COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

• US 20130080499A1
• Filed: 06/29/2012
• Published: 03/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Ishihara, Takeshi, Oyama, Yuichiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,516,111 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4436 Power management, e.g. shutting down unused components of the receiver power management in computer systems G06F1/3203; hibernate or awake process in computer systems G06F9/4418

Abstract

According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a receiving unit, an obtaining unit, and an analyzing unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive first obtaining method information, which is sent by an information processing unit to a network and which indicates a method of obtaining first data from the network. The obtaining unit is configured to, on behalf of the information processing unit, obtain the first data based on the first obtaining method information received by the receiving unit. The analyzing unit is configured to extract, from the first data obtained by the obtaining unit, second obtaining method information that indicates a method of obtaining second data which needs to be obtained along with obtaining the first data. The obtaining unit also obtains the second data based on the second obtaining method information.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive first obtaining method information, which is sent by an information processing unit to a network and which indicates a method of obtaining first data from the network;

an obtaining unit configured to, on behalf of the information processing unit, obtain the first data based on the first obtaining method information received by the receiving unit; and

an analyzing unit configured to extract, from the first data obtained by the obtaining unit, second obtaining method information that indicates a method of obtaining second data which needs to be obtained along with obtaining the first data, wherein

the obtaining unit also obtains the second data based on the second obtaining method information.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a transferring unit configured to transfer the first data and the second data obtained by the obtaining unit to a storage location specified by the information processing unit.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the analyzing unit performs an operation of recursively extracting, by using the second data as the first data.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining unit changes operations of the information processing unit according to a condition specified by the information processing unit along with the first obtaining method information.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a converting unit configured to convert data format of the first data and the second data obtained by the obtaining unit into a different predetermined data format.

6. A communication method comprising:

receiving, by a receiving unit, that includes receiving first obtaining method information, which is sent by an information processing unit to a network and which indicates a method of obtaining first data from the network;

obtaining, by an obtaining unit on behalf of the information processing unit, that includes obtaining the first data based on the first obtaining method information received at the receiving; and

analyzing, by an analyzing unit, that includes extracting, from the first data obtained at the obtaining, second obtaining method information that indicates a method of obtaining second data which needs to be obtained along with obtaining the first data, wherein

the obtaining also includes obtaining the second data based on the second obtaining method information.

7. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium including programmed instructions for a communication method, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform:

receiving first obtaining method information, which is sent by an information processing unit to a network and which indicates a method of obtaining first data from the network;

obtaining, on behalf of the information processing unit, the first data based on the first obtaining method information received at the receiving; and

analyzing that includes extracting, from the first data obtained at the obtaining, second obtaining method information that indicates a method of obtaining second data which needs to be obtained along with obtaining the first data, wherein

the obtaining also includes obtaining the second data based on the second obtaining method information.