ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,466, issued on April 7, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Information processing apparatus, controlling method, and storage medium" was invented by Kenta Inoue (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided an information processing apparatus, a controlling method, and a storage medium, which are capable of suppressing a decrease in operating efficiency in a case of using an external service. To this end, connection to an external service is established based on connection information associated with a menu screen to be displayed on a display unit."
The patent was filed on Aug. 15, 2023, under Application No. 18/...