Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Medium for Server

• US 20170257441A1
• Filed: 02/28/2017
• Published: 09/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Ohara, Kiyotaka
• Granted Patent: US 10,462,232 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/103 across network layers, e.g. resolution of network layer into physical layer addresses or address resolution protocol [ARP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2514 between local and global IP addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2517 using port numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/256 NAT traversal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5014 using dynamic host configuration protocol [DHCP] or bootstrap protocol [BOOTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5038 for local use, e.g. in LAN or USB networks, or in a controller area network [CAN]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

a server may receive a first registration request from a communication device, receive a second registration request from a terminal device, determine, by using a first IP address included in the first registration request and a second IP address in the second registration request, whether the communication device and the terminal device are belonging to a same local area network, if the communication device and the terminal device are belonging to the same local area network, send a sending request including a connection information and a specific IP address of the communication device to the terminal device, the sending request being for causing the terminal device to send the connection information to the communication device with the specific IP address as a destination, establish a connection between the server and the communication device by using the connection information, and perform a target service by using the connection.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions for a server,

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by a processor of the server, causing the server to execute:

receiving a first registration request from a first relay device for relaying a communication via the Internet between a communication device and the server, the first registration request including a first IP address assigned to the communication device and first identification information for identifying the communication device;

registering target information including the first IP address and the first identification information in a memory in a case where the first registration request is received;

receiving a second registration request from a second relay device for relaying a communication via the Internet between a terminal device different from the communication device and the server after the target information has been registered in the memory, the second registration request including a second IP address assigned to the terminal device and second identification information;

determining whether the second identification information included in the second registration request matches the first identification information included in the target information;

determining, by using the first IP address included in the target information and the second IP address included in the second registration request, whether the communication device and the terminal device are belonging to a same local area network;

in a case where a predetermined condition is true, registering, in association with the target information in the memory, connection information for establishing a connection via the Internet between the server and the communication device, the predetermined condition including a determination that the second identification information matches the first identification information and a determination that the communication device and the terminal device are belonging to the same local area network, wherein in a case where the predetermined condition is not true, the connection information is not registered in the memory;

in the case where the predetermined condition is true, sending a sending request including the connection information and a specific IP address assigned to the communication device to the terminal device, the sending request being for causing the terminal device to send the connection information to the communication device with the specific IP address as a destination, wherein in the case where the predetermined condition is not true, the sending request is not sent to the terminal device;

establishing the connection via the Internet between the server and the communication device by using the connection information; and

performing, by using the connection, a target service which is related to the communication device identified by the first identification information included in the target information.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 1, wherein

in a case where the first identification information is received by the first relay device from the communication device, the first registration request is received from the first relay device.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 1, wherein

the first registration request is received from the first relay device when both conditions of the communication device being connected to the Internet and electrical power being supplied to the communication device are true.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 1, wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the server to further execute:

receiving user information which is related to a user via the Internet from the terminal device; and

registering the received user information in the memory,

wherein the target information is registered in the memory in a state where the user information is not associated with the target information,

the connection information is registered in the memory in a state where the user information is associated with the target information and the connection information, and

the target service is performed by using the user information.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 1, wherein

in a case where the communication device receives the connection information via the terminal device from the server in response to the terminal device sending the connection information with the specific IP address as the destination, a receipt notification including position information for indicating a position of the server is sent from the communication device to the terminal device,

wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the server to further execute:

in a case where a completion notification is received from the terminal device, sending, to the terminal device, completion screen data representing a completion screen which indicates that the communication device has received the connection information, the completion notification being sent from the terminal device to the server by using the position information included in the receipt notification in a case where the terminal device receives the receipt notification.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 1, wherein

the first registration request further includes a first code that has been stored in advance in the communication device without being inputted to the communication device by a user of the communication device,

wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the server to further execute:

in a case where it is determined that the communication device and the terminal device are not belonging to the same local area network, sending, to the terminal device, first instruction screen data representing a first instruction screen for encouraging a user to input a code into the terminal device;

in a case where a second code is inputted by the user into the terminal device in response to sending the first instruction screen data, receiving the second code from the terminal device via the Internet;

determining whether the second code matches the first code in a case where the second code is received;

in a case where it is determined that the second code matches the first code, registering the connection information in association with the target information in the memory, wherein in a case where it is determined that the second code does not match the first code, the connection information is not registered in the memory;

in a case where it is determined that the second code matches the first code, sending, to the terminal device, second instruction screen data representing a second instruction screen for encouraging the user to perform a predetermined operation on the communication device, the predetermined operation being for causing the communication device to send a connection request to the server, wherein in a case where it is determined that the second code does not match the first code, the second instruction screen data is not sent to the terminal device; and

sending the connection information to the communication device in a case where the connection request is received from the communication device.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 6, wherein

the first identification information includes one of numbers, each of the numbers being given serially to a corresponding one of plural devices including the communication device, and

the first code includes one of character strings, each of the character strings being given randomly to a corresponding one of the plural devices.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 6, wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the server to further execute:

in a case where the first registration request is received, determining, by using the first identification information and the first code, whether the first code is a code which has been created from the first identification information,

wherein in a case where it is determined the first code is the code which has been created from the first identification information, the target information is registered, and

in a case where it is determined the first code is not the code which has been created from the first identification information, the target information is not registered.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 1, wherein

the target service includes:

sending, to the communication device, an information request for requesting device related information which is related to the communication device; and

receiving the device related information from the communication device in response to sending the information request.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 1, wherein

the first IP address is a global IP address according to IPv4 assigned to the communication device,

the first registration request further includes the specific IP address which is a private IP address according to IPv4 assigned to the communication device,

the target information further includes the specific IP address, and

the second IP address is a global IP address according to IPv4 assigned to the terminal device.

11. A server comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the server to perform;

receiving a first registration request from a first relay device for relaying a communication via the Internet between a communication device and the server, the first registration request including a first IP address assigned to the communication device and first identification information for identifying the communication device;

registering target information including the first IP address and the first identification information in a memory in a case where the first registration request is received;

receiving a second registration request from a second relay device for relaying a communication via the Internet between a terminal device different from the communication device and the server after the target information has been registered in the memory, the second registration request including a second IP address assigned to the terminal device and second identification information;

determining whether the second identification information included in the second registration request matches the first identification information included in the target information;

determining, by using the first IP address included in the target information and the second IP address included in the second registration request, whether the communication device and the terminal device are belonging to a same local area network;

in a case where a predetermined condition is true, registering, in association with the target information in the memory, connection information for establishing a connection via the Internet between the server and the communication device, the predetermined condition including a determination that the second identification information matches the first identification information and a determination that the communication device and the terminal device are belonging to the same local area network, wherein in a case where the predetermined condition is not true, the connection information is not registered in the memory;

in the case where the predetermined condition is true, sending a sending request including the connection information and a specific IP address assigned to the communication device to the terminal device, the sending request being for causing the terminal device to send the connection information to the communication device with the specific IP address as a destination, wherein in the case where the predetermined condition is not true, the sending request is not sent to the terminal device;

establishing the connection via the Internet between the server and the communication device by using the connection information; and

performing, by using the connection, a target service which is related to the communication device identified by the first identification information included in the target information.

12. A method performed by a server,

the method comprising:

receiving a first registration request from a first relay device for relaying a communication via the Internet between a communication device and the server, the first registration request including a first IP address assigned to the communication device and first identification information for identifying the communication device;

registering target information including the first IP address and the first identification information in a memory in a case where the first registration request is received;

receiving a second registration request from a second relay device for relaying a communication via the Internet between a terminal device different from the communication device and the server after the target information has been registered in the memory, the second registration request including a second IP address assigned to the terminal device and second identification information;

determining whether the second identification information included in the second registration request matches the first identification information included in the target information;

determining, by using the first IP address included in the target information and the second IP address included in the second registration request, whether the communication device and the terminal device are belonging to a same local area network;

in a case where a predetermined condition is true, registering, in association with the target information in the memory, connection information for establishing a connection via the Internet between the server and the communication device, the predetermined condition including a determination that the second identification information matches the first identification information and a determination that the communication device and the terminal device are belonging to the same local area network, wherein in a case where the predetermined condition is not true, the connection information is not registered in the memory;

in the case where the predetermined condition is true, sending a sending request including the connection information and a specific IP address assigned to the communication device to the terminal device, the sending request being for causing the terminal device to send the connection information to the communication device with the specific IP address as a destination, wherein in the case where the predetermined condition is not true, the sending request is not sent to the terminal device;

establishing the connection via the Internet between the server and the communication device by using the connection information; and

performing, by using the connection, a target service which is related to the communication device identified by the first identification information included in the target information.