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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2014
Panasonic Corporation, Kadoma-shi, Osaka, JP;
Ryuichi Okamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Mukai, Hyogo, JP;
Tomoyuki Shimomura, Osaka, JP;
Masaichi Yano, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a processor; a network interface that establishes a connection to a network and a connection to a client terminal; and a storage unit, wherein the processor is capable of executing a tethering function to control communication between the network and the client terminal through the network interface, the storage unit stores network information of the network, to which the information processing apparatus connects, and ON/OFF information of the tethering function in association with the network information, and the processor sets the tethering function based on the ON/OFF information of the tethering function when the network interface connects to the network.