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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
May. 24, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Matsui, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing method includes the steps of detecting a device by searching one or more devices in a network, and communicating with the device which has been detected in the detecting step, by a communication method varying depending on whether or not searching for another device is in progress in the detecting step. In a case where the searching is in progress, communication is performed with the detected device by broadcast communication or multicast communication including an identifier allocated uniquely to the detected device, and in a case where the searching is not in progress, communication is performed with the detected device by unicast communication using an IP address which is allocated to the detected device and is acquired by the detecting of the detected device.
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