Author: claimsbot

1. A method for accessing features of a hardware adapter, comprising:
reading, using a data processing system, a first key from a hardware adapter;
attempting to decrypt, using the data processing system, the first key with a second key;
in response to the second key successfully decrypting the first key, reading, using the data processing system, encrypted code from the hardware adapter;
in response to the second key successfully decrypting the first key, decrypting, using the data processing system, the encrypted code with the decrypted first key to generate unencrypted code;
in response to the second key successfully decrypting the first key, over-writing, using the data processing system, the unencrypted code over a default code in an executable flash sector of the hardware adapter, wherein the unencrypted code facilitates access to at least one feature of the hardware adapter that is customer specific; and
in response to the second key not successfully decrypting the first key, refraining from over-writing the default code in the executable flash sector of the hardware adapter, wherein the default code facilitates access to one or more features that are not customer specific.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first key is an encrypted symmetric key that is encrypted with a vendor specific private key and the second key is a customer specific public key, and wherein the vendor specific private key and the customer specific public key form a key pair that is unique for a given customer.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one feature of the hardware adapter that is customer specific is a set of customer specific features.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one feature of the hardware adapter that is customer specific is a single customer specific feature.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first key includes multiple first keys each of which corresponds to a different set of customer specific features.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first key includes multiple first keys each of which corresponds to a different customer specific feature.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one feature is selected from the following features: virtual switch; port mirror; port sniffer; port replication; port pass-through; port intrusion prevention and detection; deep packet analysis; link aggregation control protocol hardware negotiation; a number of available virtual functions; enhanced security access control lists; and active port profile migration.
8. A computer program product for accessing features of a hardware adapter, the computer program product comprising:
a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied thereon, wherein the computer-readable program code, when executed by a processor, configures the processor for:
reading a first key from a hardware adapter;
attempting to decrypt the first key with a second key;
in response to the second key successfully decrypting the first key, reading encrypted code from the hardware adapter;
in response to the second key successfully decrypting the first key, decrypting the encrypted code with the decrypted first key to generate unencrypted code;
in response to the second key successfully decrypting the first key, over-writing the unencrypted code over a default code in an executable flash sector of the hardware adapter, wherein the unencrypted code facilitates access to at least one feature of the hardware adapter that is customer specific; and
in response to the second key not successfully decrypting the first key, refraining from over-writing the default code in the executable flash sector of the hardware adapter, wherein the default code facilitates access to one or more features that are not customer specific.
9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the first key is an encrypted symmetric key that is encrypted with a vendor specific private key and the second key is a customer specific public key, and wherein the vendor specific private key and the customer specific public key form a key pair that is unique for a given customer.
10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the at least one feature of the hardware adapter that is customer specific is a set of customer specific features.
11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the at least one feature of the hardware adapter that is customer specific is a single customer specific feature.
12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the first key includes multiple first keys each of which corresponds to a different set of customer specific features.
13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the first key includes multiple first keys each of which corresponds to a different customer specific feature.
14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the at least one feature is selected from the following features: virtual switch; port mirror, port sniffer, and port replication; port pass-through, and port intrusion prevention and detection; deep packet analysis; link aggregation control protocol (LACP) hardware negotiation; a number of available virtual functions (VFs); enhanced security access control lists (ACLs); and active port profile migration.
15. A data processing system, comprising:
a memory for storing code; and
a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured for:
reading a first key from a hardware adapter;
attempting to decrypt the first key with a second key;
in response to the second key successfully decrypting the first key, reading encrypted code from the hardware adapter;
in response to the second key successfully decrypting the first key, decrypting the encrypted code with the decrypted first key to generate unencrypted code;
in response to the second key successfully decrypting the first key, over-writing the unencrypted code over a default code in an executable flash sector of the hardware adapter, wherein the unencrypted code facilitates access to at least one feature of the hardware adapter that is customer specific; and
in response to the second key not successfully decrypting the first key, refraining from over-writing the default code in the executable flash sector of the hardware adapter, wherein the default code facilitates access to one or more features that are not customer specific.
16. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the first key is an encrypted symmetric key that is encrypted with a vendor specific private key and the second key is a customer specific public key, and wherein the vendor specific private key and the customer specific public key form a key pair that is unique for a given customer.
17. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the at least one feature of the hardware adapter that is customer specific is a set of customer specific features.
18. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the at least one feature of the hardware adapter that is customer specific is a single customer specific feature.
19. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the first key includes multiple first keys each of which corresponds to a different set of customer specific features.
20. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the first key includes multiple first keys each of which corresponds to a different customer specific feature.
21. A method for accessing features of a hardware adapter, comprising:
reading, using a data processing system, a first key from a hardware adapter;
attempting to decrypt, using the data processing system, the first key with a second key;
in response to the second key successfully decrypting the first key, transmitting, using the data processing system, a feature enablement command and the decrypted first key to the hardware adapter to facilitate enablement of at least one feature of the hardware adapter that is customer specific.
22. The method of claim 21, wherein the first key is an encrypted symmetric key that is encrypted with a vendor specific private key and the second key is a customer specific public key, and wherein the vendor specific private key and the customer specific public key form a key pair that is unique for a given customer.
23. The method of claim 21, wherein the at least one feature of the hardware adapter that is customer specific is a set of customer specific features.
24. The method of claim 21, wherein the at least one feature of the hardware adapter that is customer specific is a single customer specific feature.
25. The method of claim 21, wherein the at least one feature is selected from the following features: virtual switch; port mirror; port sniffer; port replication; port pass-through; port intrusion prevention and detection; deep packet analysis; link aggregation control protocol hardware negotiation; a number of available virtual functions; enhanced security access control lists; and active port profile migration.

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 compound of the general formula
wherein
is DPro-LPro or LPro-DPro and Z is a chain of 14 alpha-amino acid residues, the positions of said amino acid residues in the chain being counted starting from the N-terminal amino acid, whereby a N terminus of P1 is attached a C-terminus of said template, and a C-terminus of P14 is attached to a N terminus of said template, whereby these amino acid residues in positions 1 to 14 are:
P1: Tyr;
P2: Arg;
P3: Cit;
P4: Cys;
P5: Arg;
P6: Gly;
P7: DPro;
P8: Arg;
P9: Arg;
P10: Trp;
P11: Cys;
P12: Tyr;
P13: Cit; and
P14: Lys(Ds1)

or
P1: Tyr;
P2: Arg;
P3: Cit;
P4: Cys;
P5: Arg;
P6: Gly;
P7: Pro;
P8: Dpr(Dsl);
P9: Arg;
P10: Trp;
P11: Cys;
P12: Tyr;
P13: Cit; and
P14: Lys;

or
P1: Lys(FHS);
P2: Arg;
P3: Cit;
P4: Cys;
P5: Arg;
P6: Gly;
P7: DPro;
P8: Arg;
P9: Arg;
P10: Trp;
P11: Cys;
P12: Tyr;
P13: Cit; and
P14: Gln;

or
P1: Tyr;
P2: Arg;
P3: Lys(FHS);
P4: Cys;
P5: Arg;
P6: Gly;
P7: DPro;
P8: Arg;
P9: Arg;
P10: Trp;
P11: Cys;
P12: Tyr;
P13: Cit; and
P14: Gln;

or
P1: Tyr;
P2: Arg;
P3: Thr;
P4: Cys;
P5: Arg;
P6: Gly;
P7: DPro;
P8: Arg;
P9: Arg;
P10: 2-Nal;
P11: Cys;
P12: Tyr;
P13: Cit; and
P14: Lys(FHS);

or
P1: Tyr;
P2: Arg;
P3: Thr;
P4: Cys;
P5: Arg;
P6: Gly;
P7: DPro;
P8: Arg;
P9: Arg;
P10: 2-Nal;
P11: Cys;
P12: Tyr;
P13: Cit; and
P14: Lys(FITC);

or
P1: Tyr;
P2: Arg;
P3: Cit;
P4: Cys;
P5: Arg;
P6: Gly;
P7: DPro;
P8: Arg;
P9: Arg;
P10: Trp;
P11: Cys;
P12: Tyr;
P13: Lys(FHS); and
P14: Gln;

or
P1: Tyr;
P2: Lys(FHS);
P3: Cit;
P4: Cys;
P5: Arg;
P6: Gly;
P7: DPro;
P8: Arg;
P9: Arg;
P10: Trp;
P11: Cys;
P12: Tyr;
P13: Cit; and
P14: Gln;

or
P1: Tyr;
P2: Arg;
P3: Thr;
P4: Cys;
P5: Arg;
P6: Gly;
P7: Pro;
P8: Arg;
P9: Arg;
P10: 2-Nal;
P11: Cys;
P12: Tyr;
P13: Cit; and
P14: Lys(ALX);

or
P1: His;
P2: His;
P3: Gln;
P4: Cys;
PS: Ser;
P6: Ala;
P7: DPro;
P8: Phe;
P9: Arg;
P10: Tyr;
P11: Cys;
P12: Tyr;
P13: Gln; and
P14: Lys(FITC);

or
P1: Leu;
P2: His;
P3: Thr;
P4: Cys;
P5: Arg;
P6: Ala;
P7: DPro;
P8: Arg;
P9: Arg;
P10: Tyr;
P11: Cys;
P12: Tyr;
P13: Gln; and
P14: Lys(FITC);

or
P1: His;
P2: His;
P3: Tyr;
P4: Cys;
P5: Arg;
P6: Ala;
P7: DPro;
P8: Phe;
P9: Arg;
P10: Phe;
P11: Cys;
P12: Tyr;
P13: Gln; and
P14: Lys(FITC);

or
P1: Ser;
P2: His;
P3: Tyr;
P4: Cys;
P5: Arg;
P6: Ala;
P7: DPro;
P8: Phe;
P9: Arg;
P10: Phe;
P11: Cys;
P12: Tyr;
P13: Gln; and
P14: Lys(FITC);

or
P1: Tyr;
P2: Arg;
P3: Thr;
P4: Cys;
P5: Arg;
P6: Gly;
P7: DPro;
P8: Arg;
P9: Arg;
P10: Tyr;
P11: Cys;
P12: Tyr;
P13: Gln; and
P14: Lys(FITC);

or
P1: Tyr;
P2: Arg;
P3: Thr;
P4: Cys;
PS: Arg;
P6: Ala;
P7: DPro;
P8: Arg;
P9: Arg;
P10: Tyr;
P11: Cys;
P12: Tyr;
P13: Gln; and
P14: Lys(FITC);

or
P1: Tyr;
P2: Arg;
P3: Tyr;
P4: Cys;
P5: Arg;
P6: Ala;
P7: DPro;
P8: Phe;
P9: Arg;
P10: Phe;
P11: Cys;
P12: Tyr;
P13: Gln; and
P14: Lys(FITC);

or
P1: Tyr;
P2: His;
P3: Tyr;
P4: Cys;
PS: Ser;
P6: Ala;
P7: DPro;
P8: Phe;
P9: Arg;
P10: Tyr;
P11: Cys;
P12: Tyr;
P13: Gln; and
P14: Lys(FITC);
with said Lys(Dsl) standing for L-N\u03b5-Dansyl-lysine, Dpr(Dsl) standing for L-N\u03c3-Dansyl-2,3-Diaminopropionic acid; Lys(FHS) standing for L-N\u03b5-Fluorescin-5(6)-carboxamidocaproic-lysin; Lys(FITC) standing for L-N\u03b5-Fluorescin-isomer I-lysine; and Lys(Alx) standing for L-N\u03b5-Alexa Fluor 647-lysine;
with the proviso that Cys at P4 and P11 can form a disulfide bridge; and
with the further proviso that the molecule contains at least one Lys(Dsl) andor Lys(FHS) andor Lys(FITC), andor Lys(Alx) andor Dpr(Dsl) moiety;
and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
2. Enantiomers of the compound of formula I as defined in claim 1.
3. The compound according to claim 1 for use as therapeutically active substance andor for diagnostic purpose.
4. The compound according to claim 3 wherein said use is as having CXCR4 antagonizing activity andor anticancer activity andor for diagnostic purposes as imaging agents.
5. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according to claim 1 and a pharmaceutically inert carrier.
6. The composition according to claim 5 in a form suitable for oral, topical, transdermal, injection, buccal, transmucosal, pulmonary or inhalation administration.
7. The composition according to claim 5 in form of tablets, dragees, capsules, solutions, liquids, gels, plaster, creams, ointments, syrup, slurries, suspensions, spray, nebuliser or suppositories.
8. A diagnostic kit for labelling tumor tissues or cells, containing an effective amount of a compound according to claim 1.
9. A process for the manufacture of a compound according to claim 1 which process comprises
(a) coupling an appropriately functionalized solid support with an appropriately N-protected derivative of that amino acid which in the desired end-product is in position 6, 7 or 8, any functional group which may be present in said N-protected amino acid derivative being likewise appropriately protected;
(b) removing the N-protecting group from the product thus obtained;
(c) coupling the product thus obtained with an appropriately N-protected derivative of that amino acid which in the desired end-product is one position nearer the N-terminal amino acid residue, any functional group which may be present in said N-protected amino acid derivative being likewise appropriately protected;
(d) removing the N-protecting group from the product thus obtained;
(e) repeating steps (c) and (d) until the N-terminal amino acid residue has been introduced;
(f) coupling the product thus obtained with a compound of the general formula
wherein
is as defined in claim 1 and X is an N-protecting group,
(fa) coupling the product obtained in step (e) with an appropriately N-protected derivative of LPro or DPro;
(fb) removing the N-protecting group from the product thus obtained; and
(fc) coupling the product thus obtained with an appropriately N-protected derivative of DPro and, respectively, LPro;

(g) removing the N-protecting group from the product obtained in step (f) or (fc);
(h) coupling the product thus obtained with an appropriately N-protected derivative of that amino acid which in the desired end-product is in position 14, any functional group which may be present in said N-protected amino acid derivative being likewise appropriately protected;
(i) removing the N-protecting group from the product thus obtained;
(j) coupling the product thus obtained with an appropriately N-protected derivative of that amino acid which in the desired end-product is one position farther away from position 14, any functional group which may be present in said N-protected amino acid derivative being likewise appropriately protected;
(k) removing the N-protecting group from the product thus obtained;
(l) repeating steps (j) and (k) until all amino acid residues have been introduced;
(m) if desired, selectively deprotecting one or several protected functional group(s) present in the molecule and appropriately substituting the reactive group(s) thus liberated, if required by attaching one or several residues of a Dye;
(n) if desired, forming an interstrand linkages between the side-chains of Cys residues at positions P4 and P11;
(o) detaching the product thus obtained from the solid support;
(p) cyclizing the product cleaved from the solid support;
(q) removing any protecting groups present on functional groups of any members of the chain of amino acid residues and, if desired, any protecting group(s) which may in addition be present in the molecule; and
(r) if required, attaching one or several residues of a Dye; and
(s) if desired, converting the product thus obtained into a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or converting a pharmaceutically acceptable, or unacceptable, salt thus obtained into the corresponding free compound of formula I or into a different, pharmaceutically acceptable, salt.
10. A process for the manufacture of a compound according to claim 1 which process comprises
(a\u2032) coupling an appropriately functionalized solid support with a compound of the general formula
wherein
is as defined in claim 1 and X is an N-protecting group,
(a\u2032a) coupling said appropriately functionalized solid support with an appropriately N-protected derivative of LPro or DPro;
(a\u2032b) removing the N-protecting group from the product thus obtained; and
(a\u2032c) coupling the product thus obtained with an appropriately N-protected derivative of DPro and, respectively, LPro;

(b\u2032) removing the N-protecting group from the product obtained in step (a\u2032), or (a\u2032c);
(c\u2032) coupling the product thus obtained with an appropriately N-protected derivative of that amino acid which in the desired end-product is in position 14, any functional group which may be present in said N-protected amino acid derivative being likewise appropriately protected;
(d\u2032) removing the N-protecting group from the product thus obtained;
(e\u2032) coupling the product thus obtained with an appropriately N-protected derivative of that amino acid which in the desired end-product is one position farther away, or from position 14, any functional group which may be present in said N-protected amino acid derivative being likewise appropriately protected;
(f) removing the N-protecting group from the product thus obtained;
(g\u2032) repeating steps (e\u2032) and (f) until all amino acid residues have been introduced;
(h\u2032) if desired, selectively deprotecting one or several protected functional group(s) present in the molecule and appropriately substituting the reactive group(s) thus liberated, if required by attaching one or several residues of a Dye;
(i\u2032) if desired, forming an interstrand linkages between the side-chains of Cys residues at opposite positions of the \u03b2-strand region;
(j\u2032) detaching the product thus obtained from the solid support;
(k\u2032) cyclizing the product cleaved from the solid support;
(l\u2032) removing any protecting groups present on functional groups of any members of the chain of amino acid residues and, if desired, any protecting group(s) which may in addition be present in the molecule;
(m\u2032) if required, attaching one or several residues of a Dye; and
(n\u2032) if desired, converting the product thus obtained into a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or converting a pharmaceutically acceptable, or unacceptable, salt thus obtained into the corresponding free compound of formula I or into a different, pharmaceutically acceptable, salt.
11. The process according to claim 9 wherein the process is modified for the manufacture of enantiomers of the compounds in which enantiomers of all chiral starting materials are used.

1.-23. (canceled)
24. A method comprising:
creating, using a server computer, a plurality of derived account identifiers, wherein each derived account identifier is derived from a permanent account identifier associated with a consumer, wherein the plurality of derived account identifiers includes a first derived account identifier usable with a first payment mechanism, the first payment mechanism comprising a physical device, wherein the plurality of derived account identifiers further includes a second derived account identifier usable with a second payment mechanism, further wherein the first derived account identifier is not usable with the second payment mechanism and the second derived account identifier is not usable with the first payment mechanism; and
providing the plurality of derived account identifiers to the consumer.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein the plurality of payment mechanisms comprises a communication channel using a portable consumer device, a communication channel using a POS terminal, and a communication channel using a computer connected to the Internet.
26. The method of claim 24, wherein the permanent account identifier is not directly used to conduct transactions.
27. The method of claim 24, wherein the permanent account identifier and the derived account identifiers are in the form of different account numbers.
28. The method of claim 24, further comprising providing replacement derived account identifiers if an account identifier in the plurality of derived account identifiers has expired or has been comprised.
29. The method of claim 24, wherein the permanent account identifier comprises a base account identifier, and each derived account identifier comprises manipulating the base account identifier.
30. The method of claim 24, wherein the derived account identifiers in the plurality of account identifiers are manipulated using different methods for each different payment mechanism.
31. The method of claim 24, wherein if one of the derived account identifiers in the plurality of derived account identifiers is used fraudulently, any other derived account identifiers are not comprised.
32. A server computer comprising a processor and a computer readable medium comprising code executable by the processor to implement a method, the method comprising:
creating a plurality of derived account identifiers, wherein each derived account identifier is derived from a permanent account identifier associated with a consumer, wherein the plurality of derived account identifiers includes a first derived account identifier usable with a first payment mechanism, the first payment mechanism comprising a physical device, wherein the plurality of derived account identifiers further includes a second derived account identifier usable with a second payment mechanism, further wherein the first derived account identifier is not usable with the second payment mechanism and the second derived account identifier is not usable with the first payment mechanism; and
providing the plurality of derived account identifiers to the consumer.
33. A method comprising:
using a first derived account identifier usable with a first payment mechanism in a first transaction, the first payment mechanism; and
using a second derived account identifier usable with a second payment mechanism in a second transaction, wherein the first derived account identifier is not usable with the second payment mechanism and the second derived account identifier is not usable with the first payment mechanism, and further wherein the first and second derived account identifiers are derived from a permanent account identifier associated with a consumer.
34. The method of claim 33, wherein the first and second derived account identifiers include different account numbers.
35. The method of claim 33, wherein the first and second transactions are purchase transactions.
36. The method of claim 33, wherein the plurality of payment mechanisms comprises a communication channel using a portable consumer device, a communication channel using a POS terminal, and a communication channel using a computer connected to the Internet.
37. The method of claim 33, wherein the permanent account identifier is not directly used to conduct transactions.
38. A method comprising:
receiving an authorization request message comprising a derived account identifier, wherein the derived account identifier is usable with a payment mechanism, the payment mechanism comprising a physical device, further wherein the derived account identifier is associated with a permanent account identifier;
determining the permanent account identifier associated with the derived account identifier; and
forwarding the authorization request message to an issuer using the permanent account identifier.
39. The method of claim 38, wherein the authorization request message is a first authorization request message and the derived account identifier is a first derived account identifier usable with a first payment mechanism, and the method further comprising:
receiving a second authorization request message comprising a second derived account identifier usable with a second payment mechanism, wherein the second derived account identifier is associated with the permanent account identifier, further wherein the first derived account identifier is not usable with the second payment mechanism and the second derived account identifier is not usable with the first payment mechanism; and
forwarding the second authorization request message to the issuer using the permanent account identifier associated with the first and the second derived account identifiers.
40. The method of claim 38, further comprising:
receiving an authorization response message from the issuer;
converting the permanent account identifier back to the derived account identifier; and
forwarding the authorization response message to a consumer associated with the permanent account identifier.
41. A server computer comprising a processor, and a computer readable medium comprising code executable by the processor to implement a method, the method comprising:
receiving an authorization request message comprising a derived account identifier, wherein the derived account identifier is usable with a payment mechanism, the payment mechanism comprising a physical device, and wherein the derived account identifier is associated with a permanent account identifier;
determining the permanent account identifier associated with the derived account identifier; and
forwarding the authorization request message to an issuer using the permanent account identifier.

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 printer for use with an external apparatus, the printer having a web server function, the printer comprising:
a processor; and
a memory configured to store one or more computer readable instructions,
wherein the memory includes a command file storage configured to store a command file including:
a first command for causing the external apparatus to display a web page including a first portion in which first data is located and a second portion in which second data is located,
a second command for causing the external apparatus to send a request for third data to the printer, and
a third command for causing the external apparatus to update only the second portion with the third data;

wherein the one or more computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the printer to perform:
receiving a request from the external apparatus;
sending a response including the command file to the external apparatus in a case when a request for the command file is received from the external apparatus; and
sending a response including the third data to the external apparatus in a case where the request for the third data is received from the external apparatus.
2. The printer as in claim 1, wherein:
the first command includes a first section in which data for causing the external apparatus to determine a display content of the first portion is to be described and a second section in which data for causing the external apparatus to determine a display content of the second portion is to be described, and
the third command is a command for causing the external apparatus to describe the third data in the second section.
3. The printer as in claim 1, wherein:
the first data includes a first object being displayed on the web page on which a predetermined operation is to be performed in the external apparatus, and
the second command is a command for causing the external apparatus to send the request for the third data in a case where the predetermined operation is performed on the first object.
4. The printer as in claim 3, wherein:
the first data includes a plurality of first objects being displayed on the web page on which the predetermined operation is to be performed, and
the second command is a command for causing the external apparatus to send, in a case where the predetermined operation is performed on one first object among the plurality of first objects, the request for the third data corresponding to the one first object.
5. The primer as in claim 4,
wherein the second data includes a second object being displayed on the web page on which a predetermined operation is to be performed in the external apparatus,
wherein the command file further includes:
a fourth command for causing the external apparatus to send a request for fourth data in a case where the predetermined operation is performed on the second object; and
a fifth command for causing the external apparatus to update only a part of the second portion with the fourth data,

wherein the one or more computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the primer to further perform:
sending a response including the fourth data to the external apparatus in a case where the request for the fourth data is received from the external apparatus.
6. The printer as in claim 1, wherein:
the third data is a status of the primer at a time when the request for the third data is received from the external apparatus.
7. The printer as in claim 6,
wherein
the second command is a command for causing the external apparatus to send the request for the third data, the request including a status being displayed on the web page,
wherein the one or more computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the printer to further perform:
determining, in a case where the request for the third data is received from the external apparatus, whether the status included in the request for the third data is identical to the status of the printer at the time when the request for the third data is received from the external apparatus; and
sending a response not including the third data to the external apparatus in a case where the request for the third data is received from the external apparatus and it is determined that the status included in the request for the third data is identical to the status of the printer at the time when the request for the third data is received from the external apparatus,
wherein the sending of the response including the third data is performed in a case where the request for the third data is received from the external apparatus and it is determined that the status included in the request for the third data is identical to the status of the printer at the time when the request for the third data is received from the external apparatus.