Communication apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and communication system
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakatsugu YAMADA
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Abstract
A communication apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller. The controller is configured to, in response to power supply to the communication apparatus, determine whether an initial-setting process in the communication apparatus is completed or incomplete; in response to determining that the initial-setting process is incomplete, wait for an execution instruction for executing the initial-setting process for the communication apparatus with use of an external terminal; and in response to receiving the execution instruction from the external terminal through the communication interface while waiting for the execution instruction, execute the initial-setting process for the communication apparatus.
Claims16
A communication apparatus, comprising:
- a communication interface;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- in response to power supply to the communication apparatus, determine whether an initial-setting process in the communication apparatus is completed or incomplete;
- in response to determining that the initial-setting process is incomplete, wait for an execution instruction for executing the initial-setting process for the communication apparatus with use of an external terminal;
- and
- in response to receiving the execution instruction from the external terminal through the communication interface while waiting for the execution instruction, execute the initial-setting process for the communication apparatus.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer readable instructions that are executable by a computer in a terminal device including a communication interface, the computer readable instructions, when executed by the computer, causing the terminal device to:
- send an inquiry to request a completion status of an initial-setting process for a communication apparatus through the communication interface;
- and
- in response to receiving a reply with the completion status indicating that the initial-setting process is incomplete from the communication apparatus, transmit an execution instruction instructing the communication apparatus to execute the initial-setting process to the communication apparatus.
A communication system, comprising:
- a communication apparatus including a first communication interface and a controller;
- and
- a terminal device including a second communication interface,
- wherein the controller in the communication apparatus is configured to:
- in response to power supply to the communication apparatus, determine whether an initial-setting process in the communication apparatus is completed or incomplete;
- and
- in response to determining that the initial-setting process is incomplete, wait for an execution instruction for executing the initial-setting process for the communication apparatus with use of the terminal device,
- wherein the terminal device is configured to transmit the execution instruction instructing the communication apparatus to execute the initial-setting process through the second communication interface, and
- wherein the controller in the communication apparatus is configured to, in response to receiving the execution instruction from the terminal device through the first communication interface while waiting for the execution instruction, execute the initial-setting process for the communication apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.