A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a communication program for causing a computer to execute a process for performing a function, the process including: verifying, when detected that a type of a target communication device is changed, setting details which are previously prepared by changing setting of a communication protocol based on the setting details which are previously prepared for the type of the target communication device and communicating with the target communication device; and applying the changed setting of the communication protocol when verified that no communication error is detected during the verification.

A cloud server including a memory, a communication device, and a processor. The memory storing address information of a user terminal device corresponding to a subscriber. The communication device to receive fax data. The processor to, in response to receiving the fax data for the subscriber, control the communication device to notify the user terminal device a fax was received based on the address information of the user terminal device, and in response to receiving a request to output the received fax data, control the communication device to transmit the received fax data to an image forming apparatus designated by the subscriber.

An image forming apparatus includes a short-range wireless communication device to communicate with a portable terminal via short-range wireless communication, a first wireless communication device to communicate with the portable terminal via a direct wireless connection, a second wireless communication device to communicate via a network connected to the image forming apparatus, and a control device. The control device includes an authentication unit that determines whether o a device within short-range wireless communication range has been authenticated. The control device sets up a connection for data communication via the network when the portable terminal has been authenticated and set up the direct wireless connection for data communication when the portable terminal has not been authenticated.

An image forming apparatus includes a short-range wireless communication device to communicate with a portable terminal via short-range wireless communication, a first wireless communication device to communicate with the portable terminal via a direct wireless connection, a second wireless communication device to communicate via a network connected to the image forming apparatus, and a control device. The control device includes an authentication unit that determines whether o a device within short-range wireless communication range has been authenticated. The control device sets up a connection for data communication via the network when the portable terminal has been authenticated and set up the direct wireless connection for data communication when the portable terminal has not been authenticated.

An interactive streaming media and application service provider system can securely stream high resolution, multiple formats of video and data. Different data sets can be included in a single stream. A rights management system controls matrix manipulation and other aspects of user control of the data, including one or more of rendering in various different 2D, 3D, or other media formats, reconstruction and modeling, zooming, frame grab, print frame, parental controls, picture in picture, preventing unauthorized copying, adapting to different data transmission formats, adapting to different resolutions and screen sizes, and actively control functionality contained in embedded data, encryption/decryption. Control can be exerted by an external entity through a user-side virtual machine. Control codes can optionally be embedded in the media, embedded in the user's device, and/or sent separately to the device.

This disclosure relates generally to communicating video content and other data over networks. An example apparatus includes a transmitter for communicating data via a serial link with a receiver. The transmitter includes an input, an output interface to the serial link, and translation circuitry. The input includes multiple input data lanes and a clock lane, and the input is configured to concurrently receive data on the multiple input data lanes aligned with a clock signal received on the clock lane according to a multi-lane communication protocol. The output interface is a clock-less interface and includes a number of output data lanes less than a number of the multiple input data lanes. The translation circuitry translates the data received according to the multi-lane communication protocol to a serial link communication protocol for transmission on the serial link.

An interactive streaming media and application service provider system can securely stream high resolution, multiple formats of video and data. Different data sets can be included in a single stream. A rights management system controls matrix manipulation and other aspects of user control of the data, including one or more of rendering in various different 2D, 3D, or other media formats, reconstruction and modeling, zooming, frame grab, print frame, parental controls, picture in picture, preventing unauthorized copying, adapting to different data transmission formats, adapting to different resolutions and screen sizes, and actively control functionality contained in embedded data, encryption/decryption. Control can be exerted by an external entity through a user-side virtual machine. Control codes can optionally be embedded in the media, embedded in the user's device, and/or sent separately to the device.

A transmitting and receiving system includes a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus includes a first cache memory, and the second information processing apparatus includes a second cache memory. The second information processing apparatus is configured to transmit and receive information to and from the first information processing apparatus. When transmission information to be transmitted from the first information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus is stored in the first cache memory of the first information processing apparatus, the first information processing apparatus transmits partial information that is included in the stored transmission information to the second information processing apparatus or transmits identification information that identifies the transmission information to the second information processing apparatus.

A communication apparatus, comprises a forming unit configured to form a wireless network with another communication apparatus; and a control unit configured to control a start timing of data communication with the other communication apparatus based on role information of the communication apparatus in the wireless network.

An interactive streaming media and application service provider system can securely stream high resolution, multiple formats of video and data. Different data sets can be included in a single stream. A rights management system controls matrix manipulation and other aspects of user control of the data, including one or more of rendering in various different 2D, 3D, or other media formats, reconstruction and modeling, zooming, frame grab, print frame, parental controls, picture in picture, preventing unauthorized copying, adapting to different data transmission formats, adapting to different resolutions and screen sizes, and actively control functionality contained in embedded data, encryption/decryption. Control can be exerted by an external entity through a user-side virtual machine. Control codes can optionally be embedded in the media, embedded in the user's device, and/or sent separately to the device.