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Apparatus and method for maintaining and controlling electronic apparatus provided with communication function

US5950148A · kind A · utility

26Cited by
2References
8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 19, 1996
Grant dateSep 7, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 19, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/321
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention is capable of displaying to an operator a guidance for performing an accurate operation in accordance with a state of a copying machine, and at the same time the invention does not require a huge volume memory and a processor for analyzing data in the portable terminal device with the result that the cost can be reduced and the device of the invention can be reduced in size. The portable terminal device is provided for the display and input reception of the maintenance control data in such a manner the portable terminal device can be connected to the copying machine. The maintenance control data is transmitted and received to and from the host computer and the portable terminal device via the copying machine.

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