Image forming apparatus, method for controlling image forming apparatus, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasahito Numata
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus configured to allow a plurality of installed applications to be executed includes a storage unit configured to include a storage area storing information about the plurality of applications, and a registration unit configured to receive the application information about the application from an external apparatus without involving the application and to register the received application information into the storage area, wherein the application information includes identification information for identifying the application and usage information to be used by the application.
Claims17
An image forming apparatus configured to allow a plurality of installed applications to be executed, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a storage unit configured to include a storage area storing information about the plurality of applications;
- and
- a registration unit configured to receive application information about the application from an external apparatus without involving the application and to register the received application information into the storage area,
- wherein the application information includes identification information for identifying the application and usage information to be used by the application.
A method for controlling an image forming apparatus configured to allow a plurality of installed applications to be executed, the method comprising:
- storing information about the plurality of applications into a storage area;
- and
- receiving application information about the application from an external apparatus without involving the application, and registering the received application information into the storage area,
- wherein the application information includes identification information for identifying the application and usage information to be used by the application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.