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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1999
Takyuki Matsuo, Yokohama, JP;
Tomoaki Endo, Ichikawa, JP;
Mamoru Osada, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Inoue, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiko Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Naoko Shimotai, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoko Takagi, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A peripheral device is connected to an information processing device, and in the event that an interruption job is input from the information processing device while the peripheral device is processing a job by executing one of multiple device control programs holding the functions of multiple devices engines of the peripheral device and managing jobs with the device engines, another device control program different from the device control program being executed is selected and the interruption job is executed. Accordingly, a user-friendly multifunctional peripheral device can be provided.