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US 10,310,777 B2Granted
Print system, print apparatus, control method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTaketomo Naruse, Ryohei Saito
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Abstract
An audio control device receives a print instruction by audio and causes a print apparatus connected to an external access point to execute a print process in accordance with the print instruction received by audio.
Claims28
A system comprising a print apparatus and a server system,
- wherein the server system comprises:
- at least one memory storing a program;
- at least one processor that when executing the program causes the server system to:
- generate print data based on an audio control device receiving a print instruction by voice of a user, wherein the audio control device executes
- a first reception process of receiving information on an external access point from a terminal apparatus through a first wireless communication and a second reception process of receiving information on the external access point from the terminal apparatus through a second wireless communication, a communication speed of the first wireless communication is faster than that of the second wireless communication, and
- wherein the print apparatus comprises:
- a wireless interface configured to communicate to the external access point to which the audio control device connects based on the information on the external access point received in the first reception process or the second reception process;
- at least one memory storing a program;
- at least one processor that when executing the program causes the print apparatus to:
- obtain, via the external access point, the print data generated by the server system based on the audio control device receiving the print instruction by voice;
- and
- a printer engine configured to print based on the print data.
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A control method executed by a printing apparatus and a server system, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the server system, a print instruction by a voice of a user from an audio control device executing a first reception process of receiving information on an external access point from a terminal apparatus through a first wireless communication and a second reception process of receiving information on the external access point from the terminal apparatus through a second wireless communication, a communication speed of the first wireless communication being faster than that of the second wireless communication;
- generating, by the server system, print data based on the audio control device receiving the print instruction by the voice;
- communicating, by the printing apparatus, to the external access point to which the audio control device connects based on the information on the external access point received in the first reception process or the second reception process;
- obtaining, by the printing apparatus via the external access point, the print data generated by the server system based on the audio control device receiving the print instruction by the voice;
- and
- printing, by the printing apparatus, based on the print data.
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A server system comprising:
- at least one memory storing a program;
- at least one processor that when executing the program causes the server system to generate print data based on an audio control device receiving a print instruction by voice of a user;
- and
- a transmitter configured to transmit, via an external access point, the print data to a print apparatus,
- wherein the audio control device executes a first reception process of receiving information on the external access point from a terminal apparatus through a first wireless communication and a second reception process of receiving information on the external access point from the terminal apparatus through a second wireless communication, a communication speed of the first wireless communication being faster than that of the second wireless communication, and
- wherein the print apparatus communicates to the external access point to which the audio control device connects based on the information on the external access point received in the first reception process or the second reception process.
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A method comprising:
- generating print data based on an audio control device receiving a print instruction by voice of a user;
- and
- transmitting, via an external access point, the print data to a print apparatus,
- wherein the audio control device executes a first reception process of receiving information on the external access point from a terminal apparatus through a first wireless communication and a second reception process of receiving information on the external access point from the terminal apparatus through a second wireless communication, a communication speed of the first wireless communication being faster than that of the second wireless communication, and
- wherein the print apparatus communicates to the external access point to which the audio control device connects based on the information on the external access point received in the first reception process or the second reception process.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.