Abstract: An external controller predicts and calculates a toner consumption amount of each page before printing by using image data after development. The consumption amount is predicted in consideration of an image process in a printer and a designation of a variable print.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that can operate under the control of an operating system configured to allow changing an enlargement rate in units of job and can generate print data corresponding to a plurality of pages to be printed by a printing apparatus. A setting input unit inputs borderless print settings for performing a borderless printing and bordered print settings for performing a bordered printing applied to a predetermined page. An enlargement designation unit instructs an enlargement rate to the operating system, a decision unit determines whether a page to be processed is the predetermined page, a margin creation unit forms a margin in a peripheral region of the data enlarged by the operating system, and, a print data generation unit generates print data corresponding to a plurality of pages to be printed by the printing apparatus.

Abstract: A transmission system, having a plurality of delivery server side routers which communicate with a plurality of delivery servers for delivering a content; and a client side router which communicates with a client device for receiving the content, is configured to include: a database for storing server load states of the plurality of delivery servers, and respective individual link load states for a plurality of delivery paths between the plurality of delivery server side routers and the client side router; and a path control unit for determining a minimum load state delivery path having a minimum load state among the plurality of delivery paths, based on sums of the server load states and the respective individual link load states stored in the database.

Abstract: An external controller predicts and calculates a toner consumption amount of each page before printing by using image data after development. The consumption amount is predicted in consideration of an image process in a printer and a designation of a variable print.

Abstract: Included are a network information database for storing the statistical information collected from a router, a user request processing unit for accepting and processing a flow forwarding request from a user terminal connected to the network, a route control unit for searching for a route corresponding to the request from the user terminal by referring to the network information database, a load sharing control unit for executing such a load sharing process as to generate router setting information for sharing a transmission load of the network by referring to the network information database, and a router control unit for setting a router based on the route information determined by the route control unit and on the router setting information generated by the load sharing control unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that communicates with a printer and makes print settings of a printer driver, where the information processing apparatus includes an elimination unit configured to eliminate a conflict state occurring between a plurality of print settings set for the printer driver based on a state of at least one parameter associated with the plurality of print settings and a conflict condition which can define two print settings, where the conflict condition is set for the plurality of print settings in advance.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that can operate under the control of an operating system configured to allow changing an enlargement rate in units of job and can generate print data corresponding to a plurality of pages to be printed by a printing apparatus. A setting input unit inputs borderless print settings for performing a borderless printing and bordered print settings for performing a bordered printing applied to a predetermined page. An enlargement designation unit instructs an enlargement rate to the operating system, a decision unit determines whether a page to be processed is the predetermined page, a margin creation unit forms a margin in a peripheral region of the data enlarged by the operating system, and, a print data generation unit generates print data corresponding to a plurality of pages to be printed by the printing apparatus.

Abstract: A policy control device for reflecting a policy rule defined by a condition and an action corresponding to the condition for operation setting of respective network devices present in a network to be managed, according to a transition of operation states of the network, including a storage unit for storing a plurality of multi-policy rules generated in units of combination of at least two single policy rules having different actions on the same condition, together with particular information of a network device to be applied, in such a manner that the plurality of multi-policy rules and the particular information can be updated; and a control unit for applying one of the plurality of multi-policy rules stored in the storage unit for the operation setting of the network device identified, based on the particular information.

Abstract: A transmission system, having a plurality of delivery server side routers which communicate with a plurality of delivery servers for delivering a content; and a client side router which communicates with a client device for receiving the content, is configured to include: a database for storing server load states of the plurality of delivery servers, and respective individual link load states for a plurality of delivery paths between the plurality of delivery server side routers and the client side router; and a path control unit for determining a minimum load state delivery path having a minimum load state among the plurality of delivery paths, based on sums of the server load states and the respective individual link load states stored in the database.

Abstract: A policy rule scenario control apparatus comprises a scenario data storing unit storing one or more scenario data produced by combinations of a plurality of types of policy rules and applying conditions of these policy rules, a monitoring unit monitoring an operating state of a network device, a scenario selecting unit selecting the scenario data having the applying condition suitable to the monitor result, and a scenario implementing unit implementing policy control on the network device on the basis of, in the selected scenario data, the policy rule having the applying condition suitable to the monitor result, and implementing the policy control on the network device on the basis of a result of the implementation and another policy rule having the applying condition suitable to a subsequent monitor result. This enables automatically applying the policy rule validly according to the network state varying at all times.

Abstract: In an IP network system, a providing service control device includes a module for obtaining performance information indicating a state of a traffic congestion from a monitor target network, a module for storing information, as contract data of a contract with a user, showing a service substitutionally providable corresponding to the state of the traffic congestion, and a control module for determining the substitutionally providable service on the basis of the obtained performance information and the contract data, and having the corresponding service provided to a client terminal used by the user. The client terminal includes a module independently obtaining performance information indicating a state of a traffic congestion from the monitor target network, and a module for executing the contract data change request on the basis of the independently obtained performance information.