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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2011
Akihiro Furukawa, Nagoya, JP;
Akihiro Furukawa, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus including: a processing unit configured to transition between a first state and a second state and configured to perform a response process on a packet received via the network, wherein the processing unit includes: a determination unit configured to perform a first determination process; a verification unit configured to perform a first verification process for verifying the validity of the first packet, if it is determined as a first case; and a first responding unit configured to perform the response process on the first packet, if the first packet is verified as valid, wherein if it is determined as a second case that the first packet is not the packet of which the response process is to be performed by the processing unit, the verification unit dose not perform the first verification process and the first responding unit does not perform the response process.