Function enhancing program, bundled software function enhancing method and apparatus
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorYumiko Nakamura
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Abstract
A formal purchase request of the bundled software is transmitted to a server retained by a software manufacturer and a confirmation response to the formal purchase is received, and a provision confirmation request of the bundled software is transmitted to a server retained by an apparatus manufacturer and a provision confirmation response is received, and an expansion function of the bundled software is made available when both of the confirmation response to the formal purchase from the server retained by the software manufacturer and the provision confirmation response from the server retained by the apparatus manufacturer have been received.
Claims20
A recording medium which stores a program operable to drive a computer to execute:
- a bundled software purchase processing step of transmitting a formal purchase request of the bundled software to a server of a software manufacturer and receiving a confirmation response to the formal purchase;
- a bundled software provision confirmation step of transmitting a provision confirmation request of the bundled software to a server of an apparatus manufacturer and receiving a provision confirmation response;
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- an expansion function utilization processing step of making the expansion function of the bundled software available when receiving both of the confirmation response to the formal purchase from the server of the software manufacturer and the provision confirmation response from the server of the apparatus manufacturer.
A bundled software function enhancing method for expanding the function of bundled software bundled into an apparatus, the method comprising:
- a bundled software purchase processing step of transmitting a formal purchase request of the bundled software to a server of a software manufacturer and receiving a confirmation response to the formal purchase;
- a bundled software provision confirmation step of transmitting a provision confirmation request of the bundled software to a sever of an apparatus manufacturer and receiving a provision confirmation response;
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- an expansion function utilization processing step of making the expansion function of the bundled software available when receiving both of the confirmation response to the formal purchase from the server of the software manufacturer and the provision confirmation response from the server of the apparatus manufacturer.
An information processing apparatus for executing bundled software bundled therein, comprising:
- a bundled software purchase processing unit transmitting a formal purchase request of the bundled software to a server of a software manufacturer to receive a confirmation response to the formal purchase;
- a bundled software provision confirmation unit transmitting a provision confirmation request of the bundled software to a sever of an apparatus manufacturer to receive a provision confirmation response;
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- an expansion function utilization processing unit making the expansion function of the bundled software available when receiving both of the confirmation response to the formal purchase from the server of the software manufacturer and the provision confirmation response from the server of the apparatus manufacturer.
A management apparatus comprising:
- a communication control unit communicating with at least one computer;
- a bundled data storage unit storing in a correlated manner an apparatus model number of the at least one computer, an identifier of the bundled software loaded in the at least one computer and an expansion function provided by the management apparatus;
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- an expansion service processing unit executing the expansion function of the bundled software based on the identifier of the at least one computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.