US 7,500,026 B2
Information processing apparatus control method for external device having both a wired interface and a wireless interface settings
Koji Fukunaga, Kanagawa (Japan); and Atsushi Nakamura, Kanagawa (Japan)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, (Japan)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/776,119.
Application 11/776119 is a continuation of application No. 10/869788, filed on Jun. 16, 2004, granted, now 7,290,067.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-177042 (JP), filed on Jun. 20, 2003; application No. 2003-177052 (JP), filed on Jun. 20, 2003; application No. 2004-171636 (JP), filed on Jun. 09, 2004; and application No. 2004-171637 (JP), filed on Jun. 09, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2007/0260786 A1, Nov. 08, 2007
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01); B41J 29/00 (2006.01); B41J 1/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 710—8  [710/9; 710/10; 710/62; 710/72; 358/1.15; 340/2.1; 340/310.16] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus communicable with at least one external device or external apparatus having a wire interface and a wireless interface, comprising:
a first setting-executing device that executes a first setting for enabling the information processing apparatus to communicate with the external device or external apparatus via the wire interface;
a second setting-executing device that communicates with the external device or external apparatus via the wire interface after execution of the first setting, to execute a second setting for enabling the information processing apparatus to communicate with the external device or external apparatus via the wireless interface;
a determination device that determines whether execution of the first setting has succeeded; and
a prompting device that prompts, when said determination device determines that execution of the first setting has succeeded, a user to confirm whether the second setting is to be executed,
wherein said second setting-executing device starts the second setting in response to confirmation by the user that the second setting is to be executed.