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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
May. 10, 2007
Applicants:
Masaki Shitano, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Fujii, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Hirata, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When a transmission source apparatuswants information of another apparatus, it forwards a document to all apparatuses connected to a network. During the forwarding processing, the apparatus appends its information to the document. The transmission source apparatusfinally receives the document to acquire the information of another apparatus.