Adjusting polling interval of client when another client is inputting request to server

• US 8,719,387 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2010
• Issued: 05/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kodama, Junichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Barry, Lance L
• Application Number:
  US12/890,525
• Publication Number:
  US 20110119362A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,320 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/233, 709/221, 710/58, 710/60, 713501-502
• US Class Current: 709/221
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/28 Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols

Abstract

A method for controlling acquisition of an occurred event that occurs in a network system due to the network system executing processing as requested by a request apparatus configured to request execution of the processing via a network, wherein the network system notifies an acquisition apparatus via the network about the occurred event, and wherein the acquisition apparatus is configured to acquire the occurred event, includes determining whether the request apparatus is in process of inputting a request to execute the processing, and setting, if it is determined that the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, a set interval for the acquisition apparatus to acquire the occurred event, wherein the set interval is shorter than an interval that is set if it is determined that the request apparatus is not in process of inputting the request to execute the processing.

Claims

1. A method for controlling acquisition of an occurred event that occurs in a network system due to the network system executing processing as requested by a request apparatus configured to request execution of the processing via a network, wherein the network system notifies an acquisition apparatus via the network about the occurred event, and wherein the acquisition apparatus is configured to acquire the occurred event, the method comprising:

determining whether the request apparatus is in process of inputting a request to execute the processing from start of input until finalization of the input; and

setting, if it is determined that the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, a set interval for the acquisition apparatus to acquire the occurred event by executing processing to determine that the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, wherein the set interval is shorter than an interval that is set if it is determined that the request apparatus is not in process of inputting the request to execute the processing.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining, if a plurality of request apparatuses exists on the network, whether at least one request apparatus of the plurality of request apparatuses is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing; and

setting, if it is determined that at least one request apparatus of the plurality of request apparatuses is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, a set interval for the at least one request apparatus to acquire the occurred event, wherein the set interval is shorter than an interval that is set if it is determined that none of the plurality of request apparatuses are in process of inputting the request to execute the processing.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining, if a plurality of executable processing exists, whether the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing for each executable processing; and

setting, if it is determined that the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing for each executable processing including a first executable processing, a set interval for the acquisition apparatus to acquire the occurred event that occurs due to the execution of the first executable processing, wherein the set interval is shorter than an interval that is set if it is determined that the request apparatus is not in process of inputting the request to execute the processing for each executable processing.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising setting, if it is determined that the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, a polling interval for acquiring the occurred event, wherein the set interval is shorter than an interval that is set if it is determined that the request apparatus is not in process of inputting the request to execute the processing.

5. An acquisition apparatus that acquires an occurred event that occurs due to a processing apparatus executing processing as requested by a request apparatus via a network, the acquisition apparatus comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory;

a determination unit configured to determine whether the request apparatus is in process of inputting a request to execute the processing from start of input until finalization of the input; and

a setting unit configured to set, if it is determined that the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, a set interval to acquire the occurred event by executing processing to determine that the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, wherein the set interval is shorter than an interval that is set if it is determined that the request apparatus is not in process of inputting the request to execute the processing,

wherein at least one of the determination unit and the setting unit is implemented by the processor in the acquisition apparatus.

6. The acquisition apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the determination unit is configured, if a plurality of executable processing exists, to determine whether the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing for each executable processing, and

the setting unit is configured to set, if it is determined that the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing for each executable processing including a first executable processing, a set interval to acquire the occurred event that occurs due to the execution of the first executable processing, wherein the set interval is shorter than an interval that is set if it is determined that the request apparatus is not in process of inputting the request to execute the processing for each executable processing.

7. The acquisition apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the setting unit is configured, if it is determined that the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, to set a polling interval for acquiring the occurred event, wherein the set interval is shorter than an interval that is set if it is determined that the request apparatus is not in process of inputting the request to execute the processing.

8. A processing apparatus that executes processing as requested by a request apparatus configured to request execution of the processing via a network, wherein the processing apparatus notifies an acquisition apparatus via the network of an occurred event that occurs due to execution of the processing, the processing apparatus comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory;

a determination unit configured to determine whether the request apparatus is in process of inputting a request to execute the processing from start of input until finalization of the input; and

an instruction unit configured to instruct, if it is determined that the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, the acquisition apparatus to set a set interval for the acquisition apparatus to acquire the occurred event by executing processing to determine that the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, wherein the set interval is shorter than an interval that is set if it is determined that the request apparatus is not in process of inputting the request to execute the processing,

wherein at least one of the determination unit and the setting unit is implemented by the processor in the processing apparatus.

9. The processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the determination unit is configured to determine, if a plurality of request apparatuses exists on the network, whether at least one request apparatus of the plurality of request apparatuses is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, and

the instruction unit is configured to instruct, if it is determined that at least one request apparatus of the plurality of request apparatuses is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, the acquisition apparatus to set the set interval for the acquisition apparatus to acquire the occurred event, wherein the set interval is shorter than an interval that is set if it is determined that none of the plurality of request apparatuses is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing.

10. The processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the instruction unit is configured to instruct, if it is determined that the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, the acquisition apparatus to set the set interval for the acquisition apparatus to acquire the occurred event, wherein the set interval is shorter than an interval that is set if it is determined that the request apparatus is not in process of inputting the request to execute the processing.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, a program that causes a computer to perform a method to acquire an occurred event that occurs due to a processing apparatus executing processing as requested by a request apparatus, the method comprising:

determining whether the request apparatus is in process of inputting a request to execute the processing from start of input until finalization of the input; and

setting, if it is determined that the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, an interval for requesting acquisition of the occurred event by executing processing to determine that the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, wherein the set interval is shorter than an interval that is set if it is determined that the request apparatus is not in process of inputting the request to execute the processing.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11, further comprising:

determining, if a plurality of executable processing exists, whether the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing for each executable processing; and

setting a set interval for the acquisition apparatus to acquire the occurred event that occurs due to the execution of the processing for which the request apparatus is determined to be in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, wherein the set interval is shorter than an interval that is set if the request apparatus has not been determined to be in process of inputting the request to execute the processing.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, a program that causes a computer to perform a method to execute processing as requested by a request apparatus configured to request execution of the processing via a network, and to notify an acquisition apparatus via the network of an occurred event that occurs due to execution of the processing, the method comprising:

determining whether the request apparatus is in process of inputting a request to execute the processing from start of input until finalization of the input; and

instructing, if it is determined that the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, the acquisition apparatus to set a set interval for the acquisition apparatus to acquire the occurred event by executing processing to determine that the request apparatus is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, wherein the set interval is shorter than an interval that is set if it is determined that the request apparatus is not in process of inputting the request to execute the processing.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13, further comprising:

determining, if a plurality of request apparatuses exists on the network, whether at least one request apparatus of the plurality of request apparatuses is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing; and

instructing, if it is determined that at least one request apparatus of the plurality of request apparatuses is in process of inputting the request to execute the processing, the acquisition apparatus to set the interval for the acquisition apparatus to acquire the occurred event, wherein the set interval is shorter than an interval that is set if it is determined that all the plurality of request apparatuses are not in process of inputting the request to execute the processing.