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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1997
Tatsuo Shinagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the invention is to enable a user to easily grasp a physical setting position of a terminal connected through a network on a floor. In order to achieve the above object, there is provided a data processing apparatus comprises an input means for inputting layout information of an area in which the terminal connected through the network is disposed, a display means for displaying the layout information inputted by the input means, on a display, a designation means for designating the setting position of the terminal connected through the network, on the basis of the layout information displayed by the display means and a storage means for storing the setting position designated by the designation means, in correlation with discrimination information of the terminal.