| US 7,460,256 B2 | ||
| Controlling a peripheral unit by converting an instruction to delete certain information therefrom | ||
| Takashi Ono, Toride (Japan); Yasuyuki Shinada, Abiko (Japan); Tatsuo Kimura, Toride (Japan); Yukio Nohata, Abiko (Japan); and Takashi Imai, Abiko (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on May 23, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/438,432. | ||
| Application 11/438432 is a division of application No. 09/585607, filed on Jun. 02, 2000, granted, now 7,110,125. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 1999-180005 (JP), filed on Jun. 25, 1999; and application No. 2000-53421 (JP), filed on Feb. 29, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0103709 A1, May 10, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 358—1.13 [358/474] | 6 Claims |
| 5. A controlling method of a data processing apparatus having a first connector which connects an information processing apparatus
having a peripheral apparatus driver for controlling a predetermined peripheral apparatus and an application for performing
a process different from the peripheral apparatus driver and a second connector which connects a peripheral apparatus to be
controlled by the peripheral apparatus driver, the controlling method comprising the steps of:
accepting an instruction sent from the information processing apparatus through the first connector;
deleting data generated by the application from the instruction, accepted in the accepting step, including data generated
by the peripheral apparatus driver and data generated by the application; and
causing the peripheral apparatus connected through the second connector to operate in accordance with the instruction processed
by performance of the deleting step.
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