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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Yokoyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a first search unit that searches for a communication device communicating in a first communication method while acquiring capability information of the communication device, a second search that searches for a communication device communicating in a second communication method different from the first communication method without acquiring at least some of the capability information acquired by the first search unit, a selecting unit that selects a communication device, and a registration unit that registers the selected communication device as a communication device to communicate with the information processing apparatus.