Patent ID: 11956656
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A device management method for a control device that communicates with a device via an access point, the device management method comprising:
communicating with the device via a first access point;
when communicating with the device, storing first access point information concerning the first access point and first device information concerning the device, which communicates via the first access point, in correlation with each other in advance;
confirming a communication state at predetermined timing;
when the confirmed communication state is a communication error state, acquiring second access point information concerning an access point that is in the communication error state;
determining whether the acquired second access point information and the first access point information stored in advance coincide;
when determining that the second access point information and the first access point information coincide, confirming the communication with the device; and
performing a notification concerning the communication with the device based on a result obtained by confirming the communication with the device.