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US 2018/0018138 A1Published application
Communication system and relay device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakafumi MORI
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Abstract
Each of a plurality of servers may transmit first server identification information identifying the first server to the relay device. An terminal may transmit first access target information to a relay device. The relay device may store the first server identification information in a first memory of the relay device, in association with the first access target information. The terminal may transmit second access target information to a second server. The second server may transmit the received second access target information and second server identification information to the relay device. The relay device may cause the second server to access the image forming device identified by the second access target information.
Claims7
A communication system comprising:
- a plurality of image forming devices;
- a server,
- a terminal;
- and
- a relay device,
- wherein
- the relay device is configured to connect with the plurality of image forming devices, the terminal, and the server,
- the server is a device configured to access the plurality of image forming devices via the relay device,
- the server is configured to transmit first server identification information identifying the server to the relay device,
- the terminal is configured to transmit first access target information to the relay device in a state of being associated with the first server identification information, the first access target information identifying an image forming device that is an access target of the server,
- the relay device is configured to store the first server identification information transmitted from the server and the first access target information transmitted from the terminal in a first memory provided in the relay device, by associating the first server identification information and the first access target information with each other,
- the server is configured to transmit, to the relay device, second access target information and second server identification information, the second access target information identifying an image forming device that is to be an access target of the server, and the second server identification information identifying the server,
- the relay device is configured to:
- determine whether the first server identification information indicates the server that is identified by the second server identification information;
- determine whether the first access target information indicates the image forming device that is identified by the second access target information;
- and
- when it is determined that the first server identification information indicates the server that is identified by the second server identification information, and the first access target information indicates the image forming device that is identified by the second access target information, cause the server to access the image forming device identified by the second access target information.
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A relay device comprising:
- a communication interface configured to communicate with a plurality of image forming devices, a server, and a terminal;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing computer-readable instructions,
- wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the relay device to:
- receive first server identification information identifying the server via the communication interface from the server,
- receive first access target information from the terminal in a state of being associated with the first server identification information,
- the first access target information identifying an image forming device that is an access target of the server,
- store the first server identification information transmitted from the server and the first access target information transmitted from the terminal in the memory, by associating the first server identification information and the first access target information with each other, and
- receive second access target information and second server identification information via the communication interface,
- the second access target information identifying an image forming device that is to be an access target of the server, and
- the second server identification information identifying the server,
- the relay device is configured to cause the server to access the image forming device identified by the second access target information in a case that a combination of the image forming device identified by the second access target information transmitted from the server and the server identified by the second server identification information transmitted from the server matches a combination of the image forming device identified by the first access target information stored in the memory and the server identified by the first server identification information stored in the memory.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.