Patent ID: 6744736
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A local area network system, comprising:a plurality of user terminals; a terminal designating system which designates at least one predetermined one of said plurality of user terminals that excludes the terminal designating system; at least one shared equipment which is shared by said plurality of user terminals, said plurality of user terminals and said at least one shared equipment being interconnected through a local area network; an error notifying system that notifies occurrence of an error to said at least one predetermined one of said user terminals when the error occurs in said at least one shared equipment; and an error recovery notifying system that automatically notifies recovery of the error to said at least one predetermined one of said user terminals when the error is recovered after said error notifying system notified the error to said at least one predetermined one of said user terminals; wherein said at least one predetermined one of said user terminals includes: a display; a first display system which displays an error message indicating occurrence of the error on said display; and a second display system which displays an error recovery message indicating recovery of the error on said displays, wherein said error notifying system includes an error message generating system that generates said error message in accordance with a type of an occurred error, and said error message generating system generates said error message by selecting one message from among a plurality of predetermined messages.