US 2010/0245893 A1 · IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes: a communication unit that receives a request that requests a reply and includes a source of the request and a destination of the request; and a controller that returns from a low electric power condition after moving into the low electric power condition of which the power consumption is low, and that controls the communication unit, wherein when the controller is in the low electric power condition, the communication unit returns the reply to the request received and detects a duplication between an identification information that identifies the source and an identification information that identifies the destination based on the request.

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Dependent claims

An image forming apparatus comprising:

a communication unit that receives a request that requests a reply and includes a source of the request and a destination of the request;
and
a controller that returns from a low electric power condition after moving into the low electric power condition of which the power consumption is low, and that controls the communication unit,
wherein when the controller is in the low electric power condition, the communication unit returns the reply to the request received and detects a duplication between an identification information that identifies the source and an identification information that identifies the destination based on the request.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/560,456Filed 16 Sep 2009

Priority

JP 2009-07278824 Mar 2009

Published

30 Sep 2010

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

H04L 12/12
Details: arrangements for remote connection or disconnection of substations or of equipment thereof
H04L 61/103
Of different types: across network layers, e.g. resolution of network layer into physical layer addresses or address resolution protocol [ARP]
H04L 61/5046
Address allocation: resolving address allocation conflicts; Testing of addresses
H04L 61/5092
Address allocation: by self-assignment, e.g. picking addresses at random and testing if they are already in use

Image forming apparatus, communication device, computer readable medium, and communication method

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Image forming apparatus, communication device, computer readable medium, and communication method

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