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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2010
Applicants:
Toshimichi Iwai, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Junichi Hase, Osaka, JP;
Yoshikazu Ikenoue, Itami, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In order to easily set IP addresses required for communicating with apparatuses connected to a network, an MFP includes a port scan unit for acquiring, by port scanning, an IP address of a server having a predetermined port open from one of the servers connected to the network, and a network environment storage part for storing a set of acquired IP address and a port number of the predetermined port.