US 12,147,830 B2
System including device and information processing apparatus in which application capable of changing setting of the device operates
Makoto Dohi, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/492,459.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-170890 (JP), filed on Oct. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0116507 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 9/48 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 9/485 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a device including an operation unit; and
an information processing apparatus that executes an application program for changing setting of the device according to an operation of a user,
wherein the device includes:
at least one first memory that stores instructions; and
at least one first processor that executes the instructions to perform:
restricting an operation via the operation unit in response to connection from the application program; and
transmitting a first notification, to the application program, for stopping processing for changing the setting of the device according to the application program and withdrawing the restriction when receiving an operation for withdrawing the restriction via the operation unit, and
wherein the information processing apparatus includes:
at least one second memory that stores the application program; and
at least one second processor that executes the application program to perform:
controlling connection to the device; and
stopping the processing for changing the setting of the device according to the application program when receiving the first notification from the device, and
wherein the operation for withdrawing the restriction includes an operation on a specific key of the operation unit and an operation for authenticating a device manager.