Abstract: A washing and drying machine includes a water tank, a rotary drum, an irradiating light source and control means. The rotary drum is rotatably supported in the water tank. The irradiating light source is for emitting a light beam including ultra-violet ray to the inside of the rotary drum. The control means controls the irradiating light source such that the light beam including the ultra-violet ray is emitted to the inside of the rotary drum after the end of the drying process.

Abstract: According to a first network facsimile machine 11 among network facsimile machines of the present invention, for example, a main control section 17 makes a domain determination whether an electronic mail having been transmitted is from a domain of an important other party by referring to a domain management table in a domain registration section 35 as appropriate. When a determination that the electronic mail having been transmitted is from a domain of an important other party is made, as a result of the domain determination, the main control section 17 serves so as to raise a priority level of a job associated with the electronic mail. Therefore, a job related to the domain registered as the important other party is processed with priority through properly managing a priority level of a job on a network. As a result, a latency time until a job related to electronic mail having been transmitted from an important other party is started can be reduced as short as possible.

Abstract: A communication device 1 that communicates with other devices connected to a communication network includes an operation unit 12b, a memory 14, a determination unit 15a, and a display unit 12a. The operation unit 12b receives the input of an IP address from the exterior. The memory 14 stores a private address assigned to another device on the intranet 6. The determination unit 15a determines whether or not the IP address received by the operation unit 12b agrees with the private addresses that are stored. The display unit 12a displays that the IP address received by the operation unit 12b does not agree with the private addresses when determined by the determination unit 15a.

Abstract: A game progress administering system is provided with a participation receiving section 361a for receiving the participation in a competition game from client terminal units, a combination generating means 361b for fitting the participating terminal units in combinations of a competition game tournament, a competition starting section 361c for allotting one game space to one combination and instructing the start of the competition games in each round, and a competition ending section 361d for instructing the end of the competitions in each round in accordance with a time limit for each round up to the semifinal round and determining winning participating terminal units in accordance with the dominance in the progress statuses of the competition games.

Abstract: A central server 3 (CPU 361, RAM 362) is provided with a player information storage 362a for storing player identification information in correspondence with shop identification information of belonging shops, a terminal storage 362b for storing terminal identification information in correspondence with the shop identification information, a shop information storage 362c for storing the shop identification information in correspondence with area identification information, a result tabulating section 361c for tabulating results of players for each belonging shop to determine a within-shop ranking, a shop judging section 361d for judging whether or not a shop where a client terminal unit 1 being played is installed is a belonging shop, a restricting condition judging section 361e for judging whether or not to satisfy a restricting condition that is a condition for transmitting guidance information to the client terminal units 1, and a guidance transmitting section 361f for transmitting the guidance information

Abstract: A washing and drying machine includes a water tank, a rotary drum, an irradiating light source and control means. The rotary drum is rotatably supported in the water tank. The irradiating light source is for emitting a light beam including ultra-violet ray to the inside of the rotary drum. The control means controls the irradiating light source such that the light beam including the ultra-violet ray is emitted to the inside of the rotary drum after the end of the drying process.

Abstract: A CPU includes a distance calculation section which calculates a distance by which an automobile moves along a course in a game space; a gas-mileage calculation section which calculates a gas mileage of the automobile; a charged-money calculation section which calculates a fuel quantity which is virtually consumed by dividing the gas mileage into the movement distance and calculates a charged sum of money using this fuel quantity.