1. A terminal apparatus connected to a server apparatus which, when a response setting time has elapsed before completion of designated processing, transmits, according to Comet communication procedures, a blank response to a request for progress information of the designated processing to a terminal apparatus that has designated the processing, and when the processing is completed, transmits a completion response to the terminal apparatus, the terminal apparatus comprising:
a browser, configured to transmit a conversion request to the server apparatus to convert designated document data into print data printable by a printing apparatus, and receive a reception response corresponding to the conversion request from the server apparatus; and
a progress confirmation unit, configured to transmit a progress information request to the server apparatus to inquire progress of conversion processing executed in the server apparatus in accordance with the conversion request for specific document data, and receive a response to the progress information request from the server apparatus,
wherein upon receiving the reception response from the server apparatus, said browser instructs said progress confirmation unit to inquire the progress of the conversion processing for the document data designated by the conversion request as the specific document data, and
when said progress confirmation unit receives a blank response from the server apparatus according to the Comet communication procedures, said progress confirmation unit transmits the progress information request to the server apparatus.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
said browser includes a document designation unit configured to accept designation of document data, and after said browser instructs said progress confirmation unit to inquire the progress of the conversion processing for the document data designated by the conversion request, said document designation unit accepts designation of new document data.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising printing unit, configured to print print data received from the server apparatus,
wherein the server apparatus converts the document data into print data printable by said printing unit in accordance with the conversion request.
4. A server apparatus which communicates with a terminal apparatus, the server apparatus comprising:
a unit, configured to, upon receiving a conversion request from the terminal apparatus to convert designated document data into print data printable by a printing apparatus, transmit a reception response to the terminal apparatus to indicate that the conversion request has been received;
a conversion unit, configured to, upon receiving the conversion request, execute conversion processing to convert the document data into the print data in accordance with the conversion request; and
a unit, configured to, upon receiving a progress information request from the terminal apparatus to inquire progress of conversion processing corresponding to the conversion request, when the conversion processing is completed, transmit converted print data as a response to the terminal apparatus according to Comet communication procedures, and when a response setting time has elapsed before completion of the conversion processing, transmit a blank response to the terminal apparatus.
5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
the terminal apparatus comprises a printing unit, configured to print print data received from the server apparatus, and
said conversion unit converts the document data into print data printable by said printing unit.
6. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
the terminal apparatus and the server apparatus are further connected to a document management server which saves document data, and the terminal apparatus designates document data among the document data saved in the document management server, and
the server apparatus further comprises a unit, configured to acquire the document data designated by the terminal apparatus as the designated document data from the document management server.
7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by a computer which communicates with a terminal apparatus, the program causing the computer to function as
unit configured to, upon receiving a conversion request from the terminal apparatus to convert designated document data into print data printable by a printing apparatus, transmitting a reception response to the terminal apparatus to indicate that the conversion request has been received,
conversion unit configured to, upon receiving the conversion request, executing conversion processing to convert the document data into the print data in accordance with the conversion request, and
unit configured to, upon receiving a progress information request from the terminal apparatus to inquire progress of conversion processing corresponding to the conversion request, when the conversion processing is completed, transmitting converted print data as a response to the terminal apparatus according to Comet communication procedures, and when a response setting time has elapsed before completion of the conversion processing, transmitting a blank response to the terminal apparatus.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a substrate having a plurality of active regions;
a plurality of bit lines extending in a first direction, the plurality of bit lines being separate from the substrate with an insulating layer therebetween;
a plurality of first insulating lines extending in a second direction that is different from the first direction, wherein the plurality of first insulating lines intersect the plurality of bit lines and have upper surfaces having levels which are higher than those of upper surfaces of the plurality of bit lines relative to the substrate; and
a plurality of first contact structures connected to the plurality of active regions, the plurality of first contact structures being disposed in an area defined by the plurality of bit lines and the plurality of first insulating lines.
2. The semiconductor device of claim 1, further comprising:
a plurality of second insulating lines extending in a third direction that is different from the second direction, the plurality of second insulating lines intersecting the plurality of first insulating lines; and
a plurality of second contact structures connected to the plurality of first contact structures, the plurality of second contact structures being disposed in an area isolated by the plurality of first insulating lines and the plurality of second insulating lines,
wherein one of the first contact structures is disposed to be connected to one of the second contact structures corresponding thereto.
3. The semiconductor device of claim 2, wherein the levels of upper surfaces of the plurality of first insulating lines are approximately equal to those of upper surfaces of the plurality of second insulating lines.
4. The semiconductor device of claim 2, wherein an upper surface of each of the plurality of second contact structures is connected to a lower electrode of a capacitor.
5. The semiconductor device of claim 1, further comprising an insulating spacer disposed at a sidewall of each of the plurality of bit lines,
wherein the insulating spacer is formed of a same material as the plurality of first insulating lines.
6. The semiconductor device of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of word lines buried in the substrate,
wherein the plurality of first insulating lines overlap with the plurality of word lines.
7. The semiconductor device of claim 2, wherein the plurality of first contact structures are formed of a same material as the plurality of second contact structures.
8. A semiconductor device comprising:
a substrate having a plurality of active regions;
a plurality of bit lines that intersect the plurality of active regions and extend in a first direction:
a plurality of first insulating lines extending in a second direction that is different from the first direction;
a plurality of first contact structures disposed in an area defined by the plurality of bit lines and the plurality of first insulating lines;
a plurality of second insulating lines extending in a third direction that is different from the second direction; and
a plurality of second contact structures filled in an area defined by the plurality of first insulating lines and the plurality of second insulating lines,
wherein one of the second contact structures is disposed to be connected to one of the first contact structures corresponding thereto.
9. The semiconductor device of claim 8, wherein the plurality of second insulating lines have a periodic structure based on the third direction.
10. The semiconductor device of claim 8, wherein the plurality of second insulating lines each have a wavy structure based on the third direction.
11. The semiconductor device of claim 8, wherein the plurality of first contact structures each have a horizontal cross-sectional area having a first size, and the plurality of second contact structures each have a horizontal cross-sectional area having a second size that is larger than the first size.
12. The semiconductor device of claim 8, wherein at least one selected from a horizontal section of the first contact structures and a horizontal section of the second contact structures has a parallelogram shape.
13. The semiconductor device of claim 8, further comprising:
an insulating pattern that defines a storage node hole for exposing an upper surface of each of the plurality of second contact structures; and
a lower capacitor electrode connected to the upper surface of each of the plurality of second contact structures, the lower capacitor electrode being formed in the storage node hole.
14. The semiconductor device of claim 13, wherein the insulating pattern comprises: a plurality of third insulating lines that contact the first insulating lines and extend in a fourth direction; and a plurality of fourth insulating lines that contact the upper surfaces of the second insulating lines and extend in a fifth direction.
15. The semiconductor device of claim 13, wherein the fourth direction is the same as the second direction, and the fifth direction is the same as the third direction.
16. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a substrate having a plurality of active regions;
a plurality of first insulating lines extending in a first direction;
a plurality of first contact structures connected to the plurality of active regions and being disposed in a first area defined by the plurality of first insulating lines;
a plurality of second insulating lines extending in a second direction different than the first direction and intersecting the plurality of first insulating lines; and
a plurality of second contact structures connected to the plurality of first contact structures and being disposed in a second area defined by the plurality of first insulating lines and the plurality of second insulating lines.
17. The semiconductor device of claim 16, wherein upper surfaces of the first plurality of insulating lines and upper surfaces of the second plurality of insulating lines, opposite the substrate, are approximately planar.
18. The semiconductor device of claim 16, wherein upper surfaces of the plurality of second contact structures are connected to a plurality of capacitor lower electrodes, respectively.
19. The semiconductor device of claim 16, further comprising:
a plurality of word lines in the substrate;
wherein the plurality of first insulating lines overlap with the plurality of word lines.
20. The semiconductor device of claim 16, wherein the plurality of first contact structures and the plurality of second contact structures comprise a same material.