Invention Grant
US08804168B2 System, server, image forming apparatus, system control method, and storage medium
有权
系统，服务器，图像形成装置，系统控制方法和存储介质
- Patent Title: System, server, image forming apparatus, system control method, and storage medium
- Patent Title (中): 系统，服务器，图像形成装置，系统控制方法和存储介质
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Application No.: US12550534Application Date: 2009-08-31
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Publication No.: US08804168B2Publication Date: 2014-08-12
- Inventor: Satoshi Nishikawa
- Applicant: Satoshi Nishikawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2008-251686 20080929
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12 ; G06F9/44 ; G06F9/445 ; H04N1/00
Abstract:
The present invention provides a server which distributes firmware to an image forming apparatus, the server including a determination unit configured to determine whether the firmware distributed to the image forming apparatus is released now, and a transmission unit configured to, when the firmware determined by the determination unit not to be released now has not been applied to the image forming apparatus, transmit instruction information containing an instruction to prevent application of the firmware to the image forming apparatus, and when the firmware determined by the determination unit not to be released now has been applied to the image forming apparatus, transmit instruction information containing an instruction to obtain either of alternative firmware and downgrade firmware to the firmware and apply the obtained firmware.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100079793A1 SYSTEM, SERVER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Public/Granted day:2010-04-01
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