Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090007130 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus in which programs for controlling processes that are provided by the image forming apparatus are installed. The image forming apparatus includes means for managing the use amount of each program by use of a counter, means for recognizing the counter which corresponds to the identification information of the program and can manage the use amount of the program, means for correlating the program with the counter recognized by the recognizing means to manage the counter, means which can set an upper limit on the use amount of each program for the use amount managing means, and means for controlling the process by the image forming apparatus based on the upper limit of the use amount set by the setting means for each of the types of the programs. | 01-01-2009 |
20090033975 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PRINT DATA, METHOD THEREOF AND MEDIA IN STORAGE OF CONTROL PROGRAM OF EXECUTING SUCH METHOD - A method in an information processing apparatus of transmitting print data to a printing apparatus that is caused to print is disclosed. The method includes a transmitting process of transmitting, to the printing apparatus, identification information for specifying print data; and an obtaining process of obtaining update information of print data, corresponding with the relevant identification information, being present inside the printing apparatus. And, the transmitting process transmits difference data between the print data corresponding with the update information that the obtaining process has obtained and print data that are intended to be transmitted. | 02-05-2009 |
20100182639 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus for transmitting input image data to another image processing apparatus and causing the other image processing apparatus to process the image data. The image processing apparatus transmits a request to acquire first restriction information about a user in using the image processing apparatus in accordance with input of authentication information to specify the user. A request to acquire second restriction information about the user in using the other image processing apparatus is transmitted in accordance with the input. The user's login to the image processing apparatus is completed in accordance with acquisition of the first restriction information regardless of acquisition of the second restriction information. | 07-22-2010 |
20100218178 | FIRMWARE UPDATING APPARATUS, FIRMWARE UPDATING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed is a method that includes specifying a firmware version to be updated; determining whether or not a direct update from a current firmware version to the specified firmware version is enabled; determining whether or not the update to the specified firmware version enabled through an intervention of another version update, if it is determined that the direct update to the specified firmware version is disabled; and executing the update to the specified firmware version through the intervention of another version update, if it is determined that the update from the current firmware version to the specified firmware version is enabled through the intervention of another version update. | 08-26-2010 |
20110016400 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND METHOD - If a firmware set is released, a transmission system does not permit a change in a version combination of firmware included in the firmware set and does not display a change button on a firmware selection screen used for selecting a firmware set not to be changed/deleted. If a firmware set is not yet released, the transmission system permits a change in aversion combination of firmware included in the firmware set. As for a firmware set whose change is permitted, the transmission system displays a change button on a firmware selection screen used for selecting a firmware set to be changed/deleted. As for a firmware set whose change is not permitted, the transmission system does not display the change button on the firmware selection screen used for selecting a firmware set to be changed/deleted. | 01-20-2011 |
20120008172 | APPLICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, APPLICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In an application management system for managing a plurality of applications that are installed in an image processing device, in the case where an instruction of execution start is received, if an application execution unit has already executed an incompatible application that would cause an unintended operation of the application whose execution is to be started if concurrently executed with another application, and a warning screen about the application execution start is output. | 01-12-2012 |
20120092729 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INSTALLATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Installing an application that is executed by an image forming apparatus includes detecting connection of an external storage device, requesting, if the external storage device whose connection is detected contains application data and device data including apparatus identification information identifying an image forming apparatus in which the application is installed and application identification information identifying the application installed in the image forming apparatus, license data on the application data identified based on the application identification information to the image forming apparatus identified by the apparatus identification information, and installing, in response to the request, the application data stored in the external storage device by using the license data if the license data is successfully acquired from the image forming apparatus identified by the apparatus identification information. | 04-19-2012 |
20130229675 | APPLICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, APPLICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In an application management system for managing a plurality of applications that are installed in an image processing device, in the case where an instruction of execution start is received, if an application execution unit has already executed an incompatible application that would cause an unintended operation of the application whose execution is to be started if concurrently executed with another application, and a warning screen about the application execution start is output. | 09-05-2013 |