Output Apparatus, Information Processing Apparatus, and Network System

• US 20100228883A1
• Filed: 02/01/2010
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: TAKAGI, Eiji
• Granted Patent: US 8,285,882 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/4
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00 Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32106 separate from the image data, e.g. in a different computer file
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0039 Connection via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0049 By wire, cable or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0098 User intervention not otherwise provided for, e.g. placing documents, responding to an alarm
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3202 of communication or activity log or report
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3208 of an e-mail or network address
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3278 Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/328 Processing of the additional information

Abstract

An output apparatus includes an IP-address setting unit, a setting change detection unit, and a notification information creation unit. The IP-address setting unit sets an IP address of the output apparatus. The setting change detection unit detects a change in the setting of the IP-address setting unit. The notification information creation unit creates information that will be notified to a device that satisfies predetermined conditions upon detection of the setting change by the setting change detection unit.

Claims

1. An output apparatus comprising:

an IP address setting section that sets an IP address of the output apparatus;

a setting change detecting section that detects a change in setting of the IP address setting section; and

a notification information creating section that creates information that will be notified to a device that satisfies predetermined conditions upon detection of the setting change by the setting change detecting section.

2. The output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the device that satisfies the predetermined conditions is a device that transmitted output data to the output apparatus within a predetermined time period.

3. The output apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising an address memorizing section that memorizes an IP address of the device that transmitted the output data to the output apparatus.

5. The output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the device that satisfies the predetermined conditions is a device that is connected to the same local area network as that of the output apparatus.

6. The output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the device that satisfies the predetermined conditions is a device that is connected to the same sub network as that of the output apparatus.

4. An output apparatus comprising:

an IP address setting section that sets an IP address of the output apparatus;

a setting change detecting section that detects new setting of the IP address setting section when the setting is configured anew; and

a notification information creating section that creates information that will be notified to a device that satisfies predetermined conditions upon detection of the new setting by the setting change detecting section.

7. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an IP address registering section that performs registration processing related to an IP address of an output apparatus;

a receiving section that receives, from the output apparatus, data for notifying the information processing apparatus that the IP address of the output apparatus has been changed; and

a registration information changing section that changes registration information held by the IP address registering section upon reception of the data that notifies the information processing apparatus of the change in the IP address of the output apparatus by the receiving section.

8. A network system comprising:

an output apparatus that includes

an IP address setting section that sets an IP address of the output apparatus,

a setting change detecting section that detects a change in setting of the IP address setting section, and

a notification information creating section that creates information that will be notified to a device that satisfies predetermined conditions upon detection of the setting change by the setting change detecting section; and

an information processing apparatus that includes

an IP address registering section that performs registration processing related to an IP address of an output apparatus,

a receiving section that receives, from the output apparatus, data for notifying the information processing apparatus that the IP address of the output apparatus has been changed, and

a registration information changing section that changes registration information held by the IP address registering section upon reception of the data that notifies the information processing apparatus of the change in the IP address of the output apparatus by the receiving section.