Program Version Management Taking Into Account System Stability
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTakuji Kawaguchi
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Abstract
A method of managing program versions by acquiring information about a program supplied via a network, comparing the program of a latest version with the program of a currently used version, and deciding whether or not to perform or prompt an update of the program includes determining whether or not to perform or prompt the update of the program in response to importance of modifications to be made from the program of the currently used version to the program of the latest version.
Claims6
A method of managing program versions by acquiring information about a program supplied via a network, comparing the program of a latest version with the program of a currently used version, and deciding whether or not to perform or prompt an update of the program, comprising:
- determining whether or not to perform or prompt the update of the program in response to importance of modifications to be made from the program of the currently used version to the program of the latest version.
A machine-readable medium having a program embedded therein for causing a computer to acquire information about a program supplied via a network, compare the program of a latest version with the program of a currently used version, and decide whether or not to perform or prompt an update of the program, said program comprising:
- a program code configured to determine whether or not to perform or prompt the update of the program in response to importance of modifications to be made from the program of the currently used version to the program of the latest version.
A print system, comprising:
- a print apparatus;
- and
- a plurality of apparatuses connected to the print apparatus, wherein each of the apparatuses is configured to acquire information about a program supplied via a network, to compare the program of a latest version with the program of a currently used version, and to determine whether or not to perform or prompt the update of the program in response to importance of modifications to be made from the program of the currently used version to the program of the latest version.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.