PERIPHERAL DEVICE, PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAMS, SENDING DEVICE FOR SENDING PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAMS, AND PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM PRODUCT
US6775729B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 24, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/32545
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A peripheral device is connected to an information processing device, and in the event that an interruption job is input from the information processing device while the peripheral device is processing a job by executing one of multiple device control programs holding the functions of multiple devices engines of the peripheral device and managing jobs with the device engines, another device control program different from the device control program being executed is selected and the interruption job is executed. Accordingly, a user-friendly multifunctional peripheral device can be provided.
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