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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2006
Applicants:
Masaki Shitano, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kenichi Fujii, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takashi Hirata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Masaki Shitano, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kenichi Fujii, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takashi Hirata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The communication apparatus obtains through a first protocol a status of a first device connected to the communication apparatus via a network, and receives a message of a second protocol between the first device and a second device that are connected to each other via the network. Then, the communication apparatus generates and transmits a command of the second protocol to the second device, in accordance with the statuses of the first device obtained before and after the reception of the message.