Notification apparatus and notification method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNaohiko Suzuki, Kensuke Yasuma
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Abstract
A notification apparatus includes a notification unit configured to notify a connected network of routing information, and a restriction unit configured to restrict notification of the routing information when a connected network is not a registered network.
Claims23
A communication apparatus comprising:
- a connection unit configured to connect to a first network and to connect via another network other than the first network to a second network;
- a notification unit configured to notify a first apparatus on the first network connected by the connection unit of address information of a relaying apparatus used by the first apparatus for communicating with a second apparatus on the second network;
- a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the second network is connected via the another network by the connection unit;
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- a restriction unit configured to restrict notification by the notification unit of the address information of the relaying apparatus used by the first apparatus on the first network for communicating with the second apparatus on the second network via the another network in a case where the determination unit determines that the second network is not connected via the another network by the connection unit.
A method for controlling a communication apparatus connected to a first network and connected via another network other than the first network to a second network, comprising:
- notifying a first apparatus on the first network of address information of a relaying apparatus used by the first apparatus for communication with a second apparatus on the second network;
- determining whether or not the second network is connected via the another network;
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- restricting notification of the address information of the relaying apparatus used by the first apparatus on the first network for communicating with the second apparatus on the second network via the another network in a case where the second network is not connected via the another network.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program to be executed by a computer connected to a first network and connected via another network other than the first network to a second network, the computer program comprising:
- notifying a first apparatus on the first network of address information of a relaying apparatus used by the first apparatus for communicating with a second apparatus on the second network;
- determining whether or not the second network is connected via the another network;
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- restricting notification of the address information of the relaying apparatus used by the first apparatus on the first network for communicating with the second apparatus on the second network in a case where the second network is not connected via the another network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.