Patent ID: 11972160
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An information processing apparatus having an external port which allows network adapters to be connected, the information processing apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories configured to store instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the information processing apparatus to:
provide a setting screen relating to a network;
set an operation mode relating to using the network adapters connected to the external port based on setting accepted on the setting screen relating to the network; and
control so that:
in a case where the operation mode using the network adapters is set as the operating mode and the network adapters are not connected to the information processing apparatus via the external port, information regarding connection statuses of the network adapters is notified to a user, and
in a case where the operation mode using the network adapters is not set as the operating mode and the network adapters are not connected to the information processing apparatus via the external port, the information regarding the connection statuses of the network adapters is not notified to the user;

wherein the network adapters to be connected are network adapters for providing a network communication using an Internet Protocol (IP) address.