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US 7,443,862 B2Granted
Apparatus connected to network, and address determination program and method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasahiro Nishio
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Abstract
A network-capable device stores an address of another device. The network-capable device determines whether or not a connected network has been changed. If it has not been changed, then an address other than the address of the other device stored is determined as an address of the apparatus.
Claims9
An apparatus connected to a network, comprising:
- communication means for communicating with another device over a network;
- determination means for determining an address of the apparatus;
- and
- memory means for storing a first address which was used by the apparatus when the apparatus was connected to the network and for storing a second address which was used by another device which was connected to the network,
- wherein said determination means determines whether or not there is a device which uses the second address stored in said memory means, and determines that the first address stored in said memory means is reused as the address of the apparatus if there is the device which uses the second address stored in said memory means.
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A computer-readable medium for storing a computer program to be executed by an apparatus for determining an address of the apparatus, the computer program, comprising:
- an obtaining step of obtaining a first address which was used by the apparatus when the apparatus was connected to a network and obtaining a second address which was used by another device which was connected to the network;
- a determining step of determining whether or not there is a device which uses the second address obtained in said obtaining step;
- and
- a reusing step of reusing the first address obtained in said obtaining step as the address of the apparatus when there is the device which uses the second address obtained in said obtaining step.
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An address determination method for determining an address of an apparatus, the method comprising:
- an obtaining step of obtaining a first address which was used by the apparatus when the apparatus was connected to a network, and obtaining a second address which was used by another device which was connected to the network;
- a determining step of determining whether or not there is a device which uses the second address obtaining step;
- and
- a reusing step of reusing the first address obtained in said obtaining step as the address of the apparatus when there is the device which uses the second address obtained in said obtaining step.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.