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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2016
Yasuhiro Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus coupled to a device via at least one of a plurality of networks includes a memory having computer readable instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to transmit to the device first communication information for performing communication between the device and the information processing apparatus, when a process is requested from the device; determine whether the communication is possible via a first network to which the device is coupled according to whether the communication is performed using the first communication information; connect to a second network using second communication information for connecting to the second network, when the communication is determined impossible via the first network; and determine whether the communication is possible via the second network according to whether the communication is performed using the first communication information via the second network.