Peripheral equipment and peripheral equipment control method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKan Torii
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Abstract
Peripheral equipment that is capable of providing information to a computer via a network by using a Web server manages a list of components assembled into the peripheral equipment. In the list of components, a plurality of component codes is assigned to each of the components. In response to a demand by a Web client operating on the computer, the Web server outputs the list of components in a format that the Web client can understand. In this instance, the component codes included in the list of components output by the Web server are selected from a plurality of component codes.
Claims21
A peripheral apparatus that is capable of providing information to a computer via a network, the peripheral apparatus comprising:
- a manager that manages component information of components assembled into the peripheral apparatus, wherein a plurality of component codes are assigned to each of the components;
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- a Web server that outputs the component information managed by the manager.
A peripheral apparatus that is capable of providing information to a computer via a network, the peripheral apparatus comprising:
- a storage device that stores component information of components assembled in the peripheral apparatus, wherein a plurality of component codes is assigned to each of the components in the component information;
- a Web server that outputs in response to a demand by a Web client operating on the computer the component information in a format that is understandable by the Web client;
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- a selector that selects component codes to be included in the component information to be output by the Web server from the plurality of component codes.
A method for controlling a peripheral apparatus that is capable of providing information to a computer via a network, the method comprising the steps of:
- managing component information of components assembled in the peripheral apparatus, wherein a plurality of component codes is assigned to each of the components in the component information;
- outputting from a Web server in response to a demand by a Web client operating on the computer the component information in a format that is understandable by the Web client;
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- selecting component codes to be included in the component information to be output by the Web server from the plurality of component codes.
A computer program to be executed by a computer of a peripheral apparatus that is capable of providing information using a Web server to a computer via a network, the computer program comprising the steps of:
- reading from a storage device that stores component information of components assembled in the peripheral apparatus the component information, wherein a plurality of component codes is assigned to each of the components in the component information;
- outputting the read component information from the Web server in response to a demand by a Web client operating on the computer in a format that is understandable by the Web client;
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- selecting component codes to be included in the component information to be output by the Web server from the plurality of component codes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.