Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Printer searching device
- Patent Title (中): 打印机搜索设备
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Application No.: US13072760Application Date: 2011-03-27
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Publication No.: US09264291B2Publication Date: 2016-02-16
- Inventor: Kiyotaka Ohara
- Applicant: Kiyotaka Ohara
- 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: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2010-080157 20100331
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12 ; H04L29/12 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
A printer searching device may comprise a first acquiring unit, a second acquiring unit, a searching unit, and a providing unit. The first acquiring unit may acquire a plurality of a first kind of global IP addresses that is allotted to a plurality of printers and register the plurality of the first kind of global IP addresses to a memory. The second acquiring unit may acquire a second kind of global IP address that is allotted to the terminal device. The searching unit may search, from the plurality of printers, one or more printers to which a value that is identical to a value of a network address part of the second kind of global IP address is allotted as a value of a network address part of the first kind of global IP address. The providing unit may provide a search result to the terminal device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110242599A1 PRINTER SEARCHING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2011-10-06
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