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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2011
Applicant:
Kan Ishimoto, Nagoya, JP;
Inventor:
Kan Ishimoto, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); H04L 29/14 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/40 (2013.01); H04L 61/1511 (2013.01); H04L 29/12066 (2013.01); H04L 61/103 (2013.01); H04L 29/12226 (2013.01); H04L 67/16 (2013.01); H04L 61/2015 (2013.01); H04L 29/12028 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication apparatus obtains first identification information of a particular device, obtains a particular IP address assigned to the particular device, attempts a unicast communication with the particular device by using the particular IP address, determines whether the unicast communication fails; generates a new IP address when the unicast communication fails, and broadcasts a setting packet to a network causes the receiving device to assign the new IP address to the receiving device.