# US 2013/0155451 A1 · Information processing system, image forming apparatus, management method, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0155451 A1 - Document ID: US20130155451A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/675,371 - Filed: 2012-11-13 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-16 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Hidetaka Nakahara - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130155451A1 ## CPC - G06K 15/40: {Details not directly involved in printing, e.g. machine management, management of the arrangement as a whole or of its constitutive parts (computer driven print job management G06F3/1237)} - G06F 3/1204: {resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data} - G06F 3/1231: {Device related settings, e.g. IP address, Name, Identification} - G06F 3/1288: {in client-server-printer device configuration} - H04L 41/0846: {based on copy from other elements} - H04L 41/0866: Checking the configuration - H04L 41/0883: {Semiautomatic configuration, e.g. proposals from system} - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract The setting management service determines whether or not to hand over configuration data before being replaced to an image forming apparatus after being replaced based on a changed content of device configuration information of the image forming apparatus after being replaced and a handover condition associated with configuration data of the image forming apparatus when the image forming apparatus is replaced, and specifies a setting item required for a reset based on a content of a change flag indicating whether or not a user has changed a setting of configuration data from an initial value to thereby notifies the specified setting item to the image forming apparatus when configuration data is not handed over. The image forming apparatus that has received the notification displays a screen that prompts a reset of the setting item required for the reset. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing system comprising: an image forming apparatus; and a management apparatus that manages operation setting information for switching an operation in the image forming apparatus, wherein the management apparatus comprises: a generating unit configured to the generate operation setting information for applying to the image forming apparatus; a transmitting unit configured to transmit the generated operation setting information to the image forming apparatus via a network, wherein the generating unit determines for each setting item whether or not to hand over a setting of first operation setting information indicating operation setting information corresponding to the image forming apparatus before being replaced to a setting of second operation setting information indicating operation setting information corresponding to the image forming apparatus after being replaced, and further determines whether or not the setting item not to be handed over to the second operation setting information as a result of the determination is required for a reset, and wherein the transmitting unit transmits the generated operation setting information for applying to the image forming apparatus after being replaced and the setting item required for the reset determined by the generating unit to the image forming apparatus after being replaced via the network, and wherein the image forming apparatus comprises: a setting information acquiring unit configured to acquire the operation setting information for applying to the image forming apparatus and the setting item required for the reset from the transmitting unit provided in the management apparatus; and a displaying unit configured to display a screen that prompts the reset of the acquired setting item required for the reset. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein a handover condition as to whether the setting corresponding to the setting item that is corresponding to a changed content of device configuration information is handed over to the operation setting information of the image forming apparatus after being replaced and changing information indicating whether or not a user has changed the setting from an initial value are associated with the operation setting information for the each setting item, wherein the generating unit determines whether or not to hand over the setting of first operation setting information to the setting of second operation setting information based on the changed content of which the device configuration information is changed and the handover condition associated with the first operation setting information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the management apparatus further comprises: a configuration information acquiring unit configured to acquire device configuration information retained by the image forming apparatus after being replaced from the image forming apparatus via the network and store it in a storage unit, wherein the generating unit generates the operation setting information for applying to the image forming apparatus based on the acquired device configuration information, and compares the device configuration information included in the image forming apparatus before being replaced that is stored in the storage unit with the acquired device configuration information after being replaced to thereby determine the changed content of device configuration information accompanied with replacement of the image forming apparatus when the image forming apparatus has been replaced. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein the generating unit determines whether or not the user has changed the setting from the initial value based on the changing information, and determines that the setting item determined that the user has changed the setting from the initial value is required for the reset. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein the handover condition includes first instruction information that instructs to reconfigure the setting item regardless of the changed content of the device configuration information, second instruction information that instructs to hand over the setting of first operation setting information to the second instruction information regardless of the changed content of the device configuration information, or third instruction information that instructs to reconfigure the setting item when specific configuration information has been changed. ### Claim 6 An image forming apparatus comprising: a collecting unit configured to collect device configuration information retained by the image forming apparatus; a holding unit configured to the hold operation setting information that switches an operation of image forming apparatus; and an update unit configured to update the operation setting information held by the holding unit, wherein a handover condition as to whether the setting corresponding to the setting item that is corresponding to a changed content of device configuration information is handed over to the operation setting information of the image forming apparatus after being replaced and changing information indicating whether or not a user has changed the setting from an initial value are associated with the operation setting information for the each setting item; an outputting unit configured to output to an external device output information including device configuration information of the image forming apparatus before being replaced collected by the collecting unit and the operation setting information of the image forming apparatus held by the holding unit when the image forming apparatus is replaced; an inputting unit configured to input the output information from the external device to image forming apparatus after being replaced when the image forming apparatus has been replaced; and a displaying unit configured to display a screen that prompts a reset of the setting item required for the reset, wherein the update unit acquires the operation setting information included in the output information that is input after the image forming apparatus has been replaced as first operation setting information as well as the operation setting information held by the holding unit as second operation setting information, compares the device configuration information retained by the image forming apparatus before being replaced collected by the collecting unit with the device configuration information retained by the image forming apparatus after being replaced collected by the collecting unit to thereby specify the changed content of the device configuration information accompanied with replacement of the image forming apparatus, determines whether or not to hand over the setting of the first operation setting information to the setting of the second operation setting information for the each setting item of the second operation setting information based on the specified device configuration information and the handover condition associated with the first operation setting information, determines whether or not the setting item is required for the reset regarding the setting item of which the setting of the first the setting item first operation setting is not handed over to the setting of the second operation setting information based on the changed content of the changing information associated with the first operation setting information, and instructs the displaying unit to display the screen that prompts the reset of the setting item required for the reset as a result of the determination. ### Claim 7 A management method in an information processing system comprising an image forming apparatus and a management apparatus that manages operation setting information for switching an operation in the image forming apparatus, the method comprising: generating, by the management apparatus, the operation setting information for applying to the image forming apparatus; transmitting, by the management apparatus, the generated operation setting information to the image forming apparatus via a network, determining, by the management apparatus, for each setting item whether or not to hand over a setting of first operation setting information indicating operation setting information corresponding to the image forming apparatus before being replaced to a setting of second operation setting information indicating operation setting information corresponding to the image forming apparatus after being replaced, and further determining whether or not the setting item not to be handed over to the second operation setting information as a result of determination is required for reset, and transmitting, by the management apparatus, the generated operation setting information for applying to the image forming apparatus after being replaced and the setting item required for the reset determined by the generating unit to the image forming apparatus after being replaced via the network, and acquiring, by the image forming apparatus, the operation setting information for applying to the image forming apparatus and the setting item required for the reset from the transmitting unit provided in the management apparatus; and displaying, by the image forming apparatus, a screen that prompts the reset of the acquired setting item required for the reset. ### Claim 8 A non-transitory storage medium on which is stored a computer program for making a computer execute a management method in an information processing system comprising an image forming apparatus and a management apparatus that manages operation setting information for switching an operation in the image forming apparatus, the method comprising: generating, by the management apparatus, the operation setting information for applying to the image forming apparatus; transmitting, by the management apparatus, the generated operation setting information to the image forming apparatus via a network, determining, by the management apparatus, for each setting item whether or not to hand over a setting of first operation setting information indicating operation setting information corresponding to the image forming apparatus before being replaced to a setting of second operation setting information indicating operation setting information corresponding to the image forming apparatus after being replaced, and further determining whether or not the setting item not to be handed over to the second operation setting information as a result of determination is required for reset, and transmitting, by the management apparatus, the generated operation setting information for applying to the image forming apparatus after being replaced and the setting item required for the reset determined by the generating unit to the image forming apparatus after being replaced via the network, and acquiring, by the image forming apparatus, the operation setting information for applying to the image forming apparatus and the setting item required for the reset from the transmitting unit provided in the management apparatus; and displaying, by the image forming apparatus, a screen that prompts the reset of the acquired setting item required for the reset.