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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Nagatani, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing device, which is wirelessly connectable to a device configured to perform a certain process, includes: a wireless connection unit configured to establish a wireless connection to the device by a first connection method in which a connection is established to the device via a wireless router, which is an external wireless router and differs from the device, or by a second connection method in which a connection is established to the device not via the wireless router; a determination unit configured to determine whether the information processing device has already been wirelessly connected to the wireless router; and a control unit configured to perform control such that, in a case where the determination unit determines that the information processing device has already been wirelessly connected to the wireless router, a connection is not established to the device by the second connection method by the wireless connection unit.