INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20190205071A1
• Filed: 12/20/2018
• Published: 07/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Inoue, Go
• Granted Patent: US 10,642,550 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/121 Facilitating exception or error detection and recovery, e.g. fault, media or consumables depleted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1236 Connection management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1284 Local printer device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/18 Management of setup rejection or failure
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

An information processing apparatus that wirelessly communicates with an external apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a wireless connection start request and wireless communication information about the external apparatus, and a control unit that starts a wireless connection with the external apparatus based on the external apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information in a case where the wireless communication information about the external apparatus matches wireless communication information about the information processing apparatus.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus that wirelessly communicates with an external apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire a wireless connection start request and wireless communication information about the external apparatus; and

a control unit configured to start a wireless connection with the external apparatus based on the external apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information in a case where the external apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information matches wireless communication information about the information processing apparatus.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the external apparatus, information indicating that the wireless connection is successful and information about an access point in a case where the wireless connection with the external apparatus is started.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the external apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information does not match the information processing apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information, the control unit displays error information indicating that the external apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information does not match the information processing apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the external apparatus, information indicating that the wireless connection is unsuccessful in a case where the error information is displayed.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit starts the wireless connection with the external apparatus based on the information processing apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information in a case where the acquisition unit fails to acquire the external apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the external apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information is frequency information about a wireless local area network (LAN) in the external apparatus, and the information processing apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information is frequency information about a wireless LAN in the information processing apparatus.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the external apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information is information about a LAN standard in the external apparatus, and the information processing apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information is information about a wireless LAN standard in the external apparatus.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is a printing apparatus.

9. A terminal apparatus that wirelessly communicates with an information processing apparatus, the terminal comprising:

a notification unit configured to notify the information processing apparatus of a wireless connection start request and wireless communication information about the terminal; and

a control unit configured to transmit a wireless connection request to the information processing apparatus based on information about an access point acquired from the information processing apparatus in a case where information indicating that a connection is successful is received as a result of the wireless connection start request and to display error information indicating occurrence of a mismatch of the wireless communication information in a case where information indicating that the connection is unsuccessful is received as a result of the wireless connection start request.

10. An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus that wirelessly communicates with an external apparatus, the information processing method comprising:

acquiring a wireless connection start request and wireless communication information about the external apparatus; and

performing control to start a wireless connection with the external apparatus based on the external apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information in a case where the external apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information matches wireless communication information about the information processing apparatus.

11. The information processing method according to claim 10, the method further comprising, transmitting, to the external apparatus, information indicating that the wireless connection is successful and information about an access point in a case where the wireless connection with the external apparatus is started.

12. The information processing method according to claim 10, wherein in a case where the external apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information does not match the information processing apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information, the control unit displays error information indicating that the external apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information does not match the information processing apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information.

13. The information processing method according to claim 12, further comprising, transmitting, to the external apparatus, information indicating that the wireless connection is unsuccessful in a case where the error information is displayed.

14. The information processing method according to claim 10, wherein the control unit starts the wireless connection with the external apparatus based on the information processing apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information in a case where the acquisition unit fails to acquire the external apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information.

15. The information processing method according to claim 10, wherein the external apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information is frequency information about a wireless local area network (LAN) in the external apparatus, and the information processing apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information is frequency information about a wireless LAN in the information processing apparatus.

16. The information processing method according to claim 10, wherein the external apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information is information about a LAN standard in the external apparatus, and the information processing apparatus'"'"' wireless communication information is information about a wireless LAN standard in the external apparatus.

17. The information processing method according to claim 10, wherein the information processing apparatus is a printing apparatus.

18. An information processing method executed by a terminal that wirelessly communicates with an information processing apparatus, the information processing method comprising:

notifying the information processing apparatus of a wireless connection start request and wireless communication information about the terminal; and

performing control to transmit a wireless connection request to the information processing apparatus based on information about an access point acquired from the information processing apparatus in a case where information indicating that a connection is successful is received as a result of the wireless connection start request and to display error information indicating occurrence of a mismatch of the wireless communication information in a case where information indicating that the connection is unsuccessful is received as a result of the wireless connection start request.