INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM

• US 20110116129A1
• Filed: 11/09/2010
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Onishi, Akiko
• Granted Patent: US 8,818,210 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1203 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1229 Printer resources management or printer maintenance, e.g. device status, power levels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0813 characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings

Abstract

An information processing apparatus for registering a printing apparatus connected by a network including a printing apparatus detection unit configured to detect the printing apparatus connected by the network, an operation instruction unit configured to instruct a user of the information processing apparatus to execute an initial setting relevant operation on a printing apparatus to be registered, a status information acquisition unit configured to acquire status information indicating a status of the detected printing apparatus, a printing apparatus identification unit configured to detect a printing apparatus in which the initial setting relevant operation is executed based on the status indicated by the acquired status information and identify the detected printing apparatus in which the initial setting relevant operation is executed as the printing apparatus to be registered, and a printing apparatus registration unit configured to register the identified printing apparatus.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus for registering a printing apparatus connected by a network, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a printing apparatus detection unit configured to detect the printing apparatus connected by the network;

an operation instruction unit configured to instruct a user of the information processing apparatus to execute an initial setting relevant operation on a printing apparatus to be registered;

a status information acquisition unit configured to acquire status information indicating a status of the detected printing apparatus;

a printing apparatus identification unit configured to detect a printing apparatus in which the initial setting relevant operation is executed based on the status indicated by the acquired status information and identify the detected printing apparatus in which the initial setting relevant operation is executed as the printing apparatus to be registered; and

a printing apparatus registration unit configured to register the identified printing apparatus.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation instruction unit instructs execution of the initial setting relevant operation after the printing apparatus detection unit detects the printing apparatus.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing apparatus detection unit detects the printing apparatus after the operation instruction unit instructs execution of the initial setting relevant operation.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the operation instruction unit instructs the user to execute a predetermined operation different from the initial setting relevant operation, and

the printing apparatus identification unit detects, if the printing apparatus in which the initial setting relevant operation is executed is not detected, the printing apparatus in which the predetermined operation is executed based on the status of the printing apparatus which changes with the execution of the predetermined operation and is included in the status information, and identifies the detected printing apparatus in which the predetermined operation is executed as the printer to be registered.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing apparatus identification unit acquires, if the execution of the initial setting relevant operation is not selected, an execution history of the initial setting relevant operation from the printing apparatus detected by the printing apparatus detection unit, and identifies the printing apparatus to be registered using the acquired execution history of the initial setting relevant operation.

6. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus for registering a printing apparatus connected by a network, the method comprising:

detecting the printing apparatus connected by the network;

instructing a user of the information processing apparatus to execute an initial setting relevant operation relating to an initial setting of a printing apparatus to be registered;

acquiring status information indicating a status of the detected printing apparatus;

detecting a printing apparatus in which the initial setting relevant operation is executed based on the status indicated by the acquired status information and identifying the detected printing apparatus in which the initial setting relevant operation is executed as the printer to be registered; and

registering the identified printing apparatus.

7. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable process, the computer-executable process causing a computer to perform a method comprising:

detecting a printing apparatus connected by a network;

instructing a user of an information processing apparatus to execute an initial setting relevant operation relating to an initial setting of a printing apparatus to be registered;

acquiring status information indicating a status of the detected printing apparatus;

detecting a printing apparatus in which the initial setting relevant operation is executed based on the status indicated by the acquired status information and identifying the detected printing apparatus in which the initial setting relevant operation is executed as the printer to be registered; and

registering the identified printing apparatus.