The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus over a wireless network broadcasts a packet to the wireless network to identify the current address of the image forming apparatus, unicasts a packet to a default address of the image forming apparatus to identify the current address of the image forming apparatus, or identifies the current address of the image forming apparatus based on an address of the information processing apparatus in the wireless network and information regarding a connection state of the network of the information processing apparatus so that the current address of the image forming apparatus can be identified to transmit print data to the identified address.