Patent ID: 11943397
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to cause a computer to perform a method for controlling an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with an external device and to execute an application, the method comprising:
transmitting, without accepting user operation by the information processing apparatus, a login request for logging into the external device to the external device, based on a short-range wireless communication being established between the information processing apparatus and the external device in a state where the application is operating in a background state on the information processing apparatus,
wherein the application displays a screen including a plurality of buttons for selecting a function from a plurality of functions provided by the application, and the plurality of buttons includes a button for executing a function to transmit the login request to the external device, and
wherein the login request is transmitted in a case where the application is operating in the background state when the short-range wireless communication is established, and a print job is transmitted in a case where the application is operating in a foreground state and the application is displaying a predetermined screen when the short-range wireless communication is established.