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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2008
Applicants:
Tomoyuki Ohno, Zama, JP;
Yuichi Matsumoto, Fujisawa, JP;
Shinya Oda, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04H 60/13 (2008.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/13 (2013.01); H04N 21/8126 (2013.01); H04N 21/4117 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01);
Abstract
A print control unitthat, once it receives a datacasting automatic activation notification or a datacasting manual activation notification, determines whether or not datacasting is present for a currently selected channel. In a case in which datacasting is present, the print control unitacquires maintenance information acquired from a printerthrough a maintenance information acquisition process. Based on the acquired maintenance information, the print control unitdetermines whether or not to issue a command to the printerrequesting execution of a maintenance process.