JP2021069052A - Information processing apparatus, program, and control method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing apparatus, a program, and a control method, capable of issuing a warning when information of an image processing device which has executed communication through a Wi-Fi Direct is registered by a program and no authority required for executing the communication through the Wi-Fi Direct is granted to the program.SOLUTION: An operation for requesting a permit to access to location information of a data processing device to be given to a print application, includes: starting, in S901, the print application from a list of applications installed; determining, in S902, whether there is an image processing device having a network type of Wi-Fi Direct as a selected printer or a selectable printer; determining, in S903, whether the access to the location information is permitted to the print application; and displaying, in S904, a warning of a content of requesting the permit to access to the location information to be given to the application.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

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, the number of cases where mobile terminals are also adopted as business terminals of companies has increased. Further, an increasing number of image processing devices such as multifunction devices and printers are provided with a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) communication function. The image processing device can receive print data from the mobile terminal via the wireless LAN access point (relay device) and execute the print process based on the received print data. Further, some image processing devices have a function of directly performing wireless communication 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, the Wi-Fi Alliance has established a standard called Wi-Fi Direct (TM). 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 directly communicating wirelessly. By executing this protocol, the communication device that becomes the access point and the communication device that becomes the client can be automatically determined. By using this Wi-Fi Direct, communication devices can directly execute wireless communication without preparing an external access point separately. Patent Document 1 describes an image processing device that directly performs wireless communication with a mobile terminal using Wi-Fi Direct.

As an example of connecting a mobile terminal and an image processing device with Wi-Fi Direct, the 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 selects a predetermined button or the like on the operation panel of the mobile terminal to transmit a Wi-Fi Direct connection request from the mobile terminal to the image processing device. The image processing device that has received this connection request displays a confirmation screen on the operation panel for confirming with the user whether or not the connection can be made in response to the connection request from the mobile terminal. Then, when the user's consent is obtained through this confirmation screen, communication by the Wi-Fi Direct connection becomes possible between the image processing device and the mobile terminal.

The user can select a method suitable for the environment to be used from a plurality of wireless connection methods including Wi-Fi Direct provided in the image processing device, connect the mobile terminal and the image processing device, and execute a print job. it can.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-164421

When an application running on a mobile terminal accesses resources such as the location information of the mobile terminal, it is increasingly necessary to have the user allow the access. For example, in Android (TM) version 10 or later, when an application acquires a connection status with Wi-Fi Direct or communicates with an external device using Wi-Fi Direct, the application is located at the position of the mobile terminal. It became necessary for users to allow access to information. Patent Document 1 describes a method in which a mobile terminal establishes a connection with an image processing device and executes a printing process by using Wi-Fi Direct. However, as described above, the update of the OS (operating system) version of the mobile terminal and the access right regarding Wi-Fi Direct communication are not considered. Therefore, if the Android OS version is updated to 10 without permitting the application to access the location information of the mobile terminal, Wi-Fi Direct communication with the image processing device cannot be performed as it is. Therefore, it is conceivable to ask the user to allow the application to access the location information immediately after starting the application after updating the OS version. In the meantime, if all users are uniformly inquired about the permission of access rights after updating the OS version, usability will be reduced for users who do not use Wi-Fi Direct communication in the first place.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to request the user for permission of the access right for communicating with the image processing device by Wi-Fi Direct communication from the application of the terminal without deteriorating the usability.

A program for causing a computer of a terminal that communicates with an image processing device to execute a control method. The control method is a program in which information on an image processing device that has communicated with Wi-Fi Direct is registered by the program. A program characterized in that a warning is issued when the authority required for communicating with Wi-Fi Direct is not granted to the program.

By the above processing, since the permission of the access right is requested only to the user who may perform the Wi-Fi Direct communication, the permission of the access right necessary for the Wi-Fi Direct communication is permitted without impairing the usability. Can be sought.

It is a figure which shows the structure of this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware configuration of a data processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the hardware configuration of an image processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the structure of the software of a data processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the function selection screen which displays on the data processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the image processing apparatus selection screen to be displayed on the data processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the image processing apparatus selection screen to be displayed on the data processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the function selection screen which is displayed in the data processing apparatus in Example 1. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the processing flow of the data processing apparatus in Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the position information access permission request screen to be displayed on the data processing apparatus in Example 1. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the processing flow of the data processing apparatus in Example 2. It is a figure which shows the function selection screen which is displayed by the data processing apparatus in Example 2. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the processing flow of the data processing apparatus in Example 3. FIG. It is a figure which shows the image processing apparatus selection screen to be displayed on the data processing apparatus in Example 3. FIG.

Hereinafter, an example of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, an image processing device will be used as an example of the information processing device, but the present invention according to the claims is not limited. Moreover, not all combinations of features described in the present embodiment are essential for the means of solving the present invention.

(Example 1)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a data processing system according to an embodiment of this embodiment. In FIG. 1, 101 is a mobile data processing device, which is a computer used by a user who instructs any of the image processing devices 104 and 106 to transmit a print job. Reference numerals 104 and 106 are image processing devices, which may have a copy function, a scanner function, a fax transmission function, and the like in addition to the printer function.

Reference numeral 103 denotes 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 by mutual communication via the LAN 103. 102 is a wireless LAN terminal. The wireless LAN terminal 102 is a master unit of a wireless LAN having a general network router function, and provides the wireless LAN in a home or an office. 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, the data processing device 101 can automatically join the network of the LAN 103 by using the preset authentication information. Further, the data processing device 101 can directly communicate wirelessly with the image processing device 106 by Wi-Fi Direct (105). The Wi-Fi Direct is not connected via an external access point, but allows the data processing device 101 and the image processing device 106 to communicate with each other via the access point inside the image processing device 106. In that case, the data processing device 101 selects an identifier indicating the image processing device 106 from the connection screen of the Wi-Fi Direct, and transmits the connection request of the Wi-Fi Direct to the image processing device 106.

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

Each component of the hardware is connected to the system bus 201. The ROM 203 stores an operating system in the data processing device 101 and an application that controls a call and data communication, and is executed by the CPU 202. Applications that control data communication include printing applications, mail software, and Web browsers.

The RAM 204 is a memory for executing a program, and is a work memory area for executing a program by an application. The RAM 204 is also a memory for temporarily storing data or the like that the application must temporarily store when executing the program. The storage device 209 is a non-volatile storage device, and stores various operation mode settings and operation logs 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 BLE (Bluetooth®). ) Communication control is performed by the BLE communication unit 213 for forming a WPAN (wireless personal area network) between peripheral computer devices on which wireless signals by Low Energy) reach each other. In addition, the wireless LAN communication unit 211 supports direct wireless communication, and can directly communicate with an external device conforming to the Wi-Fi Direct standard without going through a wireless LAN terminal.

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

The display control unit 207 controls the information output on the display 215 of the data processing device 101. The input control unit 208 controls the information instructed by the user with the buttons of the data processing device 101 and the touch panel 215. An application started on the data processing device 101 by using the voice control unit 206, the display control unit 207, and the input control unit 208 provides the user with network communication information and various information of the data processing device 101.

The position detection control unit 210 acquires the 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 configurations of the image processing devices 104 and 106 in FIG. This example shows an example of a multifunction device (MFP (Multi Function Personal)) having a scanner function and a printer function.

In FIG. 3, 301 is an I / O and includes, for example, a LAN communication unit 314 and a BLE communication unit 315. The wired LAN communication unit 314 can communicate with the data processing device 101 via a network (LAN) 103 or the like. In addition, the wireless LAN communication unit 315 participates in the LAN network via the wireless LAN terminal and connects to the data processing device, and does not go through the wireless LAN terminal with an external device conforming to the Wi-Fi Direct standard. Can be connected directly to. A plurality of I / O 301s may be mounted in order to support a plurality of connection forms. Through this I / O 301, the image processing device passes the device ID and the scan image to the data processing device 101. Further, the data processing device 101 receives various control commands according to the received instructions and performs processing. The I / F control unit 302 controls to issue a device ID for a processing system such as a scanner, a printer, or a fax machine mounted on an image processing device. 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 an image) read by the scanner engine 313. Further, the RAM 303 is used for storing an image before being passed to the printer engine 306 deployed by the printer controller 310. The RAM control unit 304 manages the allocation of the RAM 303. The image data control circuit 305 is a device that is captured by the printer controller 310 and the scanner engine 313 and outputs an image expanded in the RAM 303 in accordance with the rotation of the printer engine 306. The printer engine 306 is a device that develops an image on an output medium such as paper. The main controller 308 controls the printer engine 306 by the engine I / F 307. Further, the main controller 308 is a key module for control, and appropriately distributes the control language received from the data processing device 101 to the scanner controller 309 and the printer controller 310 via the I / O 301. Further, the main controller 308 controls the printer engine 306 and the scanner engine 313 in response to instructions from the respective controllers and the user interface 312. The scanner controller 309 decomposes the scan control command received from the data processing device 101 into an internal execution command that can be interpreted by the main controller 308. Also, the image read by the scanner engine 313 is changed to a scan control command. The printer controller 310 decomposes the PDL (Page Description Language) received as a print job from the data processing device 101 into an internal execution instruction including a development image that can be interpreted by the main controller 308. The unfolded image is carried to the printer engine and printed on output media such as paper.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a software configuration of the data processing device 101 shown in FIG. Reference numeral 401 denotes a printing application that executes this embodiment on the data processing device 101, and is installed in ROM 203 as an application that operates on the OS. Reference numeral 402 denotes a UI part of the printing application 401, which provides a user interface for allowing the user to set application-specific functions. Reference numeral 403 is an image processing device search unit, which searches for a network device or a device corresponding to Wi-Fi Direct on the LAN 103 in which the data processing device 101 participates. At this time, the data processing device 101 may be able to search only for the image processing device capable of printing instructions. Reference numeral 404 is a print control unit, which provides a function of generating a print job for a communicable image processing device and transmitting the print job. Reference numeral 405 is a device communication state control unit, which provides a function of confirming the connection state of the data processing device 101 to the wireless LAN or Wi-Fi Direct. The printing application 401 may have not only a function related to printing but also a function related to scanning that sends a scan instruction to the image processing device and receives scan data according to the instruction. Further, the printing application 401 can recognize the OS version of the data processing device 101.

FIG. 5 is a top menu screen immediately after the printing application 401 is started in the data processing device 101, and is a user interface for accepting various input operations from the user. Reference numeral 502 is a button for selecting an image processing device to be a print instruction target, that is, a button for transitioning to a screen for selecting an image processing device to perform a communication connection, and when the image processing device to be a print instruction target is not selected Displays text at 504 indicating that it is unselected. Reference numeral 503 is a button for transitioning to a screen for selecting and printing a file such as PDF stored in the data processing device 101. If the image processing device to be printed is not selected, the button 503 becomes invalid even if it is pressed.

601 of FIG. 6 is displayed by pressing the button 502 in FIG. It is a selection screen for selecting an image processing device to be a print instruction target, and is a user interface for displaying a list of search results of the image processing device. At the upper part of the screen shown in 601 the text 602 indicating the network to be searched is displayed. Here, since the data processing device 101 is not performing Wi-Fi Direct communication at the start of the search or the Wi-Fi Direct connection state cannot be acquired, the image processing device existing on the LAN 103 and supported by the printing application 401. Is shown by an example of searching with a protocol such as mDNS (Multicast DNS). Therefore, the text 602 indicating the network becomes a LAN. The Wi-Fi Direct connection state is a state of whether or not the data processing device 101 has a communication connection with the device by Wi-Fi Direct, and is acquired from the OS running on the data processing device 101 by the printing application 401. Information to do. Further, the state in which the Wi-Fi Direct connection state cannot be acquired is a state in which the print application 401 is not authorized to acquire information on the connection state from the OS.

As a result of the search, it is assumed that the image processing device 104 can be searched as shown by 603. The user selects an image processing device to be a print instruction target from the search result screen of the image processing device shown in 601 (here, the information of the image processing device 104 found by the search is displayed), and the top menu screen (here). Return to FIG. 5).

FIG. 7 is a screen for selecting an image processing device when the data processing device 101 is connected by Wi-Fi Direct at the start of the search of 601. Here, the text 701 indicating the network to be searched indicates that it is a 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 printing application 401, the information of the image processing device 106 is displayed in 702 as a search result.

In order for the data processing device 101 to communicate with the Wi-Fi Direct, for example, it is necessary to set the Wi-Fi Direct communication with the image processing device 106 on the communication setting screen of the OS operating on the data processing device 101. is there. Then, the print application 401 can acquire the Wi-Fi Direct connection information and the like set above from the OS. However, if the OS running on the data processing device is Android version 10 or later, the application needs to be granted an access right in order to acquire the above connection information or the like from the OS.

In addition, in FIGS. 6 and 7, an example of searching for a network device in a LAN and an example of searching for a device communicating with Wi-Fi Direct are shown independently. However, the search in the LAN and the search by Wi-Fi Direct may be performed at the same time, or both results may be displayed on the same screen.

FIG. 8 is a top menu screen after searching for an image processing device and selecting a desired image processing device. Among the image processing devices connected by the above search, the information of the image processing device to be printed instructed (hereinafter, selected printer) is set to 802, and the image processing device that can be selected as the print instructed target (hereinafter, selectable printer). Information is displayed on 804. As the selectable printer, the printer registered in the print application 401 may be displayed because the print application 401 has transmitted or received the job in the past. The selected printer may be a printer selected by the user as a print instruction target from the list of selectable printers that have communicated in the past. That is, when the print application 401 is started, the devices that have exchanged jobs in the past are listed as the selected printer and the selectable printer.

It is assumed that the information of the image processing device includes the device name, IP address, network type, connection status, etc. of the image processing device. When the information 804 of the selectable printer is pressed, the pressed selectable printer is changed to the selected printer, and the selected printer up to that point is changed to the selectable printer. After that, the user presses the button 503, selects the original file to be printed, and transitions to the print setting screen (the screen for selecting the original and printing is not shown).

An operation of requesting access permission for the position information of the data processing device 101 to the printing application 401 will be described with reference to FIG. (Since the OS running on the data processing device 101 is Android version 10 or later, the printing application needs access permission for the location information of the data processing device). FIG. 9 shows a flowchart of a request for position information authority performed by the data processing device 101 when the print application 401 is started. The processing shown in the flowchart is executed by the CPU 202.

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

Next, in step S902, the data processing device 101 determines whether or not the selected printer or the selectable printer includes an image processing device having a network type of Wi-Fi Direct. Here, the selected printer or the 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 proceeds 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 device 101 determines whether access to the location information for the printing application 401 is permitted. If access to the location information is not permitted (step S903: No), the process proceeds to step S904. If access to the location information is permitted (step S903: Yes), the process proceeds to step S907.

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

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

Next, in step S906, the data processing device 101 determines whether access to the position information for the printing application 401 is permitted in step S905. When access to the location information is permitted (step S906: Yes), the process proceeds 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 acquires the Wi-Fi Direct connection state of the data processing device 101 from the OS.

Next, in step S908, the data processing device 101 determines from the connection state to the Wi-Fi Direct acquired in step S907 whether the printer is connected to the selected printer or the selectable printer by Wi-Fi Direct. If the Wi-Fi Direct is connected (step S908: Yes), the process proceeds to step S909. If the Wi-Fi Direct is not connected (step S908: No), this flow ends.

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

Next, in step S910, the data processing device 101 displays the status information and the like of the image processing device 106 connected by the Wi-Fi Direct acquired in S909 on the top menu screen, and ends this flow. If the status information of the device connected by Wi-Fi Direct is not displayed as in step S910, the top menu screen is displayed without displaying the status information, and this flow ends. After the end of this flow, for example, the top menu screen as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed.

After displaying the top menu screen, the user presses the button 503 to select the manuscript file to be printed, generates a print job, sends the print job to the image processing device, and ends the processing (of the manuscript). The screen for selection and printing is not shown). In this flow, a step of determining whether or not the version of the OS running on the data processing device 101 satisfies a predetermined condition (for example, Android 10) is provided, and access permission is requested only when the predetermined condition is satisfied. You may issue a warning.

Through the above processing, Wi-Fi Direct has been used (the device that exchanged jobs with the device via Wi-Fi Direct communication is registered in the application), and Wi-Fi Direct can be used in the future. You can ask for location permission for your application only to those who have the potential. As a result, it is possible to request access permission for the location information of the data processing device only to the necessary users without impairing the operability of the user who does not use the Wi-Fi Direct.

(Example 2)
In the case of the access permission request for the location information according to the first embodiment, the user who has exchanged the job with the device by Wi-Fi Direct communication even once is always requested to have the access permission to the location information. In addition, some users usually use an image processing device with a LAN connection, and rarely use an image processing device with a Wi-Fi Direct connection. In the case of such a user, if the access permission request for the location information according to the first embodiment is displayed every time the application is started, the operability of the application is deteriorated. Therefore, in the second embodiment, an image processing device that the user has connected by Wi-Fi Direct in the past and a method of requesting the user to access the location information only at a desired timing for exchanging data will be described.

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

The difference from the first embodiment is that the user requests the access permission to the location information at the timing (step S1102) specified for the selecting printer (data transmission destination printer) of the image processing device connected by Wi-Fi Direct in the past. Is. An example will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, in the top menu screen 501 of the printing 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 by Wi-Fi Direct to the selected printer, the processes after step S903 are executed and the location information is accessed. The permission request is processed. As a result of the processing, the flow proceeds to step S909, the access to the location information is permitted to the printing application 401, and the status acquisition of the image processing device 106 connected by Wi-Fi Direct is completed, which is shown in FIG. 12 in step S910. The screen is displayed. Here, the image processing device 106 changed from the selectable printer to the selected printer in step S9102 is displayed as 1201 as the selected printer together with the status information acquired in step S909. Further, the image processing device 104, which has been the selected printer until then, is displayed as a selectable printer as 1202.

By the above processing, the user is requested to have access permission to the location information only when the image processing device connected by Wi-Fi Direct becomes the selected printer (data transmission destination printer). As a result, the user can request the access permission to the location information at the timing desired to use the image processing device connected to the Wi-Fi Direct, so that the user's operability can be improved without requesting the unnecessary access permission. Does not impair. Further, in the warning at the time of starting the application in the first embodiment, the user who has not granted the access right can be inquired about the permission of the access right at the timing when he / she wants to communicate with the device by Wi-Fi Direct.

(Example 3)
In the case of the access permission request to the location information according to the first and second embodiments, the access permission request to the location information is made to the user who has used the Wi-Fi Direct even once. On the other hand, there is also a user who connects to the image processing device by Wi-Fi Direct for the first time when the OS on the mobile terminal is Android 10. The access permission request as in the first and second embodiments is not made to the user in such a situation. Therefore, there is a possibility that the Wi-Fi Direct cannot be connected to the image processing device. In the third embodiment, a method of requesting a user who has never connected the image processing device and the data processing device with the Wi-Fi Direct for access permission to the location information when the Wi-Fi Direct is connected for the first time will be described.

FIG. 13 shows a flowchart of access request processing for position information in the data processing device 101 of the third embodiment. The process of step S1301 in the flowchart of the present embodiment and the process of step S801 in the flowchart of the first embodiment are equivalent, and the description thereof will be omitted. The difference from the first embodiment is that a button for setting access permission to the position information is displayed on the screen for displaying the search result of the image processing device started by the user in step S1302. In this flowchart, when the printing application 401 searches for a printer, if access to the location information is permitted, the printing application 401 first attempts to search for a device connected by Wi-Fi Direct. Then, when the data processing device 101 is not connected to the Wi-Fi Direct, the device in the LAN is searched. Further, when the access to the location information is not permitted, the print application 401 shall search for the device in the LAN.

In step S1302, the user presses the button 502 on the top menu screen 501 of the printing application 401 shown in FIG. 5 to start the search for the image processing device.

Next, in step S1303, the data processing device 101 determines whether access to the location information for the printing application 401 is permitted. If access to the location information is not permitted (step S1303: No), the process proceeds to step S1304. If access to the location information is permitted (step S1303: Yes), the process proceeds to step S1307.

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

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

Next, in step S1309, the data processing device 101 starts searching for the image processing device connected by Wi-Fi Direct, and displays the information of the found image processing device as the search result.

When the process proceeds to step S1304 in step S1303 (step S1303: No), the data processing device 101 may have displayed an access permission setting screen for requesting access permission to the location information from the application shown in 1001 of FIG. Is determined. If the access permission setting screen has never been displayed (step S1304: No), the process proceeds to step S1305. If the access permission setting screen has been displayed (step S1304: Yes), the process proceeds to step S1306. This prevents the user from requesting the access permission to the location information again when the user has not intentionally granted the access permission to the location information to the print application 401 in the past. If the access permission setting screen has been displayed (step S1304: Yes), the process may proceed to step S1305.

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

Next, in step S1306, the data processing device 101 starts searching for the image processing device on the connected LAN 103, and displays the information of the found image processing device as the search result. If the user does not find the device desired by the user as a result of searching for the device in the LAN, the user can allow access to the location information and perform a Wi-Fi Direct search by pressing the button 1401 in FIG. Will be.

By the above processing, a button requesting access permission to the position information is displayed on the search screen of the image processing device. As a result, the access permission request for the location information is made even to the user who has never connected to the image processing device by the Wi-Fi Direct, and the opportunity loss of the connection by the Wi-Fi Direct can be prevented.

(Other Examples)
The present invention is also realized by executing the following processing. That is, software (program) that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiment is supplied to the 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 the computer of the terminal that communicates with the image processing device to execute the control method.
The control method is
If the information of the image processing device that has communicated with Wi-Fi Direct is registered by the program and the authority required for communicating with Wi-Fi Direct is not granted to the program, a warning is issued. A program characterized by issuing. The program according to claim 1, wherein the timing of issuing the warning is when the program is started on the terminal. The timing of issuing the warning is according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the image processing device that has communicated with the Wi-Fi Direct is selected as the image processing device of the data transmission destination. program. From claim 1, when the terminal transmits or receives data by Wi-Fi Direct communication with the image processing device via the program, the information of the image processing device is registered by the program. The program according to any one of 3. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the program transmits a print job to an image processing device that communicates with the terminal. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the program acquires the connection state of the Wi-Fi Direct of the terminal from the OS running on the terminal. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the authority required for communicating with the Wi-Fi Direct is the authority for the program to access information on the OS. The authority required to communicate with the Wi-Fi Direct is the authority for the program to access the location information of the terminal, according to any one of claims 1 to 7. program. The warning is described in any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the warning is a content of inquiring the user whether or not to grant the authority necessary for communicating with the Wi-Fi Direct to the program. Program. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the program recognizes a version of an OS operating on the terminal and issues a warning when the version satisfies a predetermined condition. 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
The program according to claim 2, wherein the warning is not issued when the information of the image processing device that has communicated by Wi-Fi Direct is not registered by the program. In the control method, the information of the image processing device that has communicated by Wi-Fi Direct is not registered by the program, and the authority necessary for communicating by Wi-Fi Direct is given to the program. The program according to claim 1, wherein when a new image processing device for data transmission to communicate with Wi-Fi Direct is selected in the absence of the situation, the warning is issued. A terminal that communicates with an image processing device via an application.
If the information of the image processing device that has communicated with Wi-Fi Direct is registered by the application and the authority required for communicating with Wi-Fi Direct is not granted to the application, a warning is issued. A terminal characterized by having a warning means to be issued. A control method executed by a terminal that communicates with an image processing device via an application.
If the information of the image processing device that has communicated with Wi-Fi Direct is registered by the application and the authority required for communicating with Wi-Fi Direct is not granted to the application, a warning is issued. A control method characterized by issuing.

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