| US 7,580,398 B2 | ||
| Information processing device, printing device, printing system, system setting method, storage medium storing computer-readable program, and program | ||
| Atsushi Nakamura, Kawasaki (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 21, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/158,189. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-193950 (JP), filed on Jun. 30, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0002352 A1, Jan. 05, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—338 | 5 Claims |
| 1. An information processing device connected to a printer via a wired interface, the information processing device comprising:
a first sending unit configured to send a search command for searching an access point to the printer via the wired interface;
an acquiring unit configured to acquire information about an access point to which the information processing device is connected;
a determining unit configured to determine whether there is an access point which coincides with an access point to which
the information processing device is connected and to which the printer is connectable according to access point information
received from the printer via the wired interface and searched by the printer according to the search command and the information
about the access point acquired by the acquiring unit;
a second sending unit configured to send a setting command for connecting the printer and the access point to the printer
via a wired interface according to the access point information received from the printer and searched by the printer according
to the search command, when the determining unit determines that there is an access point; and
a setting unit configured to specify a printer that coincides with the printer connected with the information processing device
via the wired interface out of printers searched by a wireless network and to set network information for making the specified
printer available by the wireless network.
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