COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM USED THEREIN

• US 20100082797A1
• Filed: 09/30/2009
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Nakamura, Tomoki
• Granted Patent: US 9,600,593 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

A communication system includes an information processing apparatus and a communication apparatus. The information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to acquire a file that indicates feed location information and a title of a feed to be acquired in accordance with the feed location information. The controller controls the display to display at least one of the feed location information described in the file and the title described in the file, and to display at least one of the feed location information registered in a device management unit and the title registered in the device management unit. Moreover the controller registers, into the device management unit, feed location information or feed location information corresponding to a title displayed on the first portion of the display, which is specified by the user.

Claims

1. A communication system comprising an information processing apparatus and a communication apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a communicating unit which communicates with a network;

a display comprising a first portion and a second portion;

an input device configured to be inputted an instruction by a user; and

a controller configured to;

transmit, to the network, feed location information registered in advance and then acquire a feed replied from the network;

transmit, to the network, location information of contents contained in the acquired feed and then acquire the contents replied from the network; and

acquire a file that indicates feed location information and a title of a feed to be acquired in accordance with the feed location information,

wherein the communication apparatus comprises a device management unit which is connected to the information processing apparatus via the communicating unit, the device management unit stores registration of feed location information and a title of a feed to be acquired in accordance with the feed location information, the device management unit being configured to transmit, to the network, feed location information registered in advance in the device management unit and then acquire a feed replied from the network,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

control the display to display, on the first portion of the display, at least one of the feed location information described in the file and the title described in the file, and to display, on the second portion of the display, at least one of the feed location information registered in the device management unit and the title registered in the device management unit; and

additionally register, into the device management unit, feed location information displayed on the first portion of the display or feed location information corresponding to a title displayed on the first portion of the display, which is specified by the user via the input device.

2. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the first portion of the display and the second portion of the display are arranged side by side.

3. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to report an inhibition of specifying feed location information by the user when a number of feed location information registered in the device management unit reaches a registerable maximum number.

4. The communication system according to claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the number of feed location information registered in the device management unit after the additional registration reaches the registerable maximum number each time the controller additionally registers feed location information.

5. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

analyze the acquired file;

extract the feed location information from the information described in the file based on a result of the analysis; and

control the display to display at least one of the extracted feed location information and the title corresponding to the extracted feed location information.

6. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the file that indicates feed location information is OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language) file and the controller is further configured to eliminate, before registering, a value of a type attribute and the location information of a website relevant to a feed.

7. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

transmit, to the network, feed location information specified by the user or feed location information corresponding to a title specified by the user;

check whether a feed replied from the network is acquirable; and

report an inhibition of additionally registering, into the device management unit, feed location information whose checked feed has not been acquirable.

8. A computer readable medium bearing instructions for controlling an information processing apparatus comprising a communicating unit configured to communicate with an external device, a display comprising a first portion and a second portion, and an input device configured to be inputted an instruction by a user, the instructions, when executed, being arranged to cause a processor to perform steps of:

(a) transmitting, to the network, feed location information registered in advance and then acquire a feed replied from the network;

(b) transmitting, to the network, location information of contents contained in the acquired feed and then acquire the contents replied from the network;

(c) acquiring a file that indicates feed location information and a title of a feed to be acquired in accordance with the feed location information,

(d) controlling the display to display, on the first portion of the display, at least one of the feed location information described in the file and the title described in the file, and to display, on the second portion of the display, at least one of the feed location information registered in the external device and the title registered in the external device; and

(e) registering, into the external device, one of feed location information displayed on the first portion of the display and feed location information corresponding to a title specified displayed on the first portion of the display, which is specified by the user via the input device.

9. The computer readable medium according to claim 8, wherein the instructions, when executed, are arranged to cause the processor to further perform a step of (f) reporting an inhibition of specifying feed location information by the user when a number of feed location information registered in the device management unit reaches a registerable maximum number.

10. The computer readable medium according to claim 8, wherein the instructions, when executed, are arranged to cause the processor to further perform a step of (g) determining whether the number of feed location information registered in the external device after the additional registration reaches the registerable maximum number each time the step of (e) registering is executed.

11. The computer readable medium according to claim 8, wherein the instructions, when executed, are arranged to cause the processor to further perform steps of:

(h) analyzing the acquired file;

(i) extracting the feed location information from the information described in the file; and

(j) controlling the display to display at least one of the extracted feed location information and the title corresponding to the extracted feed location information.

12. The computer readable medium according to claim 8, wherein the file that indicates feed location information is OPML file and the instructions, when executed, are arranged to cause the processor to further perform a step of (k) eliminating, before the step of (e) registering, a value of a type attribute and the location information of a website relevant to a feed.

13. The computer readable medium according to claim 8, wherein the instructions, when executed, are arranged to cause the processor to further perform steps of:

(l) transmitting, to the network, one of feed location information specified by the user and feed location information corresponding to a title specified by the user;

(m) checking whether a feed replied from the network is acquirable; and

(n) reporting an inhibition of additionally registering, into the external device, feed location information whose checked feed has not been acquirable.