Remote registration method and program and remote registration system

• US 20040221023A1
• Filed: 02/27/2004
• Published: 11/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Sasano, Jun, Tachiyama, Osamu, Kohari, Tsuneo
• Application Number:
  US10/787,829
• Publication Number:
  US 20040221023A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/029 Firewall traversal, e.g. tunnelling or, creating pinholes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A remote registration method comprises causing an MFP (Multifunctional Peripheral device) to inquire a server installed outside an intranet about the presence/absence of data to be registered on the MFP; when the data is present, causing the MFP to request transfer of the data from an intraserver in the intranet; detecting the presence/absence of the data in the intraserver on the basis of the transfer request; when the data is absent in the intraserver, transferring the data from the server to the intraserver through a firewall and storing the data; and when the data is present in the intraserver, transferring the data from the intraserver to the MFP.

Claims

1. A remote registration method comprising:

causing a device in an intranet to inquire the server installed outside the intranet about the presence/absence of data to be registered on the device;

when the data is present, causing the device to request transfer of the data from an intraserver in the intranet;

detecting the presence/absence of the data in the intraserver on the basis of the transfer request;

when the data is absent in the intraserver, transferring the data from the server to the intraserver through a firewall device and storing the data; and

when the data is present in the intraserver, transferring the data from the intraserver to the device.

2. The remote registration method according to claim 1, wherein

the data is data having quantity which is not less than predetermined quantity.

3. A remote registration method comprising:

causing a device in an intranet to inquire a server installed outside the intranet about the presence/absence of data to be registered on the device and quantity information;

when the quantity of the data is smaller than predetermined quantity, causing the device to request direct transfer the data through a firewall device from the server, and, when the quantity of the data is not less than the predetermined quantity, causing the device to request transfer of the data from a server in the intranet; and

storing data transferred on the basis of the request made in the step of making the request.

4. The remote registration method according to claim 3, wherein

the data is firmware.

5. A program for operating a computer, comprising:

a function of causing a device in an intranet to inquire a server installed outside the intranet connected through a firewall device about the presence/absence of data to be registered on the device;

a function of, when the data is present, causing the device to request transfer of the data from an intraserver in the intranet; and

a function of detecting the presence/absence of the data in the intraserver on the basis of the transfer request;

a function of, when the data is absent in the intraserver, causing the intraserver to transfer the data from the server to the intraserver; and

a function of, when the data is present in the intraserver, transferring the data from the intraserver to the device.

6. The program according to claim 5, wherein

the data is data having quantity which is not less than predetermined quantity.

7. A remote registration system in an intranet connected to a server installed outside the intranet through a firewall device, comprising:

a storage which stores a data;

an inquiry device which inquires the server installed outside the intranet about the presence/absence of data to be registered on the storage means;

a transfer requesting device, when the data is present, which requests an intraserver in the intranet to transfer the data;

a detecting device which detects the presence/absence of the data in the intraserver on the basis of the transfer request;

a storage designation device, when the data is absent in the intraserver, which transfers the data from the server to the intraserver and storing the data; and

a transferring device, when the data is present in the intraserver, which transfers the data from the intraserver to the storage means.

8. The remote registration system according to claim 7, wherein

the data is data having quantity which is not less than predetermined quantity.