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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2003
Takehito Yamaguchi, Hirakata, JP;
Shigeki Matsunaga, Kadoma, JP;
Takehito Yamaguchi, Hirakata, JP;
Shigeki Matsunaga, Kadoma, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A set top box (), to which a printer () is connected, includes: a reception unit () to receive update data for updating a firmware of the printer and a display content which includes a description indicating that the update data is to be printed; a display data generation unit () to generate display data for displaying the display content on the TV (); a remote control reception unit () to receive a print command for the display content; and a print output unit () to output, to the printer (), the update data, as data to be printed, when the remote control reception unit () receives the print command.