# US 2021/0240424 A1 · Information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and recording medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0240424 A1 - Document ID: US20210240424A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/157,748 - Filed: 2021-01-25 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-31 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Akihiro Yasuda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210240424A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/1288: {in client-server-printer device configuration} - G06F 3/1292: {Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing} - 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 3/1224: {Client or server resources management} - G06F 3/1231: {Device related settings, e.g. IP address, Name, Identification} - G06F 3/1232: {Transmitting printer device capabilities, e.g. upon request or periodically} - G06F 3/1237: {Print job management} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An information processing apparatus is configured to communicate with a server system with information about a first printing apparatus registered therein. The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit to acquire information about a first printing apparatus registered as a default printing apparatus in the server system, a storage unit to store information about a second printing apparatus to perform communication not using the server system, as information about the default printing apparatus to be used, a determination unit to determine which of the stored information about the second printing apparatus and the acquired information about the first printing apparatus is to be displayed as information about the default printing apparatus, and a display unit to display the information about the default printing apparatus based on a result of the determination by the determination unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus to communicate with a server system with information about a first printing apparatus registered therein, the server system being configured to set the first printing apparatus as a default printing apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about the first printing apparatus registered as the default printing apparatus in the server system; a storage unit configured to store information about a second printing apparatus to perform communication not using the server system, as information about the default printing apparatus to be used; a determination unit configured to determine which of the information about the second printing apparatus stored in the storage unit and the information about the first printing apparatus acquired by the acquisition unit is to be displayed as information about the default printing apparatus; and a display unit configured to display the information about the default printing apparatus based on a result of the determination by the determination unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, based on a determination of displaying the information about the first printing apparatus acquired by the acquisition unit as information about the default printing apparatus, the display unit displays the information about the first printing apparatus acquired by the acquisition unit as information about the default printing apparatus. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, based on no determination made of displaying the information about the first printing apparatus acquired by the acquisition unit as information about the default printing apparatus, the display unit displays the second printing apparatus stored in the storage unit as the default printing apparatus. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a reception unit configured to receive an operation of selecting the default printing apparatus to be used from among a plurality of printing apparatuses including the first printing apparatus registered in the server system and the second printing apparatus to perform communication not using the server system; and a notification unit configured to notify the server system that the first printing apparatus registered in the server system is selected via the reception unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising an inquiry unit configured to, in response to the first printing apparatus registered in the server system being selected as the default printing apparatus to be used via the reception unit, make an inquiry about whether to display the first printing apparatus registered in the server system as the default printing apparatus. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a reception unit configured to receive an instruction to display a print setting screen from the user, wherein, upon reception of the instruction, the display unit displays the print setting screen displaying information about the default printing apparatus on a result of the determination by the determination unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a transmission unit configured to transmit print data to the server system in response to the default printing apparatus set on the print setting screen being the first printing apparatus acquired by the acquisition unit, and to transmit the print data to the default printing apparatus in response to the default printing apparatus set on the print setting screen being the second printing apparatus stored in the storage unit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a search unit configured to search for the second printing apparatus to perform communication not using the server system, wherein the display unit displays the information about the first printing apparatus acquired by the acquisition unit or the information about the second printing apparatus found in search by the search unit, as information about the default printing apparatus. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the display unit displays the information about the second printing apparatus found by the search unit, the information about the second printing apparatus being the information about the default printing apparatus preregistered in the information processing apparatus. ### Claim 10 A method of controlling an information processing apparatus to communicate with a server system with information about a first printing apparatus registered therein, the server system being configured to set the first printing apparatus as a default printing apparatus, the method comprising: acquiring information about the first printing apparatus registered as the default printing apparatus in the server system; storing information about a second printing apparatus to perform communication not using the server system, as information about the default printing apparatus to be used; determining which of the information about the second printing apparatus stored in the storage and the information about the first printing apparatus acquired by the acquisition is to be displayed as information about the default printing apparatus; and displaying the information about the default printing apparatus on a display unit based on a result of the determination. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for a method of controlling an information processing apparatus to communicate with a server system with information about a first printing apparatus registered therein, the server system being configured to set the first printing apparatus as a default printing apparatus, the method comprising: acquiring information about the first printing apparatus registered as the default printing apparatus in the server system; storing information about a second printing apparatus to perform communication not using the server system, as information about the default printing apparatus to be used; determining which of the information about the second printing apparatus stored in the storage and the information about the first printing apparatus acquired by the acquisition is to be displayed as information about the default printing apparatus; and displaying the information about the default printing apparatus on a display unit based on a result of the determination.