Patent ID: 7839528
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An information acquiring method applied to a system that includes an information acquiring apparatus and a plurality of apparatuses which are connected to a network, the method comprising: a detection step of detecting addresses of the plurality of apparatuses connected to the network; a forming step of forming a document that includes in a sequential order the addresses detected in the detection step; a first transmission step of transmitting the document from the information acquiring apparatus to a first apparatus of the plurality of apparatuses; a transfer step of sequentially transferring the document from the first apparatus to a next apparatus of the plurality of apparatuses, in accordance with the sequential order of the detected addresses included in the document, wherein each of the plurality of apparatuses appends information of a self-apparatus to the received document; and a second transmission step of transmitting the document from a last apparatus of the plurality of apparatuses, in accordance with the sequential order of the detected addresses included in the document, to the information acquiring apparatus.