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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2011
Toyoshi Inoue, Nagoya, JP;
Takeshi Nagasaki, Nagoya, JP;
Yusuke Shimada, Inazawa, JP;
Satoshi Watanabe, Nagoya, JP;
Katsuaki Ito, Nagoya, JP;
Hirokazu Banno, Iwakura, JP;
Kazutaka Yamamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Toyoshi Inoue, Nagoya, JP;
Takeshi Nagasaki, Nagoya, JP;
Yusuke Shimada, Inazawa, JP;
Satoshi Watanabe, Nagoya, JP;
Katsuaki Ito, Nagoya, JP;
Hirokazu Banno, Iwakura, JP;
Kazutaka Yamamoto, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
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.