US 12,081,366 B2
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
Takashi Nakamura, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/149,755.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-156542 (JP), filed on Sep. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0086026 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/4679 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1203 (2013.01); G06F 3/1236 (2013.01); G06F 3/1288 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus, provided in a first local area network that is connected to a network, comprising:
a processor configured to form a first virtual network, in the first local area network, wherein the first virtual network is formed to connect at least one terminal device through a switch or a router provided in the information processing apparatus; and
a communication interface, controlled by the processer and configured to transmit to an another information processing apparatus and receive information transmitted from the another information processing apparatus that is provided in a second local area network and is connected to the network,
wherein the communication interface is further configured to
establish a connection through the communication interface to connect the first virtual network to a second virtual network formed by the another information processing apparatus in a case where a specific function is executed by the another information processing apparatus, wherein the second virtual network is in the second local area network, and the second virtual network is formed to connect at least one terminal device through a switch or a router provided in the another information processing apparatus, wherein the specific function is configured to activate at least one peripheral device provided by the another information processing apparatus, and
release the connection between the first virtual network and the second virtual network through the communication interface after the specific function is executed.