JP7433836B2 - Information processing device, program and control method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, a program, and a control method.

In recent years, with the spread of mobile terminals, more and more companies are using mobile terminals as business terminals. Furthermore, an increasing number of image processing devices such as multifunction devices and printers are equipped with a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) communication function. The image processing device can receive print data from a mobile terminal via a wireless LAN access point (relay device) and execute print processing based on the received print data. Furthermore, some image processing devices have a function of directly communicating wirelessly with a mobile terminal without going through a relay device such as an external access point. As an example of the above-mentioned direct wireless communication, a standard called Wi-Fi Direct (TM) has been established by the Wi-Fi Alliance. Wi-Fi Direct defines a protocol for determining whether communication devices such as image processing devices and PCs operate as access points or clients when communicating directly with each other wirelessly. By executing this protocol, it is possible to automatically determine the communication device that will become the access point and the communication device that will become the client. By using Wi-Fi Direct, communication devices can directly perform wireless communication with each other without separately preparing an external access point. Patent Document 1 describes an image processing device that performs direct wireless communication with a mobile terminal using Wi-Fi Direct.

As an example of connecting a mobile terminal and an image processing device using Wi-Fi Direct, a user first selects a predetermined button or the like from the operation panel of the image processing device to start the Wi-Fi Direct function. Next, the user transmits a Wi-Fi Direct connection request from the mobile terminal to the image processing apparatus by selecting a predetermined button or the like on the operation panel of the mobile terminal. Upon receiving this connection request, the image processing apparatus displays a confirmation screen on the operation panel for confirming to the user whether or not the connection request from the mobile terminal is acceptable. If the user's consent is obtained through this confirmation screen, communication between the image processing device and the mobile terminal via Wi-Fi Direct connection becomes possible.

Users can connect their mobile terminal and image processing device by selecting the method that suits their environment from among the multiple wireless connection methods provided by the image processing device, including Wi-Fi Direct, and execute print jobs. can.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2014-164421

Increasingly, applications running on mobile devices need to ask users for permission to access resources such as the device's location. For example, in Android (TM) version 10 and later, when an application obtains the connection status via Wi-Fi Direct or communicates with an external device using Wi-Fi Direct, the application uses the location of the mobile terminal. Users are now required to authorize access to their information. Patent Document 1 describes a method in which a mobile terminal establishes a connection with an image processing apparatus using Wi-Fi Direct and executes print processing. However, as mentioned above, no consideration is given to updating the OS (operating system) version of the mobile terminal or access rights regarding Wi-Fi Direct communication. Therefore, if the Android OS version is updated to 10 without allowing the application to access the location information of the mobile terminal, Wi-Fi Direct communication with the image processing device cannot be performed as is. Therefore, it is possible to ask the user to allow the application to access location information immediately after starting the application after updating the OS version. However, if all users are uniformly asked for access permission after updating the OS version, this will lead to a decline in usability for users who do not use Wi-Fi Direct communication in the first place.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to request a user for permission to access an image processing apparatus through Wi-Fi Direct communication from an application on a terminal without reducing usability.

A program for causing a computer of a terminal communicating with an image processing device to execute a control method, the control method comprising: (1) a version of an OS running on the terminal satisfies predetermined conditions; and (2) (3) information of an image processing device that has communicated with Wi -Fi Direct before updating to the OS version is registered by the program; A program that issues a warning if the program is not granted the authority necessary to communicate by Direct.

Through the above process, permission for access rights is requested only from users who are likely to perform Wi-Fi Direct communication, so permission for access rights necessary for Wi-Fi Direct communication can be granted without compromising usability. can be found.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the hardware configuration of a data processing device. 1 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of an image processing device. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a software configuration of a data processing device. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a function selection screen displayed on the data processing device. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an image processing device selection screen displayed on the data processing device. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an image processing device selection screen displayed on the data processing device. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a function selection screen displayed on the data processing device in the first embodiment. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the data processing device in Example 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a location information access permission request screen displayed on the data processing device in the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the data processing device in Example 2. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a function selection screen displayed on the data processing device in Example 2. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the data processing device in Example 3. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an image processing device selection screen displayed on the data processing device in Example 3;

Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Although this embodiment will be described using an image processing device as an example of an information processing device, the present invention according to the claims is not limited thereto. Furthermore, not all combinations of features described in this embodiment are essential to the solution of the present invention.

(Example 1)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a data processing system in one embodiment of this example. In FIG. 1, 101 is a mobile data processing apparatus, and is a computer used by a user who instructs either of the image processing apparatuses 104 and 106 to send a print job. Reference numerals 104 and 106 are image processing devices, which may have a copy function, a scanner function, a facsimile transmission function, etc. in addition to a printer function.

103 is a LAN (Local Area Network) to which the data processing device 101 and the image processing devices 104 and 106 are connected, and the connected devices exchange information through mutual communication via the LAN 103. 102 is a wireless LAN terminal. The wireless LAN terminal 102 is a wireless LAN base device having a general network router function, and provides wireless LAN in homes, offices, and the like. Further, it is assumed that the data processing device 101 is a mobile terminal and is connected to the LAN 103 via the wireless LAN terminal 102. When the data processing device 101 enters the wireless LAN area provided by the wireless LAN terminal 102, it can automatically participate in the network of the LAN 103 using preset authentication information. Furthermore, the data processing device 101 is capable of direct wireless communication with the image processing device 106 via Wi-Fi Direct (105). Wi-Fi Direct allows the data processing device 101 and the image processing device 106 to communicate with each other via an access point inside the image processing device 106, rather than a connection via an external access point. In that case, the data processing device 101 selects an identifier indicating the image processing device 106 from the Wi-Fi Direct connection screen, and transmits a Wi-Fi Direct connection request to the image processing device 106.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the data processing device 101 in FIG. 1. The data processing device 101 is, for example, a terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet, and may be running an operating system for the terminal or a program for controlling telephone calls and data communications. Alternatively, it may be a personal computer that does not include a voice control section 206, a microphone/speaker 214, a position detection control section 210, a GPS sensor 217, a mobile phone data communication section 212, etc., which will be described later.

Each hardware component is connected to a system bus 201. The ROM 203 stores an operating system in the data processing device 101 and applications that control telephone calls and data communications, and are executed by the CPU 202 . Examples of applications that control data communication include printing applications, mail software, and web browsers.

The RAM 204 is a memory for executing programs, and is a work memory area where applications execute programs. Further, the RAM 204 is also a memory for temporarily storing data and the like that must be temporarily saved when an application executes a program. The storage device 209 is a non-volatile storage device, and stores various operation mode settings, operation logs, etc. that need to be retained even after the data processing device 101 is restarted.

The Network Controller 205 includes a wireless LAN communication unit 211 for participating in the network of the LAN 103 via the wireless LAN terminal 102, a mobile phone data communication unit 212 for participating in the network provided by the mobile carrier, and a BLE (Bluetooth (registered trademark) ) The BLE communication unit 213 performs communication control to form a WPAN (wireless personal area network) between peripheral computer devices in which wireless signals (low energy) reach each other. Furthermore, the wireless LAN communication unit 211 supports direct wireless communication, and can directly communicate with an external device compliant with the Wi-Fi Direct standard without going through a wireless LAN terminal.

The voice control unit 206 is used, for example, when a telephone call application is activated and the user is making a telephone call. The microphone/speaker 214 inputs and outputs audio data, and the audio control unit 206 mediates between the audio data and the audio data control program.

The display control unit 207 controls information output on the display 215 of the data processing device 101. The input control unit 208 controls information specified by the user using the buttons or touch panel 215 of the data processing device 101. Using the audio control unit 206, display control unit 207, and input control unit 208, an application activated on the data processing device 101 provides network communication information and various information about the data processing device 101 to the user.

The position detection control unit 210 acquires position information of the data processing device 101 from the GPS sensor 216 and provides it to the operating system. These controls are controlled by an operating system running on the CPU 202.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating the hardware configuration of image processing devices 104 and 106 in FIG. 1. This example shows an example of a multi-function peripheral (MFP) having a scanner function and a printer function.

In FIG. 3, 301 is an I/O, which includes, for example, a LAN communication section 314 and a BLE communication section 315. The wired LAN communication unit 314 is capable of communicating with the data processing device 101 via the network (LAN) 103 or the like. The wireless LAN communication unit 315 also participates in a LAN network via a wireless LAN terminal, connects to a data processing device, and connects to an external device that complies with the Wi-Fi Direct standard without going through the wireless LAN terminal. can be connected directly to A plurality of I/Os 301 may be installed to support a plurality of connection types. Through this I/O 301, the image processing apparatus passes the device ID and scanned image to the data processing apparatus 101. It also receives various control commands from the data processing device 101 in accordance with received instructions and performs processing. The I/F control unit 302 controls issuing a device ID for a processing system such as a scanner, printer, or fax installed in the image processing apparatus. The RAM 303 is a primary storage device and is used to store external data such as control commands acquired by the I/O 301 and image data (or image data, hereinafter referred to as image) read by the scanner engine 313. Further, the RAM 303 is used to store images developed by the printer controller 310 before being passed to the printer engine 306. RAM control unit 304 manages the allocation of RAM 303 . The image data start-stop circuit 305 is a device that outputs an image captured by the printer controller 310 or the scanner engine 313 and developed in the RAM 303 in accordance with the rotation of the printer engine 306. Printer engine 306 is a device that develops images onto output media such as paper. The main controller 308 performs various controls on the printer engine 306 using the engine I/F 307 . Further, the main controller 308 is a key module for control, and performs processing for appropriately distributing control languages received from the data processing apparatus 101 via the I/O 301 to the scanner controller 309 and printer controller 310. Furthermore, the main controller 308 controls the printer engine 306 and scanner engine 313 in response to instructions from the respective controllers and user interface 312. The scanner controller 309 breaks down the scan control command received from the data processing device 101 into internal execution instructions that can be interpreted by the main controller 308. It also changes the image read by the scanner engine 313 into a scan control command. The printer controller 310 decomposes PDL (Page Description Language) received as a print job from the data processing apparatus 101 into internal execution instructions including a developed image etc. that can be interpreted by the main controller 308 . The developed image is carried to a printer engine and printed on output media such as paper.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating the software configuration of the data processing apparatus 101 shown in FIG. 1. A print application 401 executes this embodiment on the data processing apparatus 101, and is installed in the ROM 203 as an application running on the OS. A UI unit 402 of the print application 401 provides a user interface for allowing the user to set application-specific functions. An image processing device search unit 403 searches for network devices and devices compatible with Wi-Fi Direct on the LAN 103 in which the data processing device 101 participates. At this time, the data processing apparatus 101 may be configured to be able to search only image processing apparatuses for which printing can be instructed. A print control unit 404 provides a function of generating a print job to a communicable image processing apparatus and transmitting the print job. A device communication state control unit 405 provides a function of checking the connection state of the data processing device 101 to the wireless LAN or Wi-Fi Direct. Note that the print application 401 may include not only a function related to printing but also a function related to scanning that transmits a scan instruction to an image processing apparatus and receives scan data according to the instruction. Further, it is assumed that the print application 401 can recognize the version of the OS of the data processing apparatus 101.

FIG. 5 shows a top menu screen immediately after starting the print application 401 in the data processing apparatus 101, and is a user interface that accepts various input operations from the user. Reference numeral 502 is a button for transitioning to a screen for selecting an image processing device to be instructed to print, that is, to select an image processing device to perform a communication connection, when no image processing device to be instructed to print is selected. displays text at 504 indicating that it has not been selected. A button 503 transitions to a screen for selecting and printing a file such as a PDF file stored in the data processing apparatus 101. If the image processing apparatus to which the print instruction is directed has not been selected, the button 503 is disabled even if pressed.

601 in FIG. 6 is displayed by pressing the button 502 in FIG. This is a selection screen for selecting an image processing device to be instructed to print, and is a user interface that displays a list of search results for image processing devices. At the top of the screen 601, text 602 indicating the network to be searched is displayed. Here, since the data processing apparatus 101 is not performing Wi-Fi Direct communication at the start of the search or the Wi-Fi Direct connection status cannot be acquired, the image processing apparatus existing on the LAN 103 and supported by the print application 401 is An example of searching using a protocol such as mDNS (Multicast DNS) is shown below. Therefore, the text 602 indicating the network becomes LAN. Note that the Wi-Fi Direct connection state is the state of whether or not the data processing apparatus 101 is communicating with the apparatus using Wi-Fi Direct, and is obtained by the print application 401 from the OS running on the data processing apparatus 101. This is the information that will be used. Further, a state in which the Wi-Fi Direct connection state cannot be obtained includes a state in which the printing application 401 is not authorized to obtain information regarding the connection state from the OS.

As a result of the search, it is assumed that the image processing device 104 is able to search as shown at 603. The user selects an image processing apparatus to be instructed to print from the image processing apparatus search result screen 601 (here, information about the image processing apparatuses 104 found through the search is displayed), and selects the image processing apparatus to be instructed to print ( Return to Figure 5).

FIG. 7 shows an image processing apparatus selection screen when the data processing apparatus 101 is connected for communication via Wi-Fi Direct at the time of starting the search in 601. Here, text 701 indicating the network to be searched indicates that it is Wi-Fi Direct. If the image processing device 106 that directly communicates with the data processing device 101 via Wi-Fi Direct is an image processing device supported by the print application 401, information on the image processing device 106 is displayed in 702 as a search result.

In order for the data processing device 101 to communicate using Wi-Fi Direct, it is necessary to configure settings for Wi-Fi Direct communication with the image processing device 106, for example, on the communication settings screen of the OS running on the data processing device 101. be. The print application 401 can then obtain the set Wi-Fi Direct connection information and the like from the OS. However, if the OS running on the data processing device is Android version 10 or later, access rights must be granted in order for the application to obtain the above connection information and the like from the OS.

Note that FIGS. 6 and 7 independently show an example of searching for network devices within a LAN and an example of searching for devices communicating with Wi-Fi Direct. However, the search within the LAN and the search using Wi-Fi Direct may be performed simultaneously, or both results may be displayed on the same screen.

FIG. 8 shows the top menu screen after searching for image processing devices and selecting a desired image processing device. Among the image processing apparatuses that have been connected through the above search, information on the image processing apparatuses that are the target of print instructions (hereinafter referred to as selected printers) is stored in 802, and the image processing apparatus that can be selected as the target of print instructions (hereinafter referred to as selectable printers) information is displayed in 804. Note that the selectable printers may include printers registered in the print application 401 that have sent or received jobs to the print application 401 in the past. The currently selected printer may be a printer selected by the user as a print instruction target from a list of selectable printers with which the user has communicated in the past. That is, when the print application 401 is started, devices with which jobs have been exchanged in the past are displayed as a list of selected printers and selectable printers.

It is assumed that the information on the image processing device includes the device name, IP address, network type, connection state, etc. of the image processing device. When the selectable printer information 804 is pressed, the selected selectable printer that was pressed becomes the currently selected printer, and the previously selected printer is changed to the selectable printer. Thereafter, the user presses the button 503, selects a document file to be printed, and transitions to a print setting screen (the screen for selecting and printing a document is not shown).

The operation of requesting permission to access the location information of the data processing apparatus 101 from the print application 401 will be described using FIG. 9 . (Since the OS running on the data processing apparatus 101 is Android version 10 or later, the printing application needs permission to access the location information of the data processing apparatus). FIG. 9 shows a flowchart regarding a request for location information authority made by the data processing apparatus 101 when the print application 401 is started. The CPU 202 executes the processing shown in the flowchart.

In step S901, the user starts the print application 401 from the list of applications installed in the data processing apparatus 101.

Next, in step S902, the data processing apparatus 101 determines whether there is an image processing apparatus whose network type is Wi-Fi Direct among the selected printers or selectable printers. Here, the selected printer or selectable printer may be a printer registered in the printing application 401 as described above. If there is an image processing device whose network type is Wi-Fi Direct (step S902: Yes), the process advances to step S903. If there is no image processing device whose network type is Wi-Fi Direct (step S902: No), this flow ends.

Next, in step S903, the data processing apparatus 101 determines whether the print application 401 is permitted to access the position information. If access to the location information is not permitted (step S903: No), the process advances to step S904. If access to the location information is permitted (step S903: Yes), the process advances to step S907.

Next, in step S904, the data processing apparatus 101 displays an access permission setting screen as shown in 1001 in FIG. 10, which is a warning requesting permission to access location information to the application.

Next, in step S905, the user sets access permission for the print application 401 to the location information on the access permission setting screen 1001 in FIG. When the button 1002 is pressed, the print application 401 is permitted to access the position information, and when the button 1003 is pressed, the print application 401 is not permitted to access the position information.

Next, in step S906, the data processing apparatus 101 determines whether access to the location information for the print application 401 is permitted in step S905. If access to the location information is permitted (step S906: Yes), the process advances to step S907. If access to the location information is not permitted (step S906: No), this flow ends.

Next, in step S907, the print application 401 obtains the Wi-Fi Direct connection state of the data processing apparatus 101 from the OS.

Next, in step S908, the data processing apparatus 101 determines whether the currently selected printer or the selectable printer is connected to the Wi-Fi Direct connection state based on the Wi-Fi Direct connection state acquired in step S907. If connected to Wi-Fi Direct (step S908: Yes), the process advances to step S909. If it is not connected to Wi-Fi Direct (step S908: No), this flow ends.

Next, in step S909, the data processing apparatus 101 acquires status information from the image processing apparatus 106 connected via Wi-Fi Direct.

Next, in step S910, the data processing apparatus 101 displays the status information of the image processing apparatus 106 connected via Wi-Fi Direct, which was obtained in S909, on the top menu screen, and ends this flow. Note that if the status information of the device connected via Wi-Fi Direct is not to be displayed as in step S910, the top menu screen is displayed without displaying it, and this flow ends. After this flow ends, a top menu screen as shown in FIG. 8, for example, is displayed.

After displaying the top menu screen, the user presses the button 503 to select the original file to be printed, generates a print job, sends the print job to the image processing device, and completes the process. (Screens for selection and printing are not shown). Note that this flow includes a step of determining whether the version of the OS running on the data processing device 101 satisfies a predetermined condition (for example, Android 10), and requests access permission only when the predetermined condition is met. You may also issue a warning.

With the above process, you can confirm that you have used Wi-Fi Direct (the application has registered the device and the device that exchanged jobs via Wi-Fi Direct communication) and that you can continue to use Wi-Fi Direct. You can request permission to access location information for an application only to users who have the ability to do so. As a result, permission to access the location information of the data processing device can be requested only from necessary users without impairing the operability of users who do not use Wi-Fi Direct.

(Example 2)
In the case of a request for permission to access location information according to the first embodiment, a user who has exchanged a job with a device at least once through Wi-Fi Direct communication is always requested to be allowed to access location information. Furthermore, some users usually use the image processing apparatus through a LAN connection, and in rare cases may use the image processing apparatus through a Wi-Fi Direct connection. For such users, if the request for permission to access location information according to the first embodiment is displayed every time the application is started, the operability of the application will deteriorate. Therefore, in a second embodiment, a method will be described in which a user is asked for permission to access location information only at the timing when the user desires to exchange data with an image processing apparatus that the user has previously connected to via Wi-Fi Direct.

FIG. 11 shows a flowchart regarding the image processing device search process in the data processing device 101 of the second embodiment. The processing other than step S1102 in the flowchart of the second embodiment is the same as the processing other than step S902 in the flowchart of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

The difference from Embodiment 1 is that permission to access location information is requested at the timing (step S1102) when the user specifies an image processing apparatus connected in the past via Wi-Fi Direct as the selected printer (data destination printer). It is. An example will be explained using FIG. 8. As shown in FIG. 8, on the top menu screen 501 of the print application 401, the LAN-connected image processing device 104 is the selected printer 802, and the Wi-Fi Direct-connected image processing device 106 is the selectable printer 804.

Here, when the user presses the selectable printer 804 (step S1102) and changes the image processing device 106 connected via Wi-Fi Direct to the selected printer, the processing from step S903 onwards is executed, and the location information is accessed. The authorization request is processed. As a result of the processing, the flow advances to step S909, the print application 401 is permitted to access the location information, and when the status acquisition of the image processing apparatus 106 connected via Wi-Fi Direct is completed, the process proceeds to step S910 as shown in FIG. The screen will be displayed. Here, the image processing apparatus 106 changed from a selectable printer to a currently selected printer in step S1102 is displayed as a currently selected printer as 1201 together with the status information acquired in step S909. Further, the image processing apparatus 104, which had been the selected printer until then, is displayed as a selectable printer as 1202.

Through the above processing, permission to access location information is requested from the user only when the image processing apparatus connected via Wi-Fi Direct becomes the selected printer (data destination printer). This allows the user to request permission to access location information at the desired timing to use the Wi-Fi Direct-connected image processing device, improving user operability without requesting unnecessary access permission. Not damaged. Further, in the first embodiment, when the application is started, a user who has not been granted access rights can be asked to grant access rights at the desired timing to communicate with the device using Wi-Fi Direct.

(Example 3)
In the case of requests for permission to access location information according to the first and second embodiments, requests for permission to access location information are made to users who have used Wi-Fi Direct at least once. On the other hand, there are users who connect to an image processing device for the first time using Wi-Fi Direct when the OS on their mobile terminal is Android 10. For users in such situations, access permission requests as in the first and second embodiments are not made. Therefore, there is a possibility that connection with the image processing device using Wi-Fi Direct may not be possible. In Embodiment 3, a method will be described in which a user who has never connected an image processing device and a data processing device using Wi-Fi Direct is asked for permission to access location information when making a Wi-Fi Direct connection for the first time.

FIG. 13 shows a flowchart of the process of requesting access to location information in the data processing apparatus 101 according to the third embodiment. The processing in step S1301 in the flowchart of this embodiment and the processing in step S801 in the flowchart of embodiment 1 are equivalent, and a description thereof will be omitted. The difference from the first embodiment is that a button for setting access permission to location information is displayed on the screen displaying the search results of the image processing device started by the user in step S1302. In this flowchart, when the print application 401 searches for a printer, if access to location information is permitted, it first attempts to search for a device connected via Wi-Fi Direct. If the data processing device 101 is not connected via Wi-Fi Direct, a search for devices within the LAN is performed. Furthermore, when access to the location information is not permitted, the print application 401 searches for devices within the LAN.

In step S1302, the user presses the button 502 on the top menu screen 501 of the print application 401 shown in FIG. 5 to start searching for an image processing apparatus.

Next, in step S1303, the data processing apparatus 101 determines whether the print application 401 is permitted to access the position information. If access to the location information is not permitted (step S1303: No), the process advances to step S1304. If access to the location information is permitted (step S1303: Yes), the process advances to step S1307.

In step S1307, the data processing device 101 obtains its own Wi-Fi Direct connection state.

Next, in step S1308, the data processing apparatus 101 determines the connection state to Wi-Fi Direct obtained in step S1307. If the data processing device 101 is connected via Wi-Fi Direct (step S1308: Yes), the process advances to step S1309. If Wi-Fi Direct is not connected (step S1308: No), the process advances to step S1306.

Next, in step S1309, the data processing apparatus 101 starts searching for an image processing apparatus connected via Wi-Fi Direct, and displays information on the found image processing apparatus as a search result.

If the process proceeds to step S1304 in step S1303 (step S1303: No), the data processing apparatus 101 has displayed an access permission setting screen requesting permission to access location information on the application shown in 1001 in FIG. Determine whether If the access permission setting screen has never been displayed (step S1304: No), the process advances to step S1305. If the access permission setting screen has been displayed (step S1304: Yes), the process advances to step S1306. This prevents the user from requesting permission to access the location information again if the user has not intentionally granted the printing application 401 permission to access the location information in the past. Note that the process may proceed to step S1305 even if the access permission setting screen has been displayed (step S1304: Yes).

Next, in step S1305, the data processing apparatus 101 displays a button 1401 for setting access permission to position information at the bottom of the image processing apparatus selection screen shown at 601 in FIG. When a button 1401 is pressed, an access permission setting screen shown at 1001 in FIG. 10 is displayed, and the user is asked for permission to access location information for the print application 401. If the print application 401 is permitted to access the location information as a result of the location information access permission request described above, the search process can be started again from step S1302.

Next, in step S1306, the data processing apparatus 101 starts searching for an image processing apparatus on the connected LAN 103, and displays information on the found image processing apparatus as a search result. If the device desired by the user is not found as a result of searching for devices in the LAN, the user can press button 1401 in FIG. 14 to permit access to location information and perform a Wi-Fi Direct search. It becomes like this.

Through the above processing, a button requesting permission to access location information is displayed on the search screen of the image processing device. As a result, a request for permission to access the location information is made even to users who have never connected to the image processing apparatus using Wi-Fi Direct, and it is possible to prevent loss of opportunity for connection using Wi-Fi Direct.

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Further, the present invention can also be realized by executing the following processing. That is, the software (program) that realizes the functions of the embodiments described above is supplied to a system or device via a network or various storage media, and the computer (or CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or device reads the program. This is the process to be executed.

Claims (15)

A program for causing a computer of a terminal communicating with an image processing device to execute a control method,
The control method includes:
(1) The version of the OS running on the terminal satisfies predetermined conditions, and (2) the program does not contain information about image processing devices with which you have communicated via Wi -Fi Direct before updating to the OS version. and (3) issues a warning if the program is not granted the authority necessary to communicate via Wi-Fi Direct after updating to the version of the OS. The program according to claim 1, wherein the timing at which the warning is issued is when the program is started on the terminal. 3. The timing at which the warning is issued is when an image processing apparatus with which communication has been performed using the Wi-Fi Direct is selected as an image processing apparatus to which data is to be transmitted. program. From claim 1, wherein when the terminal transmits or receives data via Wi-Fi Direct communication with an image processing device via the program, information on the image processing device is registered by the program. 3. The program according to any one of 3. 5. The program according to claim 1, wherein the program transmits a print job to an image processing device that communicates with the terminal. 6. The program according to claim 1, wherein the program acquires the Wi-Fi Direct connection state of the terminal from an OS running on the terminal. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the authority necessary for communicating via Wi-Fi Direct is an authority for the program to access information of an OS. The computer according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the authority necessary for communicating via Wi-Fi Direct is an authority for the program to access location information of the terminal. program. According to any one of claims 1 to 8, the warning is a content that inquires of the user whether or not to grant the program the authority necessary to communicate using the Wi-Fi Direct. program. 10. The program according to claim 1, wherein satisfying the predetermined condition means that the version of the OS is a predetermined version or later. The information according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the information includes at least one of a device name of the image processing device and information necessary for communication with the image processing device. program. The control method further includes:
3. The program according to claim 2, wherein the program does not issue the warning if information on an image processing device with which the program has communicated via Wi-Fi Direct is not registered by the program. The control method includes: (1) the version of the OS running on the terminal satisfies predetermined conditions; and (2) information about image processing devices that have communicated with the Wi-Fi Direct before updating to the OS version. is registered by the program, and (3) in a situation where the program is not granted the necessary authority to communicate via Wi-Fi Direct after updating to the OS version, a new Wi-Fi 2. The program according to claim 1, wherein the warning is issued when an image processing device as a data transmission destination for direct communication is selected. A terminal that communicates with an image processing device via an application,
(1) The version of the OS running on the terminal satisfies predetermined conditions, and (2) the information of the image processing device with which you have communicated via Wi -Fi Direct before updating to the OS version is not updated by the program. and (3) a warning unit that issues a warning if the application is not granted the necessary authority to communicate via Wi-Fi Direct after updating to the version of the OS. Terminal. A control method executed by a terminal communicating with an image processing device via an application, the control method comprising:
(1) The version of the OS running on the terminal satisfies predetermined conditions, and (2) the information of the image processing device with which you have communicated via Wi -Fi Direct before updating to the OS version is not updated by the program. and (3) issue a warning if the application is not granted permission necessary to communicate via Wi-Fi Direct after updating to the version of the OS. .

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