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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1997
Takekazu Kumagai, Yokohama, JP;
Seishi Ejiri, Kawasaki, JP;
Soichi Yamamuro, San Jose, CA (US);
Masaya Kondo, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Tsukamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaru Saruwatari, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaki Toyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a computer readable program, stored in a storage medium, for controlling a server terminal in a communication system which is structured that a data communication apparatus for transmitting and receiving data via a line and the server terminal for managing a network are at least connected to the same network, the program comprises a notifying step of notifying, in a case where the data communication apparatus received the data from a transmission side via the line, a user on the network of a fact that the data reception was performed, and a sending step of sending, in a case where the notification was performed, information representing such the notification, to the data communication apparatus. Therefore, in case of exchanging the data between the data communication apparatuses at least one of which is connected to the network, when the transmission side inquires whether the data transmitted from the transmission side has been successfully reached the user, i.e., the final destination, of the network, even if the server terminal is carrying out other processes, such the terminal can easily respond to such inquiry.