Patents by Inventor Shiho Sekiguchi

Shiho Sekiguchi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250130744
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus transmits, to a communication apparatus, information related to a second network different from a first network to which the information processing apparatus was connected when a predetermined instruction for executing network setting of the communication apparatus was accepted; after the information related to the second network has been transmitted, searches for the communication apparatus via the first network; based on the communication apparatus not being discovered in the search via the first network, displays a screen related to a connection destination of the information processing apparatus; and after the screen is displayed, performs control such that the connection destination of the information processing apparatus is a network that is based on a user instruction on the screen among the first network and the second network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventor: SHIHO SEKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240414779
    Abstract: A control method is provided in which in a case where a wireless profile regarding a network to which an information processing apparatus is connected when a predetermined instruction is received is not saved in advance in the information processing apparatus before the predetermined instruction is received, but the network to which the information processing apparatus is connected when the predetermined instruction is received is a network connectable without a password, a first setting process for transmitting, to a communication apparatus, setting information including information to connect to the network to which the information processing apparatus is connected when the predetermined instruction is received is executed without executing a predetermined process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventor: SHIHO SEKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240414780
    Abstract: A method is provided in which in a case where a predetermined instruction is received, and Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) is set as a protocol used for communication by an information processing apparatus, a first setting process is executed without executing a display process, and in a case where the predetermined instruction is received, and another protocol different from IPv4 is set as a protocol used for communication by the information processing apparatus, the display process is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventor: SHIHO SEKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240362172
    Abstract: A storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute first determination of determining, in a case where information regarding a communication apparatus is acquired via communication with the communication apparatus using a first connection method, that communication using the first connection method is enabled by the communication apparatus, and determining, based on information included in the information acquired in first acquisition and indicating a state in which communication using a second connection method different from the first connection method is enabled by the communication apparatus, that the communication using the second connection method is enabled by the communication apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventor: Shiho Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20240276346
    Abstract: A communication apparatus detects a state of a wireless communication interface of the communication apparatus, enables the wireless communication interface by executing restriction processing of restricting establishment of connection via the wireless communication interface in a case where the communication apparatus detects a state in which the wireless communication interface is disabled, establishes wireless connection to a first another communication apparatus via the enabled wireless communication interface, and transmits, to the first other communication apparatus, via the wireless connection, connection information usable for connection to a second another communication apparatus different from the first other communication apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventor: Shiho Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 12056064
    Abstract: A storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute first determination of determining, in a case where information regarding a communication apparatus is acquired via communication with the communication apparatus using a first connection method, that communication using the first connection method is enabled by the communication apparatus, and determining, based on information included in the information acquired in first acquisition and indicating a state in which communication using a second connection method different from the first connection method is enabled by the communication apparatus, that the communication using the second connection method is enabled by the communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shiho Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20230409429
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus, a control method, and a computer-readable storage medium capable of suppressing a decrease in user convenience, processing is executed while confirming whether PnP is being executed based on the premise that there is an OS in which PnP may occur multiple times. This makes it possible to update and install the driver appropriately and prevent a user from mistakenly trying to use the device during the installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: SHIHO SEKIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11576116
    Abstract: A control method for an information processing apparatus includes determining whether connection processing is executable by a predetermined access point, the connection processing being based on a predetermined standard for establishing a connection by the predetermined access point transmitting connection information for connecting to the predetermined access point, and executing notification processing for prompting a user to perform a predetermined operation on the predetermined access point, the predetermined operation for causing the predetermined access point to execute the connection processing, in a case where it is determined that the connection processing is executable by the predetermined access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shiho Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 11082912
    Abstract: A control method for an information processing apparatus includes establishing a connection between the information processing apparatus and a communication apparatus, and transmitting, to the communication apparatus via a connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus, an execution instruction for connection processing that is based on any one of AirStation One-Touch Secure System (AOSS) and Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), wherein, in a case where the execution instruction has been received by the communication apparatus, the connection processing is performed by the communication apparatus, and wherein, in a connection between the communication apparatus and an access point to be established by the connection processing, the access point operates as a master device and the communication apparatus operates as a slave device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shiho Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 10678483
    Abstract: A method includes determining whether a plurality of wireless interfaces of an information processing apparatus is in a state of being a target for direct connection to a communication apparatus via a wireless LAN, checking whether a number of the wireless interfaces determined as being in the state of the target for the direct connection is plural, and deciding from the plurality of wireless interfaces in the state of being the target for the direct connection, one wireless interface to be directly connected to the communication apparatus in a case where the number of the wireless interfaces determined to be in the state of being the target for the direct connection is plural.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shiho Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20200169948
    Abstract: A control method for an information processing apparatus includes establishing a connection between the information processing apparatus and a communication apparatus, and transmitting, to the communication apparatus via a connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus, an execution instruction for connection processing that is based on any one of AirStation One-Touch Secure System (AOSS) and Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), wherein, in a case where the execution instruction has been received by the communication apparatus, the connection processing is performed by the communication apparatus, and wherein, in a connection between the communication apparatus and an access point to be established by the connection processing, the access point operates as a master device and the communication apparatus operates as a slave device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Shiho Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20200169953
    Abstract: A control method for an information processing apparatus includes determining whether connection processing is executable by a predetermined access point, the connection processing being based on a predetermined standard for establishing a connection by the predetermined access point transmitting connection information for connecting to the predetermined access point, and executing notification processing for prompting a user to perform a predetermined operation on the predetermined access point, the predetermined operation for causing the predetermined access point to execute the connection processing, in a case where it is determined that the connection processing is executable by the predetermined access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Shiho Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20180329655
    Abstract: A method includes determining whether a plurality of wireless interfaces of an information processing apparatus is in a state of being a target for direct connection to a communication apparatus via a wireless LAN, checking whether a number of the wireless interfaces determined as being in the state of the target for the direct connection is plural, and deciding from the plurality of wireless interfaces in the state of being the target for the direct connection, one wireless interface to be directly connected to the communication apparatus in a case where the number of the wireless interfaces determined to be in the state of being the target for the direct connection is plural.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventor: Shiho Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 8947689
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to display a consent screen when a printer driver is to be installed without using an installer even if approval has once been obtained from a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shiho Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20130321839
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to display a consent screen when a printer driver is to be installed without using an installer even if approval has once been obtained from a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventor: Shiho Sekiguchi