Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device controlling apparatus configured to obtain information relating to device itself and method for controlling the device
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Application No.: US14979993Application Date: 2015-12-28
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Publication No.: US10467264B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Hiroki Inoue
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2014-266115 20141226
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30 ; G06F16/33

Abstract:
A device controlling program causes, when executed, a processor to perform: receiving input of an input word; searching function information stored in a memory and obtaining a first search result relating to the input word, the first search result being included in the function information, the function information including at least one of a function of the device controlling program and a function of the device; in response to obtaining no first search result relating to the input word as a result of the search process, determining a search word including the input word and a related word identifying at least one of the device controlling program and the device, and transmitting a search request to the server for a second search result, the search request including the search word; and in response to receiving the second search result from the server, displaying the second search result on a display.
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