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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Daiki Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control method for an information processing apparatus, the control method comprising: receiving, from a first external apparatus which belongs to a different subnet of a network than the subnet of the information processing apparatus, specific information for discovering the first external apparatus using a first communication unit; accepting an instruction from a user for searching for external apparatuses; discovering, in response to accepting the instruction and receiving the specific information before accepting the instruction, one or a plurality of external apparatuses by using the specific information, wherein the discovered external apparatuses includes the first external apparatus; displaying a list of information related to the discovered external apparatus(es); and communicating, using a second communication unit, with a selected external apparatus that a user has selected from the list.