Patent ID: 8028244

Claim:
A status processor communicable with a host device via a network and with a storage media, the processor comprising: a media connecting unit that is configured to connect to the storage media; a status-reflecting filename setting unit that sets a status-reflecting filename of a file corresponding to a status of the storage media; a server unit that transmits data indicating an existence of the file having the status-reflecting filename to the host device; and a storing portion which stores directory data indicating a prescribed directory, the prescribed directory being treated to include the file having the status-reflecting filename, the server unit transmits the data indicating the existence of the file to the host device, the file having the status-reflecting filename, if the host device requests a content of the prescribed directory, and wherein the status-reflecting filename setting unit sets the status-reflecting filename without storing the file having the status-reflecting filename in the storage media, wherein an FTP is used for communication between the server unit and the host unit and displaying the data on a displaying unit of the host device.