Patent ID: 8204963
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An information distribution control apparatus for being built in a device connecting with a network, comprising: a download request storage circuit for storing a download request for downloading information from a server connecting with the network, wherein the information is different from a print job; a decision circuit for determining at a preset timing whether any download request which is to be sent to the server is stored in the download request storage circuit; a transmission request sending circuit for sending a transmission request to another device connecting with the network when the decision circuit determines that the download request is stored in the download request storage circuit, wherein the another device sends a download request which is to be sent to the server and is stored in the another device, to the device in response to the transmission request; a collection circuit for collecting the download request sent from the another device; a transmission circuit for sending, to the server, the download request stored in the download request storage circuit and the download request collected from the another device, wherein the server sends information to the device in response to the download request sent from the device and the information sent from the server is different from a print job; a receiving circuit for receiving the information sent from the server; and a delivery circuit for distributing, to the another device, a portion of the information received from the server, the portion being information based on the download request collected from the another device.