# US 12,182,464 B2 · Information processing apparatus and control method of information processing apparatus

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- Number: US 12,182,464 B2
- Document ID: US12182464B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/528,831
- Filed: 2023-12-05
- Published: 2024-06-06
- Granted: 2024-12-31
- Earliest claimed: 2022-12-05
- Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Inventors: Masahiro Komatsu; Daiki Kojima; Takahiro Matsuda; Masahide Shiozaki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12182464B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/126: {Job scheduling, e.g. queuing, determine appropriate device}
- G06F 3/1203: {Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management}
- G06F 3/1204: {resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data}
- G06F 3/1236: {Connection management}
- G06F 3/1286: {via local network}
- G06F 3/1287: {via internet}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

When an information processing apparatus having local connection to a first printing apparatus is moved from a first connection area to a third connection area, the information processing apparatus is caused to have wide area connection to the first printing apparatus in the third connection area, and when the information processing apparatus having wide area connection to a second printing apparatus is moved from the third connection area to the first connection area, a user is requested to select the first printing apparatus or the second printing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus is connected to the apparatus selected by the user in response to the request.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An information processing apparatus, comprising:
an interface configured to provide a communication with an outside; and
a processor configured to:
determine a plurality of areas to which the information processing apparatus belongs, wherein
the plurality of areas includes a first connection area in which the information processing apparatus is configured to have a local connection to a first printing apparatus, wherein
in the first connection area, the information processing apparatus is configured not to have a local connection to a second printing apparatus, and
the information processing apparatus is configured to have a wide area connection to the second printing apparatus, and
the plurality of areas further includes a third connection area in which the information processing apparatus is configured not to have the local connection to the first printing apparatus and the local connection to the second printing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus is configured to have a wide area connection to the first printing apparatus and the wide area connection to the second printing apparatus,
wherein when the information processing apparatus having the local connection to the first printing apparatus is moved from the first connection area to the third connection area, the information processing apparatus is configured to have the wide area connection to the first printing apparatus in the third connection area, and
wherein when the information processing apparatus having the wide area connection to the second printing apparatus is moved from the third connection area to the first connection area, the information processing device is configured to:
request a user to select one of the first printing apparatus or the second printing apparatus, and
connect the information processing apparatus to one of the selected first printing apparatus or the selected second printing apparatus.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the processor is further configured to cause the information processing apparatus to have the local connection to the first printing apparatus, in response to the selection of the first printing apparatus by the user when the information processing apparatus having the wide area connection to the second printing apparatus is moved from the third connection area to the first connection area.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
when the information processing apparatus is connected to the first printing apparatus, the processor is further configured to:
transmit a printing job to the first printing apparatus; and
execute the printing job via the first printing apparatus, and
when the information processing apparatus is connected to the second printing apparatus, the processor is further configured to:
transmit the printing job to the second printing apparatus; and
execute the printing job via the second printing apparatus.

### Claim 4

A control method of an information processing apparatus, the control method comprising:
determining plurality of areas to which the information processing apparatus belongs, wherein
the plurality of areas includes a first connection area in which the information processing apparatus is configured to have a local connection to a first printing apparatus, wherein
in the first connection area, the information processing apparatus is configured not to have a local connection to a second printing apparatus, and
the information processing apparatus is configured to have a wide area connection to the second printing apparatus, and
the plurality of areas further includes a third connection area in which the information processing apparatus is configured not to have the local connection to the first printing apparatus and the local connection to the second printing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus is configured to have a wide area connection to the first printing apparatus and the wide area connection to the second printing apparatus; and
causing the information processing apparatus to have the wide area connection to the first printing apparatus in the third connection area, when the information processing apparatus having the local connection to the first printing apparatus is moved from the first connection area to the third connection area, wherein;
when the information processing apparatus having the wide area connection to the second printing apparatus is moved from the third connection area to the first connection area, the control method further comprises:
requesting a user to select one of the first printing apparatus or the second printing apparatus, and
connecting the information processing apparatus to one of the selected first printing apparatus or the selected second printing apparatus.

### Claim 5

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:
determine a plurality of areas to which the computer belongs, wherein
the plurality of areas includes a first connection area in which the computer is configured to have a local connection to a first printing apparatus, wherein
in the first connection area, the computer is configured not to have a local connection to a second printing apparatus, and
the computer is configured to have a wide area connection to the second printing apparatus, and
the plurality of areas further includes a third connection area in which the computer is configured not to have the local connection to the first printing apparatus and the local connection to the second printing apparatus, and the computer is configured to have a wide area connection to the first printing apparatus and the wide area connection to the second printing apparatus, wherein
when the computer having the local connection to the first printing apparatus is moved from the first connection area to the third connection area, the computer is configured to have the wide area connection to the first printing apparatus in the third connection area,
when the computer having the wide area connection to the second printing apparatus is moved from the third connection area to the first connection area, the computer is configured to:
request a user to select one of the first printing apparatus or the second printing apparatus, and
connect the computer to one of the selected first printing apparatus or the selected second printing apparatus.