Accessing functions of a multi-function device
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1. A multi-function apparatus configured to provide functionalities to a client terminal connected via a network, said multi-function apparatus comprising:
- a maintenance part configured to maintain module information indicating, for each of the functionalities, one or more modules corresponding to the functionality; and
a module access part configured to determine, based on the module information maintained by the maintenance part, a first module associated with a first functionality, in response to a request, received from the client terminal via the network, for the first functionality, and cause said first module to be retrieved via the network from another device, and to be executed in response to the request from the client terminal via the network, wherein the module access part causes the first module, retrieved via the network from said another device, to be remotely executed by the multi-function apparatus in order to provide the first functionality.
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for accessing functions of a multi-function device.
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1. A multi-function apparatus configured to provide functionalities to a client terminal connected via a network, said multi-function apparatus comprising:
- a maintenance part configured to maintain module information indicating, for each of the functionalities, one or more modules corresponding to the functionality; and
a module access part configured to determine, based on the module information maintained by the maintenance part, a first module associated with a first functionality, in response to a request, received from the client terminal via the network, for the first functionality, and cause said first module to be retrieved via the network from another device, and to be executed in response to the request from the client terminal via the network, wherein the module access part causes the first module, retrieved via the network from said another device, to be remotely executed by the multi-function apparatus in order to provide the first functionality. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- a maintenance part configured to maintain module information indicating, for each of the functionalities, one or more modules corresponding to the functionality; and
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6. The multi-function apparatus of claim wherein the module access part provides a resource locator of the retrieved first module to enable the client terminal to access the first module via the network, and the client terminal utilizes the resource locator to the first module in order to obtain the first functionality.
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12. A method for providing, by a multi-function apparatus, functionalities to a client terminal via a network, said method comprising:
- maintaining module information indicating, for each of the functionalities, one or more modules corresponding to the functionality;
determining, based on the module information, a first module associated with a first functionality, in response to a request, received from the client terminal via the network, for the first functionality; and
retrieving said first module, via the network from another device, and causing the first module to be executed in response to the request from the client terminal via the network, wherein the first module, retrieved via the network from said another device, is remotely executed by the multi-function apparatus in order to provide the first functionality. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
- maintaining module information indicating, for each of the functionalities, one or more modules corresponding to the functionality;
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17. A multi-function apparatus configured to provide functionalities to a client terminal connected via a network, said multi-function apparatus comprising:
- a maintenance part configured to maintain module information indicating, for each of the functionalities, one or more modules corresponding to the functionality; and
a module access part configured to determine, based on the module information maintained by the maintenance part, a first module associated with a first functionality, in response to a request, received from the client terminal via the network, for the first functionality, and instruct a network-connected device having the first module to remotely execute the first module, in order to provide the first functionality, wherein the module access part determines which one of a plurality of multi-function devices connected to the network includes the first module, and the module access part instructs said one of the plurality of multi-function devices to remotely execute the first module, in order to provide the first functionality.
- a maintenance part configured to maintain module information indicating, for each of the functionalities, one or more modules corresponding to the functionality; and
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