the information processing apparatus and are capable of communicating in a second communication method different from the first communication method;
an acquisition unit configured to acquire capability information for identifying a communication device corresponding to a predetermined application that the information processing apparatus has, from the one or more communication devices found by the first search unit and the one or more communication devices found by the second search unit;
a display unit configured to display, on a display, a first area that shows information regarding the one or more communication devices found by the first search unit and a second area that shows information regarding the one or more communication devices found by the second search unit;
and
an acceptance unit configured to accept, from a user via the first area or the second area, a selection operation for selecting any one of the one or more communication devices found by the first search unit and the one or more communication devices found by the second search unit,
wherein the acquisition unit acquires, before the acceptance of the selection operation, the capability information from the one or more communication devices found by the first search unit,
wherein the acquisition unit acquires, after the acceptance of the selection operation, the capability information from the communication device found by the second search unit and selected by performing the selection operation,
wherein the acquisition unit does not acquire the capability information from one or more communication devices found by the second search unit and not selected by performing the selection operation, and
wherein, in the first area, information regarding one or more communication devices identified as a communication device corresponding to the predetermined application based on the capability information acquired from the one or more communication devices found by the first search unit is shown among the one or more communication devices found by the first search unit, and information regarding one or more communication devices not identified as a communication device corresponding to the predetermined application based on the capability information acquired from the one or more communication devices found by the first search unit is not shown among the one or more communication devices found by the first search unit.

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Facts

Application

15/187,306Filed 20 Jun 2016

Priority

JP 2015-12588423 Jun 2015

Published

US 2016/0378411 A129 Dec 2016

Granted

9 Oct 2018

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

G06F 3/1236
Specifically adapted to use a particular technique: connection management
G06F 3/1203
Specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect: improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management
G06F 3/1226
Client or server resources management: discovery of devices having required properties
G06F 3/1292
Specifically adapted to adopt a particular infrastructure: mobile client, e.g. wireless printing

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Abstract

Claims19