Patent ID: 8363246
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication control apparatus communicatable with an external apparatus via a network, comprising: a holding unit configured to hold a network address which is assigned to the communication control apparatus and used in communicating with the external apparatus via the network; a first communicating unit configured to communicate with a controller; a second communicating unit configured to communicate with the external apparatus via the network; and a processing unit (a) configured to control, if the first communicating unit receives from the controller confirming data which includes a specific network address to be assigned to the controller and is transmitted via the network in order to confirm whether the external apparatus is using the specific network address, the second communicating unit to transmit the confirming data via the network, (b) configured to control, if the first communicating unit receives from the controller the confirming data, the first communicating unit to transmit to the controller a request for the specific network address assigned to the controller, and (c) configured to register, if the first communicating unit receives from the controller the specific network address which is assigned to the controller and is transmitted by the controller in response to the request, the received specific network address as the network address assigned to the communication control apparatus into the holding unit.