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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Torikai, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Hatanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Ayumi Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeyuki Mitani, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Data reception via an appropriate route is realized on an information processing apparatus that can receive data from a communication apparatus via one of a plurality of different routes, and in a control method therefor. If a first device has been discovered on a first network, data is received from the first device on the first network. If the data received from the first device on the first network is to be transferred from a second device existing on a second network, the data is uploaded onto the second device. At this time, whether or not data received by the first reception unit is to be transferred from the second device is determined in accordance with a setting at the time of the discovery of the first device.