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Patent US8020175 - Data processing device for renaming virtual device - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA data processing device including a registering unit, a display unit, a usage frequency recording unit, and a virtual device renaming unit. The registering unit registers a plurality of communicable printers as a plurality of virtual devices. The display unit displays a plurality of virtual device names...http://www.google.com/patents/US8020175?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8020175 - Data processing device for renaming virtual deviceAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8020175 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/668,213Publication dateSep 13, 2011Filing dateJan 29, 2007Priority dateJan 30, 2006Also published asUS20070177202Publication number11668213, 668213, US 8020175 B2, US 8020175B2, US-B2-8020175, US8020175 B2, US8020175B2InventorsYuji MiyataOriginal AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (35), Non-Patent Citations (5), Classifications (13), Legal Events (1) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetData processing device for renaming virtual device
US 8020175 B2Abstract
A data processing device including a registering unit, a display unit, a usage frequency recording unit, and a virtual device renaming unit. The registering unit registers a plurality of communicable printers as a plurality of virtual devices. The display unit displays a plurality of virtual device names for the plurality of virtual devices. The usage frequency recording unit records usage frequencies of the virtual devices. The virtual device renaming unit changes at least one of virtual device names for the plurality of virtual devices to a device name representing the usage frequency of a corresponding virtual device recorded in the usage frequency recording unit.
This application claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-21201 filed Jan. 30, 2006. The entire content of priority application is incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to a data processing device for renaming virtual device and a computer readable medium containing a virtual device renaming program that enables the user to select one of a plurality of virtual devices registered in a data processing device more easily.
In recent years, personal computers and other data processing devices have been used in an environment allowing access to a plurality of printers. For example, a system that has a plurality of data processing devices connected to a plurality of printers via a network may be set up so that each of the data processing devices can access each of the printers. With this system, virtual devices corresponding to the printers are registered in the data processing device so that the user can specify which of the printers is the output destination.
However, even after reducing the number of virtual devices displayed as choices using the technology disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2005-267544, in some cases the number of remaining virtual devices is still large. In such cases, finding the desired virtual device can still be difficult.
As described above, the CPU 10 executes the renaming process to change the device names of virtual devices registered in the personal computer 1 based on their usage frequency. By viewing the modified virtual device names, the user can easily determine the virtual devices that are frequently used, even when numerous virtual devices are listed as choices.
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