Patent ID: 7490139
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An embedded business apparatus including a Web server function, in which the Web server function receives a network protocol request including an IP address by a network protocol daemon and a port number, processes the network protocol request, and responds to the network protocol request by sending a network protocol response, the apparatus comprising: a network controller configured to control receiving the network protocol request and sending the network protocol response; a plurality of Web applications each configured to register a port to use by using a port identification to the network controller; and a program stored in a memory and configured for the network controller to manage each state of ports corresponding to the port identification and a port number, wherein when the network protocol request includes an acquisition request of port information including a port number specifying the port, the network controller makes a predetermined Web application in the plurality of the Web applications to generate Web information displaying the port information, and allowing a user to input a change instruction for changing the port number by processing the acquisition request, and sends the network protocol response including the Web information, and the network controller accesses the program and changes the port number in response to the change instruction of the user, wherein when the Web server function receives the network protocol request including a set request conducted for the change instruction of the port information, which is set by using the network protocol response, the Web server function sets the port information in accordance with the set request.