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Information processing apparatus, information processing method, alternate response apparatus, response method, control program, and network system

  • US 9,092,232 B2
  • Filed: 05/17/2012
  • Issued: 07/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

  • a memory storing computer-executable code; and

    a processor to execute the code to perform steps comprising;

    a request step of issuing, to a network, a request for information related to a peripheral device at a predetermined interval;

    a reception step of receiving, as a response to the request, information related to the peripheral device which is not in compliance with a predetermined network discovery protocol from the peripheral device;

    a specification step of specifying, as information required for an installation of a control program for controlling the peripheral device, identification information for identifying the peripheral device from the information related to the peripheral device previously received by the reception step, when a discovery request for the predetermined network discovery protocol is received from a client apparatus;

    a creating step of creating a message for the predetermined network discovery protocol by using the specified identification information; and

    a transmission step of transmitting the message to the client apparatus,wherein the identification information comprises at least one of manufacturer information and model information of the peripheral device.

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