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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
May. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takuya Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0213 (2013.01); H04L 41/0853 (2013.01); H04L 65/4076 (2013.01);
Abstract
First device information, which is information independent from settings of a device or functions of a device, is obtained from a device in bulk; second device information, which is information that depends on settings of a device or functions of a device, is obtained; and the obtained first and second device information are stored in a storage unit. A device connected through communication is then specified on the basis of the obtained first device information.