Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system

An information processing method for transferring a network device driver to a control server, comprising:

• a determination step of determining whether or not a driver of a local device connected locally to a client apparatus is the same kind as the network device driver connected to the client apparatus via a network and determining which version is newer between a version of the network device driver and a version of the local device driver;
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• a transfer step of transferring the local device driver to the control server as the network device driver in the case that the determination step has determined that the local device driver is the same kind as the network device driver and the local device driver is newer than the network device driver.

An information processing system that comprises an administration server, a client apparatus for forming data using a driver, and a control server for receiving the data formed by the client apparatus and transferring the data to a network device, the information processing system comprising:

• a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a driver of a local device connected locally to the client apparatus is the same kind as the network device driver connected to the client apparatus via a network and to determine which version is newer between a version of the network device driver and a version of the local device driver;
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• an installation unit configured to install the local device driver to the control server as the network device driver in the case that the determination unit determines that the local device driver is the same kind as the network device driver and the local device driver is newer than the network device driver.