Communication apparatus provided with network interfaces, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor

A control method of a communication apparatus, provided with a first network interface and a second network interface, that transmits a search packet and receives a response packet in response to the search packet, the control method comprising:

• a transmission step of transmitting the search packet via each of the first network interface and the second network interface, wherein the search packet transmission via the first network interface and the search packet transmission via the second network interface each use the same protocol;
• a receiving step of receiving, via an operation screen, a selection whether to include the apparatus in search results;
• a determining step of determining, in a case where the communication apparatus receives a first response packet in response to the search packet via the first network interface and the communication apparatus receives a second response packet in response to the search packet via the second network interface, whether or not a source address of the first response packet and a source address of the second response packet match with each other;
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• a displaying step of displaying on a user operation panel, in a case where it is determined that the source address of the first response packet and the source address of the second response packet match with each other, any one of information of the first response packet and information of the second response packet, as a search result, and not displaying on the user operation panel the other of the information of the first response packet and information of the second response packet, as the search result, and performing control whether or not to display the apparatus based on the received selection.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program causing a computer to execute a control method of a communication apparatus, provided with a first network interface and a second network interface, that transmits a search packet and receives a response packet in response to the search packet, the control method comprising:

• a transmission step of transmitting the search packet via each of the first network interface and the second network interface, wherein the search packet transmission via the first network interface and the search packet transmission via the second network interface each use the same protocol;
• a receiving step of receiving, via an operation screen, a selection whether to include the apparatus in search results;
• a determining step of determining, in a case where the communication apparatus receives a first response packet in response to the search packet via the first network interface and the communication apparatus receives a second response packet in response to the search packet via the second network interface, whether or not a source address of the first response packet and a source address of the second response packet match with each other;
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• a displaying step of displaying on a user operation panel, in a case where it is determined that the source address of the first response packet and the source address of the second response packet match with each other, any one of information of the first response packet and information of the second response packet, as a search result, and not displaying on the user operation panel the other of the information of the first response packet and information of the second response packet, as the search result, and performing control whether or not to display the apparatus based on the received selection.

A communication apparatus that transmits a search packet for performing a device search, the communication apparatus comprising:

• a first network interface;
• a second network interface;
• a memory;
• a processor connected to the memory, the processor configured to:
• transmit the search packet via each of the first network interface and the second network interface, wherein the search packet transmission via the first network interface and the search packet transmission via the second network interface each use the same protocol;
• receive, via an operation screen, a selection whether to include the apparatus in search results;
• determine, in a case where the communication apparatus receives a response packet for the search packet from a first device via the first network interface and the communication apparatus receives a response packet for the search packet from a second device via the second network interface, whether or not the first device and the second device match with each other;
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• in a case where it is determined that the first device and the second device match with each other, display on a user operation panel any one of information of the first device and information of the second device, and not display on the user operation panel the other of the information of the first device and the information of the second device, as a search result, and then perform control whether or not to display the apparatus based on the received selection.

A control method of a communication apparatus that includes a first network interface and a second network interface, and that transmits a search packet for performing a device search, the control method comprising:

• a transmission step of transmitting the search packet via each of the first network interface and the second network interface, wherein the search packet transmission via the first network interface and the search packet transmission via the second network interface each use the same protocol;
• a receiving step of receiving, via an operation screen, a selection whether to include the apparatus in search results;
• a determining step of determining, in a case where the communication apparatus receives a response packet for the search packet from a first device via the first network interface and the communication apparatus receives a response packet for the search packet from a second device via the second network interface, whether or not the first device and the second device match with each other;
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• a displaying step of displaying on a user operation panel, in a case where it is determined that the first device and the second device match with each other, any one of information of the first device and information of the second device, and not displaying on the user operation panel the other of the information of the first device and the information of the second device, as a search result, and performing control whether or not to display the apparatus based on the received selection.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program causing a computer to execute a control method of a communication apparatus that includes a first network interface and a second network interface, and that transmits a search packet for performing a device search, the control method comprising:

• a transmission step of transmitting the search packet via each of the first network interface and the second network interface, wherein the search packet transmission via the first network interface and the search packet transmission via the second network interface each use the same protocol;
• a receiving step of receiving, via an operation screen, a selection whether to include the apparatus in search results;
• a determining step of determining, in a case where the communication apparatus receives a response packet for the search packet from a first device via the first network interface and the communication apparatus receives a response packet for the search packet from a second device via the second network interface, whether or not the first device and the second device match with each other;
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• a displaying step of displaying on a user operation panel, in a case where it is determined that the first device and the second device match with each other, any one of information of the first device and information of the second device, and not displaying on the user operation panel the other of the information of the first device and the information of the second device, as a search result, and performing control whether or not to display the apparatus based on the received selection.