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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2011
Hitoshi Oyama, Matsumoto, JP;
Tadashi Furuhata, Shiojiri, JP;
Akio Takamoto, Matsumoto, JP;
Tomohiro Kodama, Matsumoto, JP;
Hitoshi Oyama, Matsumoto, JP;
Tadashi Furuhata, Shiojiri, JP;
Akio Takamoto, Matsumoto, JP;
Tomohiro Kodama, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Data output from an existing application to specific devices can be easily distributed to plural devices. A method of distributing device-specific data output from an application on a computer that executes a specific process according to an application and has two or more communication ports causes the computer to execute a step of acquiring device-specific data output by an executed program to one specific communication port at the operating system kernel layer before the device-specific data is received at the communication port; and a step of analyzing the device-specific data acquired at the application layer, determines the device to which the device-specific data, and outputs the device-specific data to the communication port to which the device is connected.