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US 2007/0177612 A1Published application
Network apparatus
OwnerTakashi Kubotainventor
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Abstract
A network apparatus is disclosed. The network apparatus includes the following items so that a network address required for identifying the network apparatus in a network is generated, the network apparatus including an input unit for inputting a keyword for automatic generation of a network address, and an address generating unit for automatically generating the network address based on the input keyword.
Claims11
A network apparatus that requires a network address for identifying the network apparatus in a network, comprising:
- an input unit for inputting a keyword for automatic generation of the network address;
- and
- an address generating unit for automatically generating the network address based on the input keyword, the address generating unit including
- a keyword verification unit for verifying the keyword, and
- an address duplication checking unit for determining whether the network address generated by the address generating unit is duplicated in the network.
2 more elements
An address setup method of setting up a network address required for identifying a network apparatus in a network, comprising:
- an inputting step of inputting a keyword for automatically generating the network address;
- and
- an address generating step of automatically generating the network address based on the keyword that is input by the inputting step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.