Communication apparatus, communication target determination method in communication apparatus, and image forming device
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakaaki Suzuki
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Abstract
A communication apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with a plurality of communication devices on a network, a memory that stores setting data in which a plurality of different types of communication conditions are associated with each other, a display, and a processor configured to search the network for connectable communication devices, control the display to display a first screen indicating one or more of the communication devices that satisfy the communication conditions, and upon selection of a communication device through the first screen, determine the selected communication device as a communication target of the communication apparatus.
Claims20
A communication apparatus, comprising:
- a communication interface configured to communicate with a plurality of access points on a network;
- a memory that stores setting data in which a plurality of different types of communication conditions are associated with each other, wherein the communication conditions are used for the communication apparatus to connect to the access points via the communication interface;
- a display;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- control the display to display a first screen through which each of the communication conditions can be enabled or disabled,
- search for one or more access points connectable via the communication interface on the network,
- control the display to display a second screen indicating one or more of the connectable access points that satisfy the enabled communication conditions and through which one of said one or more of the connectable access points is selectable, and
- in response to a selection of one of said one or more of the connectable access points through the second screen, determine to connect to the selected access point.
A method performed by a communication apparatus, the method comprising:
- storing setting data in which a plurality of different types of communication conditions are associated with each other, wherein the communication conditions are used for the communication apparatus to connect to access points on a network;
- displaying a first screen through which each of the communication conditions can be enabled or disabled;
- searching for one or more access points connectable on the network;
- displaying a second screen indicating one or more of the connectable access points that satisfy the enabled communication conditions and through which one of said one or more of the connectable access points is selectable;
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- in response to a selection of one of said one or more of the connectable access points through the second screen, determining to connect to the selected access point.
An image forming device, comprising:
- a printing unit;
- a communication interface configured to communicate with a plurality of access points on a network;
- a memory that stores setting data in which a plurality of different types of communication conditions are associated with each other, wherein the communication conditions are used for the communication apparatus to connect to the access points via the communication interface;
- a display;
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- a processor configured to:
- control the display to display a first screen through which each of the communication conditions can be enabled or disabled,
- search for one or more access points connectable via the communication interface on the network,
- control the display to display a second screen indicating one or more of the connectable access points that satisfy the enabled communication conditions and through which one of said one or more of the connectable access points is selectable,
- in response to a selection of one of said one or more of the connectable access points through the second screen, determine to connect to the selected access point, and
- control the printing unit to form an image on a sheet in response to image data received via the selected access point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.