Patent ID: 8605298
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A terminal equipment that functions as an emulator of an external apparatus, comprising: a display configured to display a screen; and a starting part configured to start, within the terminal equipment, a program, the program including an absorbing function to absorb differences in an execution environment of the program between the external apparatus and the terminal equipment and to accept a request that requests execution of an image forming process of data stored in a memory of the external apparatus, and controlling execution of functions of the external apparatus by sending the request to the external apparatus via an interface of the external apparatus to cause the external apparatus to execute the image forming process of the data stored in the memory of the external apparatus, corresponding to the request, the external apparatus being operated via the screen, the program, which controls the execution of the functions of the external apparatus, being included in the external apparatus.