Information processing apparatus and information processing method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMariko Kishino
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Abstract
An information processing method includes the steps of acquiring information for identifying customized drivers; displaying the customized drivers in such a way as to be identifiable based on the information acquired in the acquisition step; selecting a driver to be installed from the customized drivers displayed in the display step; and installing the customized driver selected in the selection step.
Claims20
An information processing apparatus for customizing a device driver for controlling peripheral devices, the information processing apparatus comprising:
- forming means for forming a customized device driver;
- and
- writing means for writing identification information for identifying the customized device driver formed by the forming means as installation information to be used when the device driver is installed.
An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- acquisition means for acquiring information for identifying customized device drivers;
- display means for displaying the customized device drivers in such a way as to be identifiable based on the information acquired by the acquisition means;
- selection means for selecting a driver to be installed from the customized device drivers displayed by the display means;
- and
- installation means for installing the customized device driver selected by the selection means.
An information processing method for an information processing apparatus for customizing a device driver for controlling peripheral devices, the information processing method comprising:
- forming a customized device driver;
- and
- writing identification information for identifying the customized device driver formed as installation information to be used when the customized device driver is installed.
An information processing method, comprising:
- acquiring information for identifying customized device drivers;
- displaying the customized device drivers in such a way as to be identifiable based on the information acquired;
- selecting a driver to be installed from the customized device drivers displayed;
- and
- installing the customized device driver selected.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a control program, which when loaded into a computer and executed performs an information processing method for an information processing apparatus for customizing a device driver for controlling peripheral devices, the information processing method comprising:
- forming a customized device driver;
- and
- writing identification information for identifying the customized device driver formed as installation information to be used when the customized device driver is installed.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a program, which when loaded into a computer and executed performs an information processing method comprising:
- acquiring information for identifying customized device drivers;
- displaying the customized device drivers in such a way as to be identifiable based on the information acquired;
- selecting a driver to be installed from the customized device drivers displayed;
- and
- installing the customized device driver selected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.