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US 2006/0224705 A1Published application
Server apparatus and system for providing device drivers and application softwares
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorYuzuru TAKASE
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Abstract
Management information for specifying use environments of devices and application softwares at a plurality of user terminals is created at an administrator terminal. User-specific configuration information is generated at a server according to the management information obtained from the administrator terminal. The user-specific configuration information is referenced by installation support programs when a use environment of the devices and application softwares is built at a user terminal. The user-specific configuration information is distributed from the server to the user terminal, together with device drivers of the devices, the application softwares and the installation support programs.
Claims20
A server connected to an administrator apparatus, to a terminal of a predetermined user and to a plurality of devices, the server comprising:
- a memory configured to store a driver for each of the plurality of devices;
- a receiver configured to receive, from the administrator apparatus, an installation management list and a user management list, the installation management list including a predetermined function possessed by each of the plurality of devices, the predetermined function comprising a permission to use, issued by the administrator apparatus, the user management list including at least one of the plurality of devices that a predetermined user is permitted to use, issued by the administrator apparatus;
- a controller configured to generate a configuration file for the predetermined user based on the installation management list and the user management list, the configuration file including a predetermined device, of the plurality of devices, that the predetermined user is permitted to use and including the predetermined function that the predetermined user is permitted to use at the predetermined device;
- a transmitter configured to transmit, to a terminal, a driver for the predetermined device and the configuration file for the predetermined user, whereby the terminal can install the driver for the predetermined device and can set the predetermined function that the predetermined user is permitted to use at the predetermined device.
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A server connected to an administrator apparatus, to a terminal of a predetermined user, and to a plurality of devices, the server comprising:
- a memory configured to store drivers for each of the plurality of devices and at least one application software for at least one of the plurality of devices;
- a receiver configured to receive, from the administrator apparatus, an installation management list and a user management list, the installation management list including a predetermined function possessed by each of the plurality of devices, the predetermined function comprising a permission to use issued by the administrator apparatus, the installation management list including a predetermined application program that a terminal is permitted to use, issued by the administrator apparatus, the user management list including at least one of the plurality of devices that the predetermined user is permitted to use, issued by the administrator apparatus;
- a controller configured to generate a configuration file for the predetermined user based on the installation management list and the user management list, the configuration file including a predetermined device, of the plurality of devices, that the predetermined user is permitted to use, including the predetermined function of the predetermined device that the predetermined user is permitted to use, and including the predetermined application program that the predetermined device is permitted to use;
- a transmitter configured to transmit, to the terminal, a driver for the predetermined device, the predetermined application software and the configuration file for the predetermined user, whereby the terminal can install the driver for the predetermined device and the predetermined application program, and can set the predetermined function of the predetermined device that the predetermined user is permitted to use by the administrator apparatus.
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A system, comprising:
- a terminal configured to be used by a predetermined user;
- a plurality of devices configured to be used by the terminal;
- an administrator apparatus configured to generate an installation management list and a user management list, the installation management list including a predetermined function possessed by each of the plurality of devices, the predetermined function comprising a permission to use, the user management list including at least one of the plurality of devices that the predetermined user is permitted to use;
- a server apparatus comprising:
- a memory configured to store drivers for each of the plurality of the devices;
- a receiver configured to receive, from the administrator apparatus, the installation management list and the user management list;
- a controller configured to generate a configuration file for the predetermined user based on the installation management list and the user management list, the configuration file including a predetermined device, of the plurality of devices, that the predetermined user is permitted to use, and including the predetermined function of the predetermined device that the predetermined user is permitted to use;
- a transmitter configured to transmit, to the terminal, a driver for the predetermined device and the configuration file for the predetermined user, whereby the terminal can install the driver for the predetermined device and can set the predetermined function of the predetermined device, that the predetermined user is permitted to use by the administrator apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.