Abstract: A wireless communication device that performs, during wireless communication using a first channel, multiple cycles of a detection operation to detect a predetermined radio wave in a second channel different from the first channel; and sets the second channel as an available channel when a total time of the multiple cycles of the detection operation amounts to at least a first predetermined time and when the predetermined radio wave is not detected during execution of the detection operation.

Abstract: A signal output apparatus including a light-emitting element, first brightness control circuitry and second brightness control circuitry. The first brightness control circuitry is supplied with a first signal and controls a brightness of the light-emitting element according to the first signal so as to illuminate the light-emitting element at a first brightness when the first signal is ON. The second brightness control circuitry is supplied with a second signal including at least first and second states and controls the light-emitting element to be illuminated at a second brightness different from the first brightness if the second signal assumes the first state when the light-emitting element is illuminated by the first control circuitry at the first brightness according to the first signal.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that performs examination-mode processing to read test data from a first special area included in a first storage device of a plurality of storage devices and write the test data to a second special area included in a second storage device of the plurality of storage devices; and stores an execution result of the examination-mode processing in a result storage area. The execution result including information that identifies the first storage device, information that identifies the second storage device and a characteristic of the transfer of the test data.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a display section, and a touch sensor superposed on the display section, the touch sensor being responsive to touch operation by a user. An estimation unit is also provided and is configured to identify a region on the display section, the region being covered by a part of the user, when the touch sensor detects the touch operation by the user. A display controller is provided that displays information on the display section so as to avoid the region identified by the estimation unit. In addition a computer program product is described.

Abstract: A communication system including a server connected to a first network, a network storage connected to a second network different from the first network and communicates with the server, and a user terminal. The network storage transmits a storage request signal to the server, the server transitions to a standby state in response to the storage request signal and issues setup information including storage identification information identifying the network storage. The network storage receives and outputs the setup information, and the user terminal transmits a user request signal including the storage identification information and terminal identification information based on the setup information. The server then associates the terminal identification information and the storage identification information upon receiving the user request signal.

Abstract: A communication system includes a server device that is provided on a first network and is capable of connecting to a user terminal. A network storage is included that is connected to a second network different from the first network and is capable of connecting to the server device, wherein the network storage transmits a storage request signal to the server device in response to predetermined operation, the server device transitions to a standby state in response to the storage request signal, the user terminal transmits, to the server device, a user request signal including storage identification information to identify the network storage and terminal identification information to identify the user terminal by using setup information uniquely associated with the network storage, and the server device associates the user terminal with the network storage if receiving the user request signal from the user terminal in the standby state.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that detects a failure of one of a plurality of disk drives included within a data array of the information processing apparatus; transmits an inquiry to another information processing apparatus regarding a presence of a spare disk drive having a same capacity as the one of the plurality of disk drives in which a failure is detected; receives, from the another information processing apparatus, information corresponding to a spare disk drive having the same capacity as the one of the plurality of disk drives in which a failure is detected; and mounts the spare disk drive as a substitute for the one of the plurality of disk drives in which the failure is detected.

Abstract: A relay device for relaying a communication packet between a first network and a second network. The relay device stores a first correlation information correlating an Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned to an electronic device in the first network to a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the electronic device. The relay device then determines a MAC address of a forwarding destination of a specific communication packet for enabling a service provided by the electronic device after activation of the electronic device by referring to at least the first correlation information using destination information in the specific communication packet, when the specific communication packet sent from the second network toward the first network is received by the relay device; and transmits an activation request packet to the electronic device using the determined MAC address.

Abstract: An access point AP that is an embodiment of a network device assigns an IP address to a terminal connected to the access point AP itself. The access point AP includes: a distributing unit 118 that distributes the IP address to terminal and has functionality to notify the terminal to transmit all access requests to the network device AP itself; a distribution control unit 120 for switching the functionality of the distributing unit 118 to be operative on the basis of the generation of a predetermined starting event; an accepting unit 112 for accepting any given access request from the terminal; and a notifying unit 114 for notifying the requesting terminal of information for accessing the network device AP when the accepting unit has accepted the request, regardless of the content of the request.

Abstract: A communication equipment, method and storage device cooperate to assist in connecting a storage device between different devices. The equipment includes an interface configured to be electrically connected to information terminal equipment. It also includes a communication mechanism that performs communication with storage equipment that has a region assigned to the communication equipment. It further includes a controller that transmits device class information indicating that the communication equipment is of a mass storage class to information terminal equipment in response to the communication equipment being connected to the information terminal equipment via the interface.

Abstract: In a state where a network relay device 10 receiving packets whose share of TCP packets requiring reliability is high, a flow control function is automatically set to be operative. This configuration enables suppression of overflow of the buffer of a switching engine 121, enabling high-reliability communications. Conversely, in a state where the network relay device 10 receiving packets whose share of UDP packets is high, a flow control function is automatically set to be inoperative. This configuration enables communications with higher real-time responsiveness than when the flow control function is set to be operative. When the flow control function is set to be inoperative, UDP packets are transmitted with priority over TCP packets. Therefore, setting of the flow control function to be inoperative coupled with transmission of UDP packets with priority enables communication with yet higher real-time responsiveness than when the flow control function is set to be inoperative.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a database that stores a condition associated with first information; a memory that stores image data and second information associated with the image data; and a processor that compares the second information to the condition, determines that the second information matches the condition based on the comparison, and associates the first information with the image data based on the determination.

Abstract: A connection server connected to a plurality of relay nodes including a first and a second relay nodes. The connection server includes a management part that manages connection information for a first terminal at service of the first relay node to access a second terminal at service of the second relay node, and logical distance information indicative of logical distances between the plurality of relay nodes; a selection part that selects, based on the logical distance information, a plurality of relay paths over which data held by the second terminal is relayed to the first terminal; and a notification section that notifies the connection information to the relay nodes located on the plurality of relay paths.

Abstract: A portable network communication device includes a plurality of first network interfaces, a communication controller that sends and receives a packet via one of the plurality of first network interfaces, a received signal strength determiner that determines a received signal strength of a signal received from each of the wireless base stations via each of the plurality of first network interfaces, a signal strength change calculator that calculates a value of change representing a magnitude of a change in determined received signal strength per unit time with respect to each of the plurality of first network interfaces, and an interface selector that selects a active network interface that is the first network interface used to send and receive the packet, among the plurality of first network interfaces, based on the calculated value of change.

Abstract: A network communication device including a plurality of first network interfaces connected with different networks; a communication controller that controls sending and receiving packets via one of the plurality of first network interfaces; an interface selector that selects, based on a specified first condition, one of the plurality of first network interfaces as a candidate interface for an active network interface; and a switching determiner that determines approval or disapproval of a change of the active network interface from a previously selected network interface to the candidate interface, based on a specified second condition regarding validity of a logical connection via the previously selected network interface, when one of the plurality of first network interfaces different from the previously selected network interface is newly selected as the candidate interface and the previously selected network interface is the current active network interface.

Abstract: In a network storage system including a network-attachable storage device, a notification server, and a client device are interconnected via a network the storage device comprises: an address acquirer that sends an inquiry about an address of the client device to the notification server and acquires the address; an operation request acquirer that sends an inquiry about an operation request for the storage device to the client device having the acquired address and acquires the operation request; and a request transmitter that sends at least one of a request based on the acquired operation request and data processed in the storage device based on the acquired operation request, to the client device.