| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and apparatus for communicating with a device. <P>SOLUTION: A user views a graphical user interface displayed on a client. For example, a graphical user interface may correspond to a web page or a graphical user interface of an operating system. The graphical user interface may display an icon. The display of the icon indicates, to the user, whether a device, associated with the icon, is in an energy-saving mode. The user sets the icon so as to cause the client to issue requests to the device. A request, sent from the client to the device, instructs the device to exit an energy-saving mode. In this way, the user can instruct a device to exit the energy-saving mode (i.e., to "reset") prior to issuing a request for the performance of a service (such as a request to print an electronic document) to the device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |
