Patent ID: 11962465
Assignee: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. An electronic device comprising:
a memory that stores one or more items of second identification information that correspond to one or more client terminals respectively, wherein each of the one or more client terminals is subject to a setup process;
a receiver that receives a first Internet Protocol (IP) address and a first host name that are shared with the each of the one or more client terminals, from a server that assigns an IP address to each of the one or more client terminals, wherein first identification information that is set as the first host name and uniquely identifies a first client terminal to which the first IP address is assigned; and
a transmitter that requests the server to transmit assignment information comprising an IP address and a host name of a client terminal to which the IP address in the assignment information is assigned, and transmits, when the one or more items of the second identification information include the first identification information and when the setup process of the first client terminal has not been performed, data for the setup process of the first client terminal to the first client terminal using the first IP address,
wherein the electronic device is configured independently from the server.