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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Satoshi Hirakawa, Fuchu, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 3/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/123 (2013.01); G06F 3/1203 (2013.01); G06F 3/1289 (2013.01); G06F 9/4411 (2013.01); G06F 3/1231 (2013.01);
Abstract
An information processing apparatus in which an OS is executed that provides a first UI environment (touchscreen UI) and a second UI environment different from the first UI environment, is provided in which, if identification information of a peripheral device connected to a communication network has been obtained when the first UI environment is provided, a device control application for controlling the peripheral device is obtained from a service that manages applications operable in the first UI environment, using the identification information.