STATUS PROCESSOR AND STATUS DISPLAY METHOD

• US 20090106264A1
• Filed: 10/20/2008
• Published: 04/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: TAKAHASHI, Yusaku
• Application Number:
  US12/254,772
• Publication Number:
  US 20090106264A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

A status processor, configured to connect to a network, includes a media connecting unit configured to connect at least one storage media. The status processor further includes a server unit configured to transmit data. The status processor still further includes a directory name setting unit configured to create a status-reflecting directory name on the server unit. The status-reflecting directory name corresponds to a status of at least one of the status processor and the storage media. The server unit is configured to transmit data that indicates an existence of the directory having the status-reflecting directory name to the network.

Claims

1. A status processor configured to connect to a network, the status processor comprising:

a media connecting unit configured to connect at least one storage media;

a server unit configured to transmit data; and

a directory name setting unit configured to create a status-reflecting directory name on the server unit, wherein the status-reflecting directory name corresponds to a status of at least one of the status processor and the storage media, wherein

the server unit is configured to transmit data that indicates an existence of the directory having the status-reflecting directory name to the network.

2. The status processor of claim 1, further comprising a host device configured to connect to the status processor via the network.

3. The status processor according to claim 1, wherein the server unit is configured to communicate using a File Transfer Protocol.

4. The status processor according to claim 1, wherein the status-reflecting directory name setting unit is configured to create the status-reflecting directory name without storing a directory having the status-reflecting directory name in the at least one storage media.

5. The status processor according to claim 1, wherein the status-reflecting directory name setting unit is configured to create the status-reflecting directory name on the server unit, regardless of a status of the at least one storage media.

6. The status processor according to claim 1, wherein the status-reflecting directory name created by the status-reflecting directory name setting unit corresponds to an availability of the at least one storage media.

7. The status processor according to claim 1, wherein the status-reflecting directory name created by the status-reflecting directory name setting unit corresponds to a connection status of the at least one storage media.

8. The status processor according to claim 1, wherein the status-reflecting directory name created by the status-reflecting directory name setting unit corresponds to a format status of the at least one storage media.

9. The status processor according to claim 1, wherein the status-reflecting directory name created by the status-reflecting directory name setting unit corresponds to a capacity of the at least one storage media.

10. The status processor according to claim 9, wherein the capacity of the at least one storage media includes at least a total capacity of the at least one storage media and a remaining capacity of the at least one storage media.

11. The status processor according to claim 1, wherein the media connecting unit comprises a plurality of media connecting portions,

wherein the status-reflecting directory name setting unit is configured to create the status-reflecting directory name, and the status-reflecting directory name corresponds to at least one of a status of one of the plurality of media connecting portions and a status of the at least one storage media connected to the one of the plurality of media connecting portions.

12. The status processor according to claim 1, wherein the media connecting unit is configured to connect to a plurality of types of storage media, and

wherein the status-reflecting directory name created by the status-reflecting directory name setting unit specifies one type of the plurality of types of storage media.

13. The status processor according to claim 1, further comprising a storing portion configured to store directory data corresponding to a predetermined directory, wherein the predetermined directory is configured to include a file, and

wherein the server unit is configured to transmit data that indicates an existence of the directory having the status-reflecting directory name in the storing portion.

14. The status processor of claim 13, wherein the file has a file name related to the status-reflecting directory name.

15. The status processor of claim 14, wherein the file comprises data corresponding to a status of at least one of the status processor and the at least one storage media.

16. The status processor of claim 13, wherein the file has a file name related to the capacity of the at least one storage media.

17. The status processor according to claim 13, wherein the server unit is configured to transmit data corresponding to a status of at least one of the status processor and the at least one storage media in response to a request for accessing the file.

18. The status processor according to claim 1, further comprising a storing portion configured to store directory data corresponding to a predetermined directory, wherein the predetermined directory further comprises a directory corresponding to the at least one storage media and

wherein the server unit is configured to transmit data that indicates an existence of the directory having the status-reflecting directory name, in response to receiving a request for a content of the predetermined directory.

19. The status processor according to claim 1, further comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive print data transmitted via the network; and

a printing unit that prints the received print data.

21. The status displaying method according to claim 18, wherein the step of transmitting data is carried out using a File Transfer Protocol.

20. A status displaying method including communicating between a host device and a processor via a network, the host device comprising a display unit, the processor comprising a media connecting unit for connecting a storage media, and the status displaying method comprising:

creating a status-reflecting directory name corresponding to a status of at least one of the processor and the storage media;

transmitting data that indicates an existence of the directory having the status-reflecting directory name; and

displaying the transmitted data on the displaying unit.