Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-Kaisha

Akihiro Furukawa

Keiichi Hirata

Kiyotaka Ohara

Hideki Nogawa

Masaaki Hibino

Koshi Fukazawa

Yoshinari Morimoto

Tomohiro Ban

Yasushi Kawakami

Minoru Oishi

Atsuko Kawasumi

Tomoko Miura

Atsushi Kojima

Hideto Matsumoto

Shiro Yamada

Takanobu Suzuki

Satoru Yanagi

Ryoichi Sasaki

Kazuko Nakagawa

Tokihito Furushima

Yoshie Ikeda

Akemi Nagatsuna

Hiroshi Torii

Miyako Mukai

Minoru Ooishi

Miyuki Sato

Yoshimi Itagaki

In the operation state of the communication apparatus being the power-saving state, the communication apparatus receives a request signal from an external device, switches the operation state of the communication apparatus from the power-saving state to the normal state in response to the request signal including the source IP address being a global IP address, and performs a predetermined process in response to the operation state of the communication apparatus being switched from the power-saving state to the normal state. The predetermined process is not performed in the operation state of the communication apparatus being the power-saving state. In response to the request signal including the source IP address not being a global IP address, the communication apparatus transmits a first response signal to the request signal to the external device without switching the operation state of the communication apparatus from the power-saving state to the normal state.

Communication apparatus, non-transitory computer-readable medium for communication apparatus, and method implementable by communication apparatus

A communication device may: receive a request signal from an external device via a communication interface, the request signal including a first IP address of the external device as a sender address; determine whether the first IP address in the request signal is a global IP address in a case where the request signal is received from the external device; and send a response signal to the request signal to the external device in a case where it is determined that the first IP address is not the global IP address, wherein sending of the request signal is restricted in a case where it is determined that the first IP address is the global IP address.

Communication device, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for communication device, and method executed by communication device

A communication apparatus including: a processing unit configured to transition between a first state and a second state and configured to perform a response process on a packet received via the network, wherein the processing unit includes: a determination unit configured to perform a first determination process; a verification unit configured to perform a first verification process for verifying the validity of the first packet, if it is determined as a first case; and a first responding unit configured to perform the response process on the first packet, if the first packet is verified as valid, wherein if it is determined as a second case that the first packet is not the packet of which the response process is to be performed by the processing unit, the verification unit dose not perform the first verification process and the first responding unit does not perform the response process.

Communication apparatus

A communication device may be provided with a main control unit, a condition storage unit, and a sub control unit. The sub control unit may judge, in a case where data is received while the main control unit is being in the sleeping state, whether the sleeping state is to be maintained by referring to a condition stored in the condition storage unit. The sub control unit may release the sleeping state in a case where a negative judgment is made. When object data is received, at least one of the main and sub control units may register a new condition in the condition storage unit. The registration of the new condition is executed in a case where the sleeping state of the main control unit would be released although the sleeping state of the main control unit should not be released under a presumption of the object data being received while the main control unit is being in the sleeping state.

Communication device

A processing device may comprise a first controlling unit, a second controlling unit, a first memory and a second memory. The second memory may be set to a normal operation mode in a case where the first controlling unit is in the non-sleeping state, and may be set to a low power consumption mode in a case where the first controlling unit is in the sleeping state. In the case where the first controlling unit is in the sleeping state, the second controlling unit may be configured to perform one of the below processes depending on its condition. If the second controlling unit is to perform a specific process by using a first program, the second controlling unit may perform the specific process on behalf of the first controlling unit by using the first program stored in the first memory while the first controlling unit is maintained in the sleeping state and the second memory is maintained in the low power consumption mode. If the second controlling unit is to perform the specific process by using a second program, the second controlling unit may change a mode of the second memory from the low power consumption mode to the normal operation mode, and perform the specific process on behalf of the first controlling unit by using the second program stored in the second memory, while the first controlling unit is maintained in the sleeping state.

Sub-processor configured to execute a specific program stored in the first memory or second memory on behalf of the main processor

A method of transmitting setting data from a terminal device to target devices on a network is provided. The method includes the steps of preparing new setting data for the target devices, obtaining current setting data to which the target devices are currently set, comparing the new setting data with current setting data, and notifying a user of a result of the comparison.

Transmitting setting data from a terminal device to target devices

A data transmission device to transmit a data file to an external device is provided. The data transmission device includes a data file storing unit to store a data file to be transmitted, a communication session establishing unit, which is capable of establishing a plurality of communication sessions between the data transmission device and the external device, a data transmitting unit to transmit data included in the data file and divided in portions concurrently through the plurality of communication sessions to the external device.

Data transmission device

A communication apparatus operates to realize multiple communication functions in accordance with multiple client applications. The multiple functions include a step of causing the communication apparatus to function as a client that obtains data from an external server device through the networks and processes the obtained data or to process other data the communication apparatus stores and to transmit the processed data to the external server device, multiple communication interfaces respectively connected to the networks, an interface priority storage storing priority information representing priorities, in usage, of the multiple communication interfaces when each of the multiple client applications is executed for each of the multiple client applications, a communication interface determining system determines a communication interface to be used in accordance with the priority information retrieved from the interface priority storage. The client application is executed using the communication interface determined to be used by the communication interface determining system.

Communication apparatus and computer usable medium

A data analysis provider system includes a client device and a data analysis provider both capable of two-way transmission. The client device transmits either target-of-analysis data or information relating to the target-of-analysis data to the data analysis provider. Additionally, the client device notifies the data analysis provider of a desired process to be performed on the target-of-analysis data. The data analysis provider receives the target-of-analysis data or information relating to the target-of-analysis data transmitted from the client device and confirms the desired process. Then, the data analysis provider prepares response data that enables the client device to perform the desired process and transmits the response data to the client device. The client device receives the response data from the data analysis provider.

Data analysis provider system

An IP address setting device includes a request packet transmitting unit, a response reception unit, an address information designation unit, and a setting packet transmission unit. The request packet transmitting unit transmits a request packet to a particular multicast address. The request packet requests transmission of an MAC address from each node of the network. The response reception unit receives responses from the nodes to the request packet. Each response includes the MAC address of a corresponding node. Based on the responses received, the address information designation unit designates a node to be set with address information including an IP address and designates the address information. The setting packet transmission unit transmits a setting packet to the particular multicast address. The setting packet includes the address information set by the address information designation unit and the MAC address included in the response from the node.

Device and method for using MAC address of networked devices to set IP addresses

A printer control device includes a joining unit, a transmission unit, and a control unit. The joining unit causes at least one network printer to join a predetermined multicast address. The transmission unit converts print data into packets and multicast transmits the packets to the predetermined multicast address. The control unit monitors transmission/reception status of the packets at the at least one network printer that has joined the multicast address. Based on monitoring results the control unit controls transmission of packets to, waiting for packets from, and retransmission of packets to the predetermined multicast address.

Device and method for using multicast to transmit print data to networked printers

An electric device includes a read only memory (ROM) storing a condition setting program which sets operation conditions and the like of the electric device in accordance with data. When a user changes the operation conditions and the like of the electric device, the user access a homepage of the electric device from his or her own cellular phone, inputs necessary information and command through the cellular phone. When the electric device receives the command, the condition setting program sets the operation conditions in accordance with the received command.

Electric device capable of being controlled based on data transmitted from cellular phone

When the driving process of a floppy disk drive is operated, the back light is turned off to conserve energy according to a control process. The back light is also controlled when the disk drive is driven at intervals with short stop periods to light only after a determined interval of time elapses to prevent blinking of the back light while the disk drive is driven.

Data processing apparatus

A frame processing system is capable of expanding and contracting a frame having a plurality of frame lines to define a plurality of areas. One of the areas can be expanded or contracted without expanding or contracting the other areas. One of the frame lines is designated by a cursor, for example, and the designated frame line is moved together with the cursor on the display. At this time, all the other frame lines connected to the designated frame line are automatically expanded or contracted to maintain the connection therebetween.

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Akihiro Furukawa