Patent ID: 11949822
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 48:
49. An information processing apparatus having a Near Field Communication (NFC) interface and being capable of establishing a communication with a printer by using an NFC method via the NFC interface, the information processing apparatus comprising:
at least one memory that stores a set of instructions related to an application; and
at least one processor that executes the instructions, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, causing the information processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
determining whether or not data received by the information processing apparatus by using the established communication satisfies a predetermined condition;
in a case where it is determined that the data received by the information processing apparatus satisfies the predetermined condition, searching for the printer identified by the data by using another communication method that is different from the NFC method, and performing communication with the printer found in the search by using the another communication method that is different from the NFC method; and
in a case where it is determined that the data received by the information processing apparatus does not satisfy the predetermined condition, providing an error about the data.