System using services, image handling apparatus, external processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, and state change sending method
OwnerTatsuo Ito, Shinsuke Teramura +2inventors
InventorsTatsuo Ito, Shinsuke Teramura, Sachiko Takeuchi, Yutaka Yagiura
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Abstract
In a system using services, in which an image handling apparatus for controlling an image handling process concerning the service and an external processing apparatus conducting at least a part of the image handling process by taking place of the image handling apparatus are connected to the system using services through a network, a change of a state of the image handling apparatus is informs to a predetermined destination.
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A system using services, in which an image handling apparatus for controlling an image handling process concerning the service and an external processing apparatus conducting at least a part of the image handling process by taking place of the image handling apparatus are connected to the system using services through a network, said system comprising:
- a notification function part informing a change of a state of the image handling apparatus to a predetermined destination.
An image handling apparatus connectable to an external processing apparatus through a network and having the external processing apparatus to conduct at least a part of an image handling process concerning services, said image handling apparatus comprising:
- a notification function part sending a change of a state of the image handling apparatus itself to a predetermined notification destination.
An external processing apparatus connectable to an image handling apparatus through a network and having the image handling apparatus to conduct at least a part of an image handling process concerning services, said external processing apparatus comprising:
- a notification function part sending a change of a state of the image handling apparatus to a predetermined notification destination when the change of the state of the image handling apparatus is received.
A state change sending method for sending a change of a state of a system using services in which an image handling apparatus controlled by an image handling process concerning services and an external processing apparatus conducing a part of the image handling process by taking a place of the image handling apparatus are connected through a network, said state change sending method comprising the step of:
- sending the change of the state of the image handling process apparatus to a predetermined notification destination.
A program product for causing a computer to send a change of a state of a system using services in which an image handling apparatus controlled by an image handling process concerning services and an external processing apparatus conducing a part of the image handling process by taking a place of the image handling apparatus are connected through a network, said method comprising the step of:
- sending the change of the state of the image handling process apparatus to a predetermined notification destination.
A system using services in which an image handling apparatus and an external processing apparatus are connected through a network, wherein:
- said external processing apparatus comprises a controlling part conducting at least a part of an image handling process concerning a service by taking place of the image handling apparatus;
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- said image handling apparatus comprises a function which is controlled by the image handling process, wherein the function is controlled at a trigger of receiving a request sent from the controlling part.
An image handling apparatus connectable to an external processing apparatus through a network, said image handling apparatus comprising a function which is controlled by the image handling process concerning a service, wherein at least a part of the image handling process is allowed to be controlled by the external processing apparatus taking a place of the image handling apparatus, and the function is controlled when a request is received from the external processing apparatus.
An external processing apparatus connectable to an image handling apparatus through a network, said external processing apparatus comprising:
- a controlling part controlling at least a part of an image handling process concerning a service by taking a place of the image handling apparatus,
- wherein the controlling part requests the image handling apparatus to control a function included in the image handling apparatus in which the function is controlled by the image handling process.
A program product causing an external processing apparatus as a computer to conduct a service, the external processing apparatus connectable to an image handling apparatus through a network, said program product comprising the codes for:
- functioning as a controlling part for conducting at least a part of an image handling process concerning a service by taking a place of the image handling apparatus,
- wherein the controlling part requests the image handling apparatus to control a function implemented in the image handling apparatus in which the function is controlled by the image handling process.
A system using services in which an information processing apparatus and an external processing apparatus are connected to each other through a network, wherein:
- said external processing apparatus comprises a controlling part conducting at least a part of a process concerning to a service by taking a place of the information processing apparatus;
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- said information processing apparatus comprises a function which can be controlled by the process, wherein the function is controlled when a request is received from the controlling part.
The system using services as claimed in claim 45, wherein:
- the process is realized by at least one function controlling part controlling the function, a service providing part allowing an external control to control the function controlling part, and software externally controlling the function controlling part;
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- the software is implemented in the external processing apparatus as at least a part of the process.
An information processing apparatus connectable to an external processing apparatus through a network, said information processing apparatus comprising:
- a function controlled by a process concerning a service,
- wherein at least a part of the process is allowed to be conducted by the external processing apparatus, instead of the information processing apparatus itself, and the function is controlled when a request is received from the external processing apparatus.
An external processing apparatus connectable to an information apparatus through a network, the external processing apparatus comprising:
- a controlling part conducting at least a part of a process concerning a service by taking a place of the information processing apparatus, wherein the controlling part requests to the information processing apparatus to control a function of the information processing apparatus, in which the function controlled by the process.
A program product causing an external processing apparatus as a computer to conduct a service, the external processing apparatus connectable to an information processing apparatus through a network, said program product comprising the codes for:
- functioning as a controlling part for conducting at least a part of a process concerning a service by taking a place of the information processing apparatus,
- wherein the controlling part requests the information processing apparatus to control a function implemented in the information processing apparatus in which the function is controlled by the process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.