Patent ID: 8218163
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An operating apparatus, comprising: a communication interface configured to receive an operation request from a wireless network, the operation request specifying a destination operating apparatus configured to perform an operation requested by the operation request; a memory configured to store a first network setting data comprising destination identification information for uniquely identifying the operating apparatus, and to store a medium use setting data, wherein the medium use setting data comprises data indicating whether the operating apparatus is required to access a removable recording medium to search for setting data stored therein, and data indicating whether the operating apparatus is required to use setting data stored in the removable recording medium; a medium interface configured to read a second network setting data stored in a removable recording medium, the second network setting data comprising destination identification information to be used for uniquely identifying the destination operating apparatus specified by the operation request and wireless identification information for uniquely identifying the wireless network to which the destination operating apparatus belongs; and a processor configured to determine whether the second network setting data stored in the removable recording medium is readable from the removable recording medium, and to determine whether the medium use setting data stored in the memory includes data indicating that the operating apparatus is required to access the removable recording medium, wherein, when the second network setting data is not readable from the removable recording medium, and when the medium use setting data stored in the memory includes data indicating that the operating apparatus is required to use the second network setting data stored in the removable recording medium, the processor prohibits the operating apparatus from performing an action including at least one of accepting an operation request specifying the destination operating apparatus belonging to the first network setting data, and connecting to the operating apparatus to a network, and when the second network setting data is not readable from the removable recording medium, and when the medium use setting data stored in the memory further includes data indicating that the operating apparatus is not required to use the second network setting data stored in the removable recording medium, the processor allows the operating apparatus to perform the action.