Method for transmitting setting information between at least two of apparatuses

US6559964B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · JP

Inventors

• Takeshi Tsukamoto · Kawasaki, JP
• Seishi Ejiri · Kawasaki, JP
• Soichi Yamamuro · San Jose, US
• Masaya Kondo · Beijing, CN
• Takekazu Kumagai · Yokohama, JP
• Kazuomi Oishi · Yokohama, JP
• Masaru Saruwatari · Kawasaki, JP
• Masaki Toyama · Kawasaki, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 1998
• Grant date: May 6, 2003
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/107
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A data communication apparatus having a connection unit for connecting an information processing terminal, a memory for storing predetermined registration data, a detector for detecting a change in the registration data stored in the memory, and a transfer unit for, if the detector detects a change in the registration data, transferring the changed registration data to change registration data in the information processing terminal connected by the connection unit.