Information processing apparatus and information processing program
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShingo Itoh
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a use restriction unit that restricts use of the information processing apparatus based on identification information stored in an identification information storage unit, and a controller. The controller is operable to update the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit, send the updated identification information to a preset mail address, by an E-mail, receive an E-mail, determine whether the received E-mail is an E-mail replying to the sent E-mail, and control the identification information storage unit to store identification information included in the received E-mail as new identification information if the received E-mail is determined to be the E-mail replying to the sent E-mail.
Claims20
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a use restriction unit that restricts use of the information processing apparatus based on identification information stored in an identification information storage unit;
- and
- a controller that is operable to:
- update the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit;
- send the updated identification information to a preset mail address, by an E-mail;
- receive an E-mail;
- determine whether the received E-mail is an E-mail replying to the sent E-mail;
- and
- control the identification information storage unit to store identification information included in the received E-mail as new identification information if the received E-mail is determined to be the E-mail replying to the sent E-mail.
An information processing program product embodied on a computer-readable medium which, when executed by a computer, enables the computer to perform predetermined operations comprising:
- updating identification information stored in an identification information storage unit;
- sending the updated identification information to a preset mail address, by an E-mail;
- receiving an E-mail;
- determining whether the received E-mail is an E-mail replying to the sent E-mail;
- and
- controlling the identification information storage unit to store identification information included in the received E-mail as new identification information if the received E-mail is determined to be the E-mail replying to the sent E-mail.
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a use restriction means for restricting use of the information processing apparatus based on identification information stored in an identification information storage means;
- and
- an updating means for updating identification information stored in the identification information storage means;
- a mail sending means for sending identification information updated by the updating means to a preset mail address, by an E-mail;
- a mail receiving means for receiving an E-mail;
- a mail determination means for determining whether the E-mail received by the mail receiving means is an E-mail replying to the E-mail sent by the mail sending means;
- and
- a storing and updating means for controlling the identification information storage means to store identification information included in the E-mail received by the receiving means as new identification information if the mail determination means determines that the E-mail received by the mail receiving means is an E-mail replying to the E-mail sent by the mail sending means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.