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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2010
Applicant:
Sunao Kawai, Nagoya, JP;
Inventor:
Sunao Kawai, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When a target device as a target of the current communication is an SNMPv3-compatible device corresponding to both protocols of the SNMPv1 and SNMPv3, the protocol used in the previous communication is identified, the order of priority of the protocols used in communication with the target device is determined on the basis of the determination result, and the communication with the target device is attempted in accordance with the order of priority of the determined protocols.