Information processing apparatus, method, and storage medium for storing program
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToru Kohata
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Abstract
The information processing apparatus, the apparatus includes: a first communication unit which communicates with a device via a predetermined function of an OS in an application on which a function of the device can be executed; a second communication unit which communicates with the device without going through the predetermined function of the OS in the application; and a control unit which controls the second communication unit so as to communicate with the device using a form of communication with the device by which communication by the first communication unit is possible in the application.
Claims17
The information processing apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one memory and at least one processor which function as:
- a first communication unit configured to communicate with a device via a predetermined function of an OS in an application on which a function of the device can be executed;
- a second communication unit configured to communicate with the device without going through the predetermined function of the OS in the application;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the second communication unit so as to communicate with the device using a form of communication with the device by which communication by the first communication unit is possible in the application.
A method executed in the information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- communicating with a device via a predetermined function of an OS in an application on which a function of the device can be executed;
- communicating with the device without going through the predetermined function of the OS in the application;
- and
- controlling communication with the device performed without going through the predetermined function of the OS so as to communicate with the device using a form of communication with the device by which communication performed via the predetermined function of the OS is possible in the application.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program configured to cause a computer to function to:
- communicating with a device via a predetermined function of an OS in an application on which a function of the device can be executed;
- communicating with the device without going through the predetermined function of the OS in the application;
- and
- controlling communication with the device performed without going through the predetermined function of the OS so as to communicate with the device using a form of communication with the device by which communication performed via the predetermined function of the OS is possible in the application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.