Information processing apparatus and device

• US 20050268176A1
• Filed: 05/06/2005
• Published: 12/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yokokura, Hidenori
• Application Number:
  US11/124,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20050268176A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/43
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0266 using meta-data, objects or commands for formatting management information, e.g. using eXtensible markup language [XML]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0273 using web services for network management, e.g. simple object access protocol [SOAP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/028 for synchronisation between service call and response
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications

Abstract

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention communicates with a device and includes an operation-acquisition-request receiving unit configured to receive from the device an operation acquisition request for acquiring an operation applied to the device from the information processing apparatus, an operation-transmitting unit configured to transmit an operation applied to the device to the device according to the operation acquisition request, and a response-transmitting unit configured to transmit a request for transmission of the operation acquisition request as a reply to communication from the device if there is an operation applied to the device.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus communicating with a device to receive device information from the device, the information processing apparatus comprising:

operation-acquisition-request receiving means for receiving an operation acquisition request from the device for acquiring an operation applied to the device from the information processing apparatus;

operation-transmitting means for transmitting to the device an operation applied to the device according to the operation acquisition request;

request-adding means for adding a request for transmission of the operation acquisition request to a reply to device information from the device; and

response-transmitting means for transmitting the reply to the device information from the device to the device, wherein the request for transmission of the operation acquisition request is added to the reply by the request-adding means.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a schema of the request for transmission of the operation acquisition request is prepared for a SOAP response to a SOAP function in a transmission test from the device to describe an instruction to the device in the schema if there is an instruction to the device.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

determination means for determining whether there is an operation necessary for the device transmitting the device information,

wherein the response-transmitting means transmits the reply to the device information from the device to the device, wherein the request for transmission of the operation acquisition request is added to the reply by the request-adding means if there is an operation necessary for the device, and the request for transmission of the operation acquisition request is not added to the reply by the request-adding means if there is no operation necessary for the device.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the device information includes at least one of a connection test to the information processing apparatus, regularly reported device information, and failure information about a failure occurring irregularly.

5. An information processing apparatus communicating with a device, the information processing apparatus comprising:

an operation-acquisition-request receiving unit configured to receive an operation acquisition report from the device for acquiring an operation applied to the device from the information processing apparatus;

an operation-transmitting unit configured to transmit to the device an operation applied to the device according to the operation acquisition request; and

a response-transmitting unit configured to transmit a request for transmission of the operation acquisition request as a reply to communication from the device if there is an operation applied to the device.

6. A device communicating with an information processing apparatus to perform an operation sent from the information processing apparatus, the device comprising:

communication means for transmitting device information to the information processing apparatus;

response-information receiving means for receiving response information sent from the information processing apparatus in response to the device information transmitted by the communication means;

transmission means for transmitting to the information processing apparatus an operation acquisition request for acquiring an operation applied to the device from the information processing apparatus;

operation-receiving means for receiving an operation corresponding to the operation acquisition request; and

instruction-information determination means for determining whether the response information received by the response-information receiving means includes a request for transmission of the operation acquisition request,

wherein the transmission means transmits the operation acquisition request if the instruction-information determination means determines that the response information includes a request for transmission of the operation acquisition request.

7. A device communicating with an information processing apparatus to perform an operation sent from the information processing apparatus, the device comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate with the information processing apparatus;

a response-information receiving unit configured to receive response information from the information processing apparatus in response to the communication by the communication unit;

a transmission unit configured to transmit to the information processing apparatus an operation acquisition request for acquiring an operation applied to the device from the information processing apparatus; and

an operation-receiving unit configured to receive an operation corresponding to the operation acquisition request;

wherein the transmission unit transmits the operation acquisition request if the response information received by the response-information receiving unit includes a request for transmission of the operation acquisition request.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the communication by the communication unit includes at least one of a connection test to the information processing apparatus, regularly reported device information, and failure information about a failure occurring irregularly.

9. An information processing method by an information processing apparatus communicating with a device to receive device information from the device, the information processing method comprising:

receiving from the device an operation acquisition request for acquiring an operation applied to the device from the information processing apparatus;

transmitting an operation applied to the device to the device according to the operation acquisition request;

adding a request for transmission of the operation acquisition request to a reply to device information from the device; and

transmitting to the device the reply to the device information from the device, wherein the request for transmission of the operation acquisition request is added to the reply in the request-adding step.

10. An information processing method by an information processing apparatus communicating with a device, the information processing method comprising:

receiving from the device an operation acquisition request for acquiring an operation applied to the device from the information processing apparatus;

transmitting an operation applied to the device to the device according to the operation acquisition request; and

transmitting a request for transmission of the operation acquisition request as a reply to communication from the device if there is an operation applied to the device.

11. A computer-executable program for causing a computer to execute an information processing method, the program comprising:

receiving from a device an operation acquisition request for acquiring an operation applied to the device from the computer;

transmitting an operation applied to the device to the device according to the operation acquisition request;

adding a request for transmission of the operation acquisition request to a reply to device information from the device; and

transmitting to the device the reply to the device information from the device, wherein the request for transmission of the operation acquisition request is added to the reply in the request-adding step.