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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
May. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Takenori Idehara, Machida, JP;
Inventor:
Takenori Idehara, Machida, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a network system to which a plurality of computers and a plurality of input-output apparatuses are connected, a layout diagram showing locations of the input-output apparatuses is displayed on a display unit and icons each representing one of the input-output apparatuses are displayed over the layout diagram at locations corresponding to the locations at which the apparatuses are actually installed. The user clicks one of the icons representing a desired one of the input-output apparatuses by using a device such as a mouse in order to specify the desired apparatus. As a result, a desired input-output apparatus can be selected correctly.