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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2003
Toshihiro Shima, Nagano-ken, JP;
Kazuhito Gassho, Nagano-ken, JP;
Toshihiro Shima, Nagano-ken, JP;
Kazuhito Gassho, Nagano-ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention enables to readily download device control software to control device. Once receiving a request from a client PC through a HTTP communication module, a printer PT identifies an OS used by the client PC from an environment variable attached to the request through an OS identification module. A driver location search modulesearches a location address of a printer driver corresponding to the identified OS from a driver location database. A HTML generation modulegenerates a Web page in which a link to this location address is described and then informs the client PC of it as response via the HTTP communication module