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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2002
Hitoshi Hoshino, Nagoya, JP;
Yutaka Tokura, Irvine, CA (US);
Kiyoshi Tokashiki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Takayanagi, Gunma, JP;
Yoshinori Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Yuzo Harano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Hoshino, Nagoya, JP;
Yutaka Tokura, Irvine, CA (US);
Kiyoshi Tokashiki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Takayanagi, Gunma, JP;
Yoshinori Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Yuzo Harano, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A controller which exists between a client apparatus and an image processing apparatus and which controls access from the client apparatus such that the client apparatus can use a network server function of the image processing apparatus, its control method and control program and storage medium. To accomplish this, the controller which exists between a client terminal and an image processing apparatus and which controls data transmitted from the client terminal to the image processing apparatus comprises an information providing unit which provides setup information of the controller to the client terminal and a transfer unit which transfers setup information of the image processing apparatus to the client terminal.