US 10,540,128 B2 · Information processing apparatus that performs short-range wireless communication, control method therefor, and storage medium

Abstract

An information processing apparatus capable of providing an appropriate IP address to a mobile terminal in which a network service discovery protocol does not function. The information processing apparatus has a plurality of lines assigned with different pieces of address information, and is configured to transmit short-range wireless-communication information, in which address information regarding one line out of the plurality of lines is set, to a communication destination via short-range wireless communication. The information processing apparatus comprises a setting unit configured to preferentially set, into the short-range wireless-communication information, address information regarding a line, out of the plurality of lines, in which a relay device for performing intercommunication between different protocols is provided between the information processing apparatus and the communication destination.

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Dependent claims

An information processing apparatus comprising:

a first network interface;
a second network interface, wherein the first and second network interfaces are assigned with mutually different IP addresses;
a short-range wireless communication interface configured to transmit short-range wireless-communication information including address information for connecting to the information processing apparatus;
at least one memory that stores a set of instructions;
and
at least one processor that executes the instructions to cause the information processing apparatus to:
set, in a case where the information processing apparatus uses the first network interface and the second network interface for network communication, and uses only the first network interface out of the first and second network interfaces for communicating with a communication device belonging to a first subnet different from a second subnet to which the information processing device belongs, through a gateway that is provided between the information processing apparatus and the communication device, into the short-range wireless-communication information, address information regarding only the first network interface,
wherein the address information regarding the first network interface includes the IP address assigned to the first network interface.

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A control method for an information processing apparatus having a first network interface and a second network interface, wherein the first and second network interfaces are assigned with mutually different IP addresses the control method comprising:

setting, in a case where the information processing apparatus uses the first network interface and the second network interface for network communication, and uses only the first network interface out of the first and second network interfaces for communicating with a communication device belonging to a first subnet different from a second subnet to which the information processing device belongs, through a gateway that is provided between the information processing apparatus and the communication device, into a short-range wireless-communication information, address information regarding only the first network interface,
transmitting the short-range wireless-communication information, to an external device via a short-range wireless communication,
wherein the address information regarding the first network interface includes the IP address assigned to the first network interface.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Information processing apparatus that performs short-range wireless communication, control method therefor, and storage medium

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Information processing apparatus that performs short-range wireless communication, control method therefor, and storage medium

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