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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Okazawa, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus communicates with a plurality of network interfaces of an external apparatus, acquires identification information for identifying the external apparatus and apparatus information about the external apparatus from the external apparatus via a network connected to the plurality of network interfaces, and stores the acquired identification information and the acquired apparatus information in association with each other. If a plurality of pieces of identification information is stored and a plurality of pieces of identical identification information is present in the pieces of identification information, only one piece of apparatus information corresponding to the identification information is displayed.