Image processing apparatus and communicating method in image processing apparatus
OwnerMasamichi Akashiinventor
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus according to the invention prevents communication with computers connected via a network from being uniformly restricted, and restricts the communication with the computers in accordance with a kind of received data or a kind of data process.
Claims24
An image processing apparatus which can communicate with a computer via a network by using a port number allocated in correspondence to a kind of data process and executes an image process in accordance with data from the computer, comprising:
- address obtaining means for obtaining an address of a transferring source of the data on the basis of the data received from said computer;
- port number obtaining means for obtaining a port number of a transfer destination of the data on the basis of the data received from said computer;
- and
- discriminating means for collating limitation information showing whether the communication with the computer is permitted or not, the address obtained by said address obtaining means, and the port number obtained by said port number obtaining means and discriminating whether the communication with the computer is made or not,
- wherein if it is determined that the communication with the computer is made, the data process corresponding to the port number obtained by said port number obtaining means is executed.
An image processing apparatus which can communicate with a computer via a network by using a port number allocated in correspondence to a kind of data process and executes an image process in accordance with data from the computer, comprising:
- address obtaining means for obtaining an address of a transferring source of the data on the basis of the data received from said computer;
- port number obtaining means for obtaining a port number of a transfer destination of the data on the basis of the data received from said computer;
- discriminating means for collating limitation information showing whether the communication with the computer is permitted or not, the address obtained by said address obtaining means, and the port number obtained by said port number obtaining means and discriminating whether the communication with the computer is made or not;
- and
- port number notifying means for, if it is determined that the communication with the computer is made, notifying said computer of the port number corresponding to a designated data process,
- wherein the designated data process is executed in accordance with data in which the port number of the transfer destination is the port number notified by said port number notifying means.
A communicating method in an image processing apparatus which can communicate with a computer via a network by using a port number allocated in correspondence to a kind of data process and executes an image process in accordance with data from the computer, comprising:
- an address obtaining step of obtaining an address of a transferring source of the data on the basis of the data received from said computer;
- a port number obtaining step of obtaining a port number of a transfer destination of the data on the basis of the data received from said computer;
- and
- a discriminating step of collating limitation information showing whether the communication with the computer is permitted or not, the address obtained by said address obtaining step, and the port number obtained by said port number obtaining step and discriminating whether the communication with the computer is made or not,
- wherein if it is determined that the communication with the computer is made, the data process corresponding to the port number obtained by said port number obtaining step is executed.
A communicating method in an image processing apparatus which can communicate with a computer via a network by using a port number allocated in correspondence to a kind of data process and executes an image process in accordance with data from the computer, comprising:
- an address obtaining step of obtaining an address of a transferring source of the data on the basis of the data received from said computer;
- a port number obtaining step of obtaining a port number of a transfer destination of the data on the basis of the data received from said computer;
- a discriminating step of collating limitation information showing whether the communication with the computer is permitted or not, the address obtained by said address obtaining step, and the port number obtained by said port number obtaining step and discriminating whether the communication with the computer is made or not;
- and
- a port number notifying step of, if it is determined that the communication with the computer is made, notifying said computer of the port number corresponding to a designated data process,
- wherein the designated data process is executed in accordance with data in which the port number of the transfer destination is the port number notified by said port number notifying step.
A control program of an image processing apparatus which can communicate with a computer via a network by using a port number allocated in correspondence to a kind of data process and executes an image process in accordance with data from the computer, wherein said control program allows a processor to execute:
- an address obtaining step of obtaining an address of a transferring source of the data on the basis of the data received from said computer;
- a port number obtaining step of obtaining a port number of a transfer destination of the data on the basis of the data received from said computer;
- and
- a discriminating step of collating limitation information showing whether the communication with the computer is permitted or not, the address obtained by said address obtaining step, and the port number obtained by said port number obtaining step and discriminating whether the communication with the computer is made or not,
- and if it is determined that the communication with the computer is made, the data process corresponding to the port number obtained by said port number obtaining step is executed.
A recording medium which stores a control program of an image processing apparatus which can communicate with a computer via a network by using a port number allocated in correspondence to a kind of data process and executes an image process in accordance with data from the computer, wherein said control program allows a processor to execute:
- an address obtaining step of obtaining an address of a transferring source of the data on the basis of the data received from said computer;
- a port number obtaining step of obtaining a port number of a transfer destination of the data on the basis of the data received from said computer;
- and
- a discriminating step of collating limitation information showing whether the communication with the computer is permitted or not, the address obtained by said address obtaining step, and the port number obtained by said port number obtaining step and discriminating whether the communication with the computer is made or not,
- and if it is determined that the communication with the computer is made, the data process corresponding to the port number obtained by said port number obtaining step is executed.
An image processing apparatus which can communicate with a computer via a network by using a port number allocated in correspondence to a kind of data process and executes an image process in accordance with data from the computer, comprising:
- a memory for storing a control program;
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- a processor for executing, in accordance with said control program stored in said memory, a step of obtaining an address of a transferring source of the data on the basis of the data received from said computer, a step of obtaining a port number of a transfer destination of the data on the basis of the data received from said computer, and a step of collating limitation information showing whether the communication with the computer is permitted or not, the address obtained by said address obtaining step, and the port number obtained by said port number obtaining step and discriminating whether the communication with the computer is made or not,
- wherein if it is determined that the communication with the computer is made, the data process corresponding to the port number obtained by said port number obtaining step is executed.
An image processing apparatus which can communicate with a computer via a network by using a port number allocated in correspondence to a kind of data process and executes an image process in accordance with data from the computer, comprising:
- a memory for storing a control program;
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- a processor for executing, in accordance with said control program stored in said memory, a step of obtaining an address of a transferring source of the data on the basis of the data received from said computer, a step of obtaining a port number of a transfer destination of the data on the basis of the data received from said computer, a step of collating limitation information showing whether the communication with the computer is permitted or not, the address obtained by said address obtaining step, and the port number obtained by said port number obtaining step and discriminating whether the communication with the computer is made or not, and a step of, if it is determined that the communication with the computer is made, notifying the computer of a port number corresponding to a designated data process,
- wherein the designated data process is executed in accordance with data in which the port number of the transfer destination is the port number notified by said port number notifying step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.