Communications device and communications method
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTsutomu Taniguchi, Makoto Nakabayashi, Takeshi Nakamura
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Abstract
In a communications device, a terminal machine transmits/receives data over a network and makes a request for a response to a data transmission from a receiving-end machine. In the terminal machine, an e-mail message identifying unit determines whether data to be received over the network is response data to the response request, and a main control unit controls so as to preferentially receive data identified as the response data by the e-mail message identifying unit over other data. Thus, if an e-mail message is transmitted with a request for a disposition verification, a reply message to the disposition verification request can be quickly received from the receiving-end machine.
Claims20
A communications device transmitting/receiving data over a network and making a request for a response to a data transmission from a receiving-end machine, said device comprising:
- data identifying means for determining whether data to be received over the network is response data to the response request;
- and
- receipt control means for controlling receipt so as to preferentially receive data identified as the response data by the data identifying means over other data.
A program for causing a computer to operate, when a request for a response to a data transmission from a receiving-end machine is embedded in transmitted data, as:
- data identifying means for determining whether data to be received over a network is response data to a response request;
- and
- receipt control means for controlling receipt so as to preferentially receive data identified as the response data by the data identifying means over other data.
A computer-readable recording medium on which is recorded a program for causing a computer to operate, when a request for a response to a data transmission from a receiving-end machine is embedded in transmitted data, as:
- data identifying means for determining whether data to be received over a network is response data to a response request;
- and
- receipt control means for controlling receipt so as to preferentially receive data identified as the response data by the data identifying means over other data.
A communications device, comprising:
- transmission/receipt means for transmitting/receiving data over a network;
- response request embedding means for embedding a response request for a response to a data transmission from a receiving-end machine in transmitted data;
- data identifying means for determining whether data to be received over the network is response data to the response request;
- and
- receipt control means for controlling the transmission/receipt means so as to preferentially receive data identified as the response data by the data identifying means over other data.
A program for causing a computer to operate as:
- transmission/receipt means for transmitting/receiving data over a network;
- response request embedding means for embedding a response request for a response to a data transmission from a receiving-end machine in transmitted data;
- data identifying means for determining whether data to be received over the network is response data to the response request;
- and
- receipt control means for controlling the transmission/receipt means so as to preferentially receive data identified as the response data by the data identifying means over other data.
A computer-readable recording medium on which is recorded a program for causing a computer to operate as:
- transmission/receipt means for transmitting/receiving data over a network;
- response request embedding means for embedding a response request for a response to a data transmission from a receiving-end machine in transmitted data;
- data identifying means for determining whether data to be received over the network is response data to the response request;
- and
- receipt control means for controlling the transmission/receipt means so as to preferentially receive data identified as the response data by the data identifying means over other data.
A communications device transmitting/receiving data over a network and making a request for a response to a data transmission from a receiving-end machine, said device comprising:
- data identifying means for determining whether data to be received over the network is response data to the response request;
- and
- receipt control means for ranking, concerning receiving of data, data identified as the response data by the data identifying means higher than other data.
A program for causing a computer to operate, when a request for a response to a data transmission from a receiving-end machine is embedded in transmitted data, as:
- data identifying means for determining whether data to be received over the network is response data to the response request;
- and
- receipt control means for ranking, concerning receiving of data, data identified as the response data by the data identifying means higher than other data.
A computer-readable recording medium on which is recorded a program for causing a computer to operate, when a request for a response to a data transmission from a receiving-end machine is embedded in transmitted data, as:
- data identifying means for determining whether data to be received over the network is response data to the response request;
- and
- receipt control means for ranking, concerning receiving of data, data identified as the response data by the data identifying means higher than other data.
A communications method of transmitting/receiving data over a network and making a request for a response to a data transmission from a receiving-end machine, said method comprising the steps of:
- determining whether data to be received over the network is response data to the response request;
- and
- preferentially receiving data identified as the response data over other data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.