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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2010
Applicant:
Masahiro Nagatani, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Masahiro Nagatani, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus configured to perform a search via communications excluding unicast and to use a registration function for searching for and registering a network device includes a re-search unit configured to re-search the registered network device when an actual operation is performed or when a status is acquired. The re-search unit performs the re-search via communication including unicast to re-search for the network device.