Patent ID: 7444370
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A device used in connection with a network, said device comprising: a communication unit that communicates with a client via said network based on HTTP; an identification unit that inputs OS information representing an operating system installed in said client to identify a type of said operating system used in said client, said OS information being described in a User-Agent that is an environment variable in a HTTP request sent from said client; a search unit that searches a storage location on said network of device control software, which corresponds to said identified type of said operating system and controls said device, from a database in which specifications of operating systems and storage locations of device control software are recorded in association with each other, said database being stored in a predetermined server connected to said device via said network; and an information unit that informs said client of said searched storage location of said device control software.