Program supplying system and program supplying method
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTatsuo Nomura, Syoichiro Yoshiura
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AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTatsuo Nomura, Syoichiro Yoshiura
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An object of the invention is to determine, when installing a program in a terminal through the Internet, whether the program is operable or not, and notify the result of the determination to the terminal. In a system of the present invention, the operating environment of an image forming apparatus is determined, a program list showing programs operable in the operating environment is generated at a server, and the program list is supplied to the image forming apparatus. A program selected from the program list is requested from the server, and then the program is supplied from the server to the image forming apparatus. That is, a program is selected from a list of programs determined operable in the operating environment of the image forming apparatus, and is supplied to the image forming apparatus.
A program supplying method for supplying a program from a server through a network to a user terminal including a terminal main body and optional units combined therewith, comprising the steps of:
A program supplying system comprising:
A program supplying system comprising:
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