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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2000
Akito Umebayashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Akito Umebayashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A network system for control of the image inputting and outputting apparatus using FTP, one of the most common communication protocols among TCP/IP, which has now become a network connection standard. The prior art network system requires complicated procedures. When the image inputting apparatus on the network is controlled by FTP, a processing method has to be set for each operation, because FTP itself is not equipped with a command for control of the image inputting and outputting apparatus. To solve this problem, the network system according to the present invention is provided with command interpretation means that interprets a specific FTP and a specific character string written on the file name field of said command and generates a control instruction to image inputting and outputting means.