US 9,319,376 B2 · Information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium

Abstract

Information processing apparatuses, control methods and storage mediums are provided, which may transmit or attempt to transmit data to a target device by using network information, modify a MAC address in the network information to a MAC address of a device having same device identification information as the target device when a communication with the target device is not established, and, when the MAC address is modified, transmit the data to the device having the same device identification information as the target device. In one or more embodiments, a network port monitor may transmit an inquiry notification by way of broadcast when data is not transmitted to the target device. When a response to the inquiry notification is received from a device having same device identification information as the target device, the device having the same device identification information is set as a new connection or transmission destination.

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Dependent claims

An information processing apparatus that holds network information of a target device corresponding to a data transmission target, the information processing apparatus comprising:

at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to each other and operating to:
transmit or attempt to transmit data to the target device by using the network information;
transmit an inquiry notification by way of broadcast in a case where communication with the target device is not established;
display, in a case where a response to the inquiry notification is received from a device having same device identification information as the target device, a device selection screen including content or contents of the response;
and
modify a Media Access Control (MAC) address included in the held network information to a MAC address of a device selected via the device selection screen.

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A control method for an information processing apparatus that holds network information of a target device corresponding to a data transmission target, the control method comprising:

transmitting, or attempting transmission of, data to the target device by using the network information;
transmitting an inquiry notification by way of broadcast in a case where communication with the target device is not established;
displaying, in a case where a response to the inquiry notification is received from a device having same device identification information as the target device, a device selection screen including content or contents of the response;
and
modifying a Media Access Control (MAC) address included in the held network information to a MAC address of a device selected via the device selection screen.

2 more elements

A non-transitory storage medium storing a program configured to cause a computer included in an information processing apparatus that holds network information of a target device corresponding to a data transmission target to perform or execute a control method, the control method comprising:

transmitting, or attempting transmission of, data to the target device by using the network information;
transmitting an inquiry notification by way of broadcast in a case where communication with the target device is not established;
displaying, in a case where a response to the inquiry notification is received from a device having same device identification information as the target device, a device selection screen including content or contents of the response;
and
modifying a Media Access Control (MAC) address included in the held network information to a MAC address of a device selected via the device selection screen.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium

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