System, device, method and computer program product for managing devices
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKiyotaka Ohara
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Abstract
A system for managing a communication device having a first function of using a first communication protocol and a second function of using a second communication protocol is provided. The communication device is connected to a network including a first device using the first communication protocol and a second device using the second communication protocol. The system is provided with an inputting system that accepts an input for changing an operation regarding the communication of the communication device from a user, and a judging system that judges whether a trouble would arise in communication, in which the communication device is involved, based on the input inputted by the user through use of the inputting system.
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A system for managing a communication device having a first function of using a first communication protocol and a second function of using a second communication protocol, the communication device being connected to a network including a first device using the first communication protocol and a second device using the second communication protocol, the system comprising:
- an inputting system that accepts an input for changing an operation regarding communication of the communication device from a user;
- and
- a judging system that judges whether a trouble would arise in communication, in which the communication device is involved, based on the input inputted by the user through use of the inputting system.
A computer-readable medium having a computer program thereon, said computer program for use on a terminal device connected to a network including a first device using the first communication protocol and a second device using the second communication protocol, the computer program being executed to achieve a method of managing a communication device having a first function of using a first communication protocol and a second function of using a second communication protocol, the communication device being connected to the network, the method comprising the steps of:
- accepting an input for changing an operation regarding communication of the communication device from a user;
- and
- judging whether a trouble would arise in communication, in which the communication device is involved, based on the input inputted by the user in the step of the accepting.
A device for managing a communication device having a first function of using a first communication protocol and a second function of using a second communication protocol, the communication device being connected to a network including a first device using the first communication protocol and a second device using the second communication protocol, comprising:
- an inputting system that accepts an input for changing an operation regarding communication of the communication device from a user;
- and
- a judging system that judges whether a trouble would arise in communication, in which the communication device is involved, based on the input inputted by the user through use of the inputting system.
A method of remotely managing a communication device having a first function of using a first communication protocol and a second function of using a second communication protocol from a management device, the communication device and the management device being connected to a network including a first device using the first communication protocol and a second device using the second communication protocol, the method comprising the steps of:
- accepting an input for changing an operation regarding communication of the communication device from a user;
- judging whether a trouble would arise in communication, in which the communication device is involved, based on the input inputted by the user in the step of the accepting;
- and
- changing the operation of the communication device if it is judged in the step of the judging that the trouble does not arise, and not changing the operation of the communication device if it is judged in the step of the judging that the trouble would arise.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.