Patent ID: 11924684
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A method for controlling an electronic apparatus including a sub-system and a main system, performed by the sub-system of the electronic apparatus, the method comprising: receiving, from a wireless local area network module, incoming data including a plurality of wireless local area network packets according to a plurality of communication methods; acquiring a data length of each of the plurality of wireless local area network packets from a header of the each of the plurality of wireless local area network packets; based on a plurality of media access control addresses included in the each of the plurality of wireless local area network packets, identifying a communication method of the each of the plurality of wireless local area network packets; based on the data length and the communication method of the each of the plurality of wireless local area network packets, transferring the each of the plurality of wireless local area network packets to one of a plurality of different storage areas respectively corresponding to the plurality of communication methods;
transferring the each of the plurality of wireless local area network packets from the one of the plurality of different storage areas to the main system as data to be processed;
selecting the one of the plurality of different storage areas to which the each of the plurality of wireless local area network packets is transferred; storing, in a register, at least one media access control address as a filtering target; and when a transmission source address of the each of the plurality of wireless local area network packets is included in the at least one media access control address as the filtering target, discarding the each of the plurality of wireless local area network packets.