Patent ID: 11943327
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A terminal device comprising:
a request transmission portion that receives an instruction of a processing request for an electronic device through a screen used for the instruction of the processing request, the electronic device being connected to a second network, and transmits the processing request according to a first protocol to a device different from the electronic device through the second network;
a display controller that displays, on a display portion, a screen used for controlling the electronic device based on response data from the electronic device as a processing result in response to the electronic device processing the processing request according to the first protocol, the response data being transmitted from the device, wherein the device receives the processing request according to the first protocol, generates data according to a second protocol different from the first protocol, transmits, to either the electronic device or a terminal device that performs communication with the electronic device, the data according to the second protocol through a first network that is different from the second network, the data according to the second protocol including the processing request according to the first protocol, and receives the response data from the electronic device in response to the transmission of the processing request according to the first protocol; and
wherein the terminal device is connected to a first network to communicate with the device and is also connected to the second network.