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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kiyohisa Sugishima, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39520047 ; 39520053 ;
Abstract
A network management apparatus and a method for controlling thereof according to the present invention, which can save a user managing output units connected onto a network. Practically, printing data and condition information are transmitted to the network management apparatus from each computer connected onto the network. According to the received condition information, the network management apparatus searches for a printer which meets conditions represented by the condition information. Thereafter, the network management apparatus transmits the printing data to the printer searched for.