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Patent No.:

US 9244646 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Mikiko Sugiyama, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1297 (2013.01); G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/127 (2013.01); G06F 3/1254 (2013.01); G06F 3/1288 (2013.01);
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: a holding unit which holds pieces of device information of printing apparatuses already connected to the information processing apparatus, and pieces of information of hot folders corresponding to the already-connected printing apparatuses; a determination unit which determines a printing apparatus similar to a printing apparatus newly connected to the information processing apparatus among the already-connected printing apparatuses by comparing device information of the newly-connected printing apparatus with the pieces of device information of the already-connected printing apparatuses; and a generation unit which generates a hot folder corresponding to the newly-connected printing apparatus by copying information of a hot folder corresponding to the printing apparatus determined by the determination unit.


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Sugiyama, Mikiko. (2016). Information processing apparatus having hot folders, information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium (U.S. Patent No. 9244646). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9244646

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