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Media processing apparatus and controlling method thereof

  • US 9,992,541 B2
  • Filed: 07/14/2015
  • Issued: 06/05/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A media processing apparatus, comprising:

  • an interface configured to connect to a plurality of terminal devices resulting in a plurality of connected terminal devices;

    a controller configured to receive access attempts from the plurality of the connected terminal devices, select one of the plurality of the connected terminal devices to control the media processing apparatus based on the access attempts received from the plurality of the connected terminal devices and receive a control signal from the selected terminal device through the interface; and

    a processor configured to perform an operation corresponding to the control signal received through the interface,wherein the access attempts from each of the plurality of the connected terminal devices comprises requests to control the media processing apparatus,wherein, in response to the controller determining that a first connected terminal device is being disconnected, the controller selects a second connected terminal device from among the plurality of the connected terminal devices according to an order in which the access attempts are received in the media processing apparatus, and receives the control signal to control the media processing apparatus from the second terminal device and generates a first alarm message to be transmitted to the second connected terminal device to inform the second connected terminal device of the control right and a second alarm message to at least one other terminal device from among the plurality of the connected terminal devices to inform that the second connected terminal device has the control rights, andwherein the media processing apparatus receives a first control signal, which is an access attempt from among the access attempts, from the first connected terminal, and subsequently, receives a second control signal, which is the access attempt from among the access attempts, from the second connected terminal.

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