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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2005
Satoru Yanagi, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuma Aoki, Kasugai, JP;
Masatoshi Kokubo, Ama-gun, JP;
Naoki Otsuka, Konan, JP;
Makoto Matsuda, Aisai, JP;
Masafumi Miyazawa, Nagoya, JP;
Kiyotaka Ohara, Nagoya, JP;
Satoru Yanagi, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuma Aoki, Kasugai, JP;
Masatoshi Kokubo, Ama-gun, JP;
Naoki Otsuka, Konan, JP;
Makoto Matsuda, Aisai, JP;
Masafumi Miyazawa, Nagoya, JP;
Kiyotaka Ohara, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, JP;
Abstract
In a communication system having a client and a server capable of communicating with each other via a network, the server can transmit a command to the client in response to a command request transmitted from the client to the server. The server may include a replying unit that transmits replaying data in response to the command received from the client in such a manner that (a) if there is a command to be transmitted to the client, replying data including the command is transmitted to the client, and (b) if there is not a command to be transmitted to the client, replying data, which does not include a command is transmitted to the client. Further, the replying unit may transmit the replying data without a command to the client when a no-command status lasts a predetermined standby period after receipt of the command request.