Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-kaisha

Satoshi Watanabe

Masafumi Miyazawa

Takeshi Nagasaki

Hirokazu Banno

Yusuke Shimada

Katsuaki Ito

Kazutaka Yamamoto

Kiyotaka Ohara

Kazuma Aoki

Makoto Matsuda

Yutaka Urakawa

Masashi Suzuki

Hiroaki Fujino

Hiroto Sugahara

Makoto Suzuki

Satoru Yanagi

Hideki Nogawa

Hiroyuki Sasaki

Kazushige Muroi

Hikoharu Aoki

Takesi Izaki

Toyoshi Inoue

Takashi Tsukamoto

Hitomi Ohri

Yukihiro Sako

Kiyotaka OHara

A communication apparatus, a control program of the communication apparatus, and a relay apparatus are provided. The communication apparatus is configured to download electronic data from a server storing a first amount or more of electronic data and to output the downloaded electronic data. The communication apparatus includes an output unit configured to output a second amount of electronic data smaller than the first amount at one time, a download information acquiring unit configured to acquire download information necessary for downloading the first amount of electronic data stored in the server, from the server, a download unit configured to download the second amount of electronic data of the first amount of electronic data from the server, using the download information acquired by the download information acquiring unit. The output unit is configured to output the electronic data downloaded by the download unit.

Communication apparatus, control program of communication apparatus, and relay apparatus providing efficient download of electronic data

An administration server may receive a first signal from a communication device, the first signal including device identification information, first-type information and second-type information, in a case where the first signal is received, execute a provision process for providing a service, receive a second signal from the communication device after the first signal has been received, wherein the second signal includes the device identification information and the second-type information but does not include the first-type information, in a case where the second signal is received, execute a first notification process, receive a third signal from the communication device after the first signal has been received, wherein the third signal includes the device identification information and includes neither the first-type information nor the second-type information and in a case where the third signal is received, execute a second notification process.

Administration server, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions for administration server and method executed by administration server

A relay apparatus is connected to a communication apparatus, a service providing apparatus and a browser-equipped apparatus. The relay apparatus includes: a registering unit registering provisional registration information, the provisional registration information being used in an authentication procedure performed between the service providing apparatus and the browser-equipped apparatus; an acquiring unit acquiring permission information representing that use of the service is permitted, the permission information being issued by the service providing apparatus in the authentication procedure; a communication unit transmitting the provisional registration information to the browser-equipped apparatus; a receiving unit receiving input information transmitted from the communication apparatus, the input information being generated in response to the provisional registration information; and a communication unit transmitting the permission information to the communication apparatus which has transmitted the input information if the receiving unit receives the input information.

Relay apparatus, communication apparatus and relay method

A server includes a controller performs determining whether a first local area network and a second local area network match; determining, in a case where the first login request is received and in a case where the first registration request is received, whether the first function execution device satisfies the first registration condition; and registering by: controlling, in a case where the first local area network and the second local area network match and the first function execution device satisfies the first registration condition, to register the first identification information; wherein, in a case where the first local area network and the second local area network do not match, the first identification information is not registered; and wherein, in a case where the first function execution device does not satisfy the first registration condition, the first identification information is not registered.

Server and non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions

A controller sets an order condition requiring that one of a latest index value and a current timing reach corresponding one of a reference index value and a reference timing. The order condition is set so that a first cartridge is delivered to a predetermined destination at a first timing. The first cartridge is expected to be out of a printing agent while a first tank is expected to still accommodate the printing agent at the first timing. The controller transmits, in response to determining that a second cartridge is expected to be out of a printing agent while a second tank is expected to still accommodate the printing agent at the first timing, an order command instructing to order the first cartridge and the second cartridge to a relevant device after the order condition is satisfied.

Control device setting order condition for ordering a plurality of cartridges at the same time

A control device may every time a first related value is obtained with a first period, execute comparing a second related value and a first threshold; repeatedly obtain the first related value with a second period being shorter than the first period in a case where it is determined that the print amount being related to the second related value is larger than the print amount being related to the first threshold; every time the first related value is obtained with the second period, execute comparing the second related value and a second threshold; and execute a related process that is related to print executed by the print executing unit in a case where it is determined that the print amount being related to the second related value is larger than the print amount being related to the second threshold.

Control device, server comprising control device and non-transitory computer-readable medium to execute related process related to print by using first and second thresholds

A printing mediation server includes a controller configured to perform transmitting first print data representing images of plural pages to a first printer, controlling the first printer to perform printing based on the first print data, receiving, after the first print data is transmitted to the first printer, a stop notification transmitted from the first printer, when a stop instruction is transmitted from a terminal device to the first printer, receiving, after the stop notification is received from the first printer, a print data request transmitted from the second printer, when a restart instruction is transmitted from the terminal device to a second printer, transmitting, to the second printer, second print data including at least partial print data representing images of pages not printed, when the print data request is received from the second printer, and controlling the second printer to perform printing based on the second print data.

Communication system, printing mediation server and non-transitory computer-readable medium for controlling handing over of a print job from a first printer to a second printer to complete the print job using a terminal device

A server receives a correlation instruction from an information processing apparatus when the storage stores first device information uniquely assigned to an image processing apparatus. The correlation instruction is for correlating first device information with a service that a service-providing apparatus provides. The server receives first authentication information from the information processing apparatus. The server stores the first authentication information in association with the first device information in the storage. The server receives, from the image processing apparatus, second device information and first information. The second device information is assigned to the image processing apparatus. The first information is generated in the image processing apparatus for receiving the service. The server identifies the first authentication information in the storage, and transmits second information based on the first information to the service-providing apparatus using the first authentication information.

Server storing authentication information in association with device information in storage

A server receives access request from an information processing apparatus. The access request includes address information of a source web page. The access request is generated in response to reception of the source web page. The server receives authentication information from the information processing apparatus to authenticate the information processing apparatus, and receives display request from the authenticated information processing apparatus. The display request is for displaying, by the information processing apparatus, a set of device information in a storage. In response to the display request, the server determines whether the address information in the received access request indicates the service-providing apparatus or the server by referring to the first and second address information, and when the address information indicates the service-providing apparatus, transmits to the information processing apparatus, at least one set of device information assigned to the service identification information indicating a service that a service-providing apparatus provides.

Server transmitting device information assigned to service identification information

A relay apparatus connected to service providing apparatuses respectively providing services and a communication apparatus that includes an additional-information storage unit configured to store additional information associated with the service and identification information, comprises: a receiving unit configured to receive notification including the service and the user identification information from the communication apparatus; a generating unit generating an output command for outputting, to the relay apparatus, the additional information stored in the additional-information storage unit corresponding to the service and the identification information included in the notification; an output commanding unit transmitting the output command to the communication apparatus; an acquiring unit acquiring the additional information output in response to the output command; a first communication unit configured to perform communication with the service providing apparatus using the acquired additional information; and a second communication unit that transmits, to the communication apparatus, information acquired from the service providing apparatus.

Relay apparatus, communication system and communicating method

A server receives a correlation instruction from an information processing apparatus when the storage stores first device information uniquely assigned to an image processing apparatus. The correlation instruction is for correlating first device information with a service that a service-providing apparatus provides. The server receives first authentication information from the information processing apparatus. The server stores the first authentication information in association with the first device information in the storage. The server receives, from the image processing apparatus, second device information and first information. The second device information is assigned to the image processing apparatus. The first information is generated in the image processing apparatus for receiving the service. The server identifies the first authentication information in the storage using the received second device information, and transmits second information based on the first information to the service-providing apparatus using the first authentication information.

In a relaying apparatus, a storage stores a plurality of sets of first device information, and second device information assigned to a first set of first device information identifying one image processing apparatus from among image processing apparatuses. The controller communicates with the one image processing apparatus and a service-providing apparatus. The controller receives replacement request information from the one information processing terminal via the communication interface. The replacement request information including old first device information and new first device information. The old first device information indicates the one image processing apparatus. The new first device information indicates another image processing apparatus. The controller replaces the first set of first device information so that the first set of first device information identifies the another image processing apparatus indicated by the new first device information instead of the one image processing apparatus indicated by the old first device information.

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Nagoya, Japan

Satoshi Watanabe