Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-Kaisha

Takeshi Shibata

Hirotaka Asakura

Hiroshi Shibata

Takeshi Nagasaki

Susumu Fujiwara

Akira Akazawa

Yusuke Kurita

Takuo Yabuuchi

A terminal device may be configured to receive support information from a communication device by using a first wireless connection which has been established between the terminal device and the communication device. The support information may indicate whether the communication device supports a predetermined scheme. The terminal device may be configured to, in a case where the support information indicates that the communication device supports the predetermined scheme, execute a first control process for executing wireless communication in conformity with the predetermined scheme between the terminal device and the communication device. The terminal device may be configured to, in a case where the support information indicates that the communication device does not support the predetermined scheme, execute a second control process for executing wireless communication in conformity with a different scheme different from the predetermined scheme between the terminal device and the communication device.

Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for establishing a wireless connection between a communication device and an external device

The relay server may receive a first service request from a communication device and send, in a case where the first service request, is received from the communication device, a sending instruction to the communication device. The sending instruction may be for instructing to send first target data to a first service providing server. In a case where the communication device receives the sending instruction from the relay server, the communication device may send the first target data to the first service providing server without an intervention of the relay server. The relay server may receive a second service request from the communication device and send, in a case where the second service request is received from the communication device, the second target data received from the communication device to the second service providing server.

Relay server and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for relay server for relaying communication between communication device and service providing server

A communication device may cause an output unit to output first specific information obtained by using a first public key in a case where a first specific signal is received from a first external device, receive a first authentication request in which the first public key is used from the first external device which has obtained the first public key, send a first authentication response to the first external device in a case where the first authentication request is received from the first external device, and establish a first wireless connection with the first external device in a case where the first authentication response is sent to the first external device.

Communication device capable of establishing a wireless connection with an external device and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for a communication device

A communication device may shift an operation state of the communication device from a specific state to a G/O state in a case where a first wireless connection via a first wireless interface is established with a first external device under a situation where the operation state of the communication device is the specific state and predetermined information is received from the first external device using the first wireless connection, and after the operation state of the communication device has shifted to the G/O state in response to receiving the predetermined information from the first external device, establish a second wireless connection via a second wireless interface with the first external device so as to cause the first external device to participate as a client in a first wireless network in which the communication device operates as a G/O.

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

A communication device may establish a second wireless connection with an external device in a case where a first wireless connection is established with the external device, determine whether a predetermined signal is received from the external device, and determine a preservation time according to the determination. The preservation time may be a time for preserving a state of the communication device in a parent station state after the second wireless connection has been disconnected. In a case where it is determined that the predetermined signal is received, one of a first preservation time and a second preservation time which is longer than the first preservation time may be determined as the preservation time, and in a case where it is determined that the predetermined signal is not received, the other of the first preservation time and the second preservation time may be determined as the preservation time.

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

A communication device may shift an operation state of the communication device from a specific state to a G/O state in a case where a first wireless connection via a first wireless interface is established with a first external device under a situation where the operation state of the communication device is the specific state, supply a prohibition instruction for prohibiting a Listen process to a second wireless interface in the case where the first wireless connection is established with the first external device under the situation where the operation state of the communication device is the specific state, and after the completion of the shift, establish a second wireless connection via the second wireless interface with the first external device so as to cause the first external device to participate as a child station in a first wireless network in which the communication device operates as a G/O.

An email communication apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive an email; and a transmitter configured to transmit an acknowledgement mail relating to a delivery confirmation of the email. The receiver includes: a first reception unit configured to receive a first type email through an email server, the first type email designating a mail address as a transmission destination of the acknowledgement mail, and a second reception unit configured to receive a second type email without through the email server. If the first reception unit receives the first type email, the transmitter transmits, through the email server, the acknowledgement mail in which a transmission destination is the designated email address. If the second reception unit receives the second type email, the transmitter transmits, without through the email server, the acknowledgement mail in which a transmission destination is a network address of a transmission source device.

Electronic mail communication apparatus and computer readable recording medium

A communication apparatus includes: a processor to execute determining whether the number of slave stations belonging to a first wireless network as a slave station is the same as a upper limit; transmitting first wireless setting information, when it is determined as a first case that the number of the slave station apparatuses is smaller than the upper limit; transmitting, when it is determined a second case that the number of the slave station apparatuses is the same as the upper limit, second wireless setting information; and performing, in the first case, communication of target data by using the first wireless network, and performing, in the second case, communication of the target data by using the second wireless network.

Communication apparatus

A communication apparatus includes a processor to perform determining whether a current state of the communication apparatus is a master station state or a slave station state; controlling to perform, in a first case where it is determined that the current state of the communication apparatus is the master station state, a first type communication with the target apparatus to enable the target apparatus to participate in the specific wireless network, and controlling to transmit, in a second case where it is determined that the current state of the communication apparatus is the slave station state, transmits a communication request to perform a second type communication to enable the target apparatus to participate in the specific wireless network between the master station apparatus and the target apparatus.

A communication apparatus includes: a first determining unit that determines whether specific identification information designated as a transmission destination of object data to be transmitted is identification information assigned to an internal device within a LAN including the communication apparatus; a deciding unit that decides a specific guaranteed band to be used for transmission of the object data, from a plurality of guaranteed bands, based on the determination result; and a first communication unit that transmits the object data by performing IP communication using the specific identification information and the specific guaranteed band. If the specific identification information is the identification information assigned to the internal device, the deciding unit decides the specific guaranteed band using a first deciding method. If the specific identification information is not the identification information assigned to the internal device, the deciding unit decides the specific guaranteed band using a second deciding method.

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Nagoya, Japan

Takeshi Shibata