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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
May. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kensuke Yasuma, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control apparatus for controlling data transmission via a network, comprising: a reception unit configured to receive, via the network, a result of detection by a sensor for detecting a state of a device; a management unit configured to manage results of detection by a plurality of sensors for detecting states of a plurality of devices corresponding to a common identification; and a selection unit configured to select, from the plurality of devices, a device which is a destination of data whose destination is the identification, based on the results of detection managed by the management unit.