Information processing device

• US 8,170,986 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2008
• Issued: 05/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Wakazono, Tomomi
• Primary Examiner(s): Perveen, Rehana
• Assistant Examiner(s): BUI, THUY T
• Application Number:
  US12/010,467
• Publication Number:
  US 20080183729A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,558 Days
• Field of Search: 707/104.1, 707/609, 707/610, 707/611, 707/E17.009, 707/621, 709/219, 709/248
• US Class Current: 707/610
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation

Abstract

An information processing device may be connected with an external memory and may be provided with a contents data storage device, an obtaining device, and an outputting device. The storage device may store an internet address and contents data downloaded therefrom. The obtaining device may obtain an internet address stored in the external memory. The outputting device may output, when the internet address obtained is identical to the internet address stored in the storage device, the contents data combined with the internet address to the external memory. Furthermore, the information processing device may be provided with an obtaining device, an internet communication device, and an outputting device. The obtaining device may obtain an internet address stored in the external memory. The communication device may download contents data from the obtained internet address. The outputting device may output the contents data downloaded by the internet communication device to the external memory.

Claims

1. An information processing device connectable with an external memory, the information processing device comprising:

a processor;

a storage device that stores a plurality of network addresses obtained from one or more external memories; and

memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause at least a portion of the information processing device to function as;

a first obtaining device that obtains a first network address stored in a first external memory;

a network communication device that downloads contents data from the first network address in response to determining that the first network address is not being stored in the storage device, wherein the network communication device does not download the contents data from the first network address in response to determining that the first network address is being stored in the storage device;

a second obtaining device configured to obtain a second network address stored in a second external memory after the network communication device starts to download the contents data from the first network address, wherein the second external memory is different from the first external memory;

an authentication device configured to authenticate the second external memory as an authorized recipient of the contents data by determining whether the second network address is identical to the first network address; and

an outputting device configured to automatically output the downloaded contents data to the second external memory in response to determining that the second network address is identical to the first network address,

wherein, in response to determining that the second network address is not identical to the first network address;

the network communication device further downloads contents data from the second network address, and

the outputting device outputs the contents data which has been downloaded from the second network address to the second external memory.

2. The information processing device as in claim 1, wherein the storage device stores, for each of the plurality of network addresses, an association of a network address and specific information indicating that contents data has been downloaded from the network address,

wherein, when the network communication device determines that the first network address is being stored in the storage device:

the network communication device further determines, by referring to the specific information associated with the first network address, whether contents data has been downloaded from the first network address,

the network communication device downloads the contents data from the first network address in a case where the network communication device determines that the contents data has not been downloaded from the first network address, and

the network communication device does not download the contents data from the first network address when the network communication device determines that the contents data has been downloaded from the first network address.

3. The information processing device as in claim 1, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the at least a portion of the information processing device to function as a data conversion device,

wherein the information processing device further obtains information concerning a data format with which the second external memory is compatible,

wherein the data conversion device is configured to convert a data format of the contents data downloaded from the first network address into the data format with which the second memory is compatible, and

wherein the outputting device outputs the converted contents data to the second memory.

4. The information processing device as in claim 1, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the at least a portion of the information processing device to function as a deletion device,

wherein the storage device stores, for each of the plurality of network addresses, an association of a network address, contents data downloaded from the network address, and a date, and

wherein the deletion device is configured to delete the association including the date when a current date is past the date specified in the association.

5. The information processing device as in claim 4, wherein when the first network address is associated with a first type of date, the storage device stores an association of the first network address, the contents data downloaded from the first network address, and the date associated with the first network address.

6. The information processing device as in claim 5, wherein

the first type of date includes an expiration date of the contents data set in the first external memory.

7. The information processing device as in claim 5, wherein when the first network address is associated with a second type of date, the storage device stores an association of the first network address, the contents data downloaded from the first network address, and date determined by adding a predetermined time period to the date associated with the first network address.

8. The information processing device as in claim 7, wherein the second type of date corresponds to a date on which downloading from the information processing device is to be performed.

9. The information processing device as in claim 4, wherein

when the first network address is not associated with a date, the storage device stores an association of the first network address, the contents data downloaded from the first network address, and a date determined by adding a predetermined time period to the current date.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program for an information processing device connectable to external memory, the computer program including instructions that, when executed, cause the information processing device to perform:

storing a plurality of network addresses in a storage device, the plurality of network addresses obtained from one or more external memories;

obtaining a first network address stored in a first external memory;

downloading contents data from the first network address in response to determining that the first network address is not being stored in the storage device, wherein the downloading is not performed in response to determining that the first network address is being stored in the storage device;

obtaining a second network address stored in a second external memory after beginning downloading of the contents data from the first network address, wherein the second external memory is different from the first external memory;

authenticating the second external memory as an authorized recipient of the contents data by determining whether the second network address obtained after beginning downloading of the contents data is identical to the first network address;

automatically outputting the contents data downloaded from the first network address to the second external memory in response to determining that the second network address is identical to the first network address;

in response to determining that the second network address is not identical to the first network address;

downloading contents data from the second network address; and

outputting the contents data downloaded from the second network address to the second external memory.

11. A method comprising:

storing a plurality of network addresses in a storage device, the plurality of network addresses obtained from one or more external memories;

obtaining a first network address stored in a first external memory;

downloading, by a computing device, contents data from the first network address in response to determining that the first network address is not being stored in the storage device, wherein the downloading is not performed in response to determining that the first network address is being stored in the storage device;

obtaining a second network address stored in a second external memory after beginning downloading of the contents data from the first network address, wherein the second external memory is different from the first external memory;

authenticating, by the computing device, the second external memory as an authorized recipient of the contents data by determining whether the second network address obtained after beginning downloading of the contents data is identical to the first network address;

automatically outputting, by the computing device, the contents data downloaded from the first network address to the second external memory in response to determining that the second network address is identical to the first network address;

in response to determining that the second network address is not identical to the first network address;

downloading contents data from the second network address; and

outputting the contents data downloaded from the second network address to the second external memory.