Image forming apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsMitsuo ANDO, Kunihiro AKIYOSHI
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus executing a program configured by connecting multiple modules operating exclusively with respect to each other is disclosed that includes an input part configured to receive an input of updating information of the program; a determination part configured to determine whether an operating state of the program corresponds to a time for updating specified in the updating information; and a change part configured to change the relationship of connection of the modules in accordance with the updating information if the determination part determines that the operating state of the program corresponds to the time for updating.
Claims14
(canceled)
An apparatus executing a program configured by connecting a plurality of modules operating exclusively with respect to each other, comprising:
- an input part configured to receive an input of updating information of the program;
- a determination part configured to determine whether an operating state of the program corresponds to a time for updating specified in the updating information;
- and
- a change part configured to change a relationship of connection of the modules in accordance with the updating information if the determination part determines that the operating state of the program corresponds to the time for updating,
- wherein the updating information specifies the time for updating by specifying a module that is operating at the time for updating;
- and
- wherein the determination part determines that the operating state of the program corresponds to the time for updating if the module specified as the time for updating is operating.
An information processing method executed by an apparatus executing a program configured by connecting a plurality of modules operating exclusively with respect to each other, the information processing method comprising:
- receiving an input of updating information of the program;
- determining whether an operating state of the program corresponds to a time for updating specified in the updating information;
- and
- changing a relationship of connection of the modules in accordance with the updating information if the determination part determines that the operating state of the program corresponds to the time for updating,
- wherein the updating information specifies the time for updating by specifying a module that is operating at the time for updating;
- and
- wherein the determining step determines that the operating state of the program corresponds to the time for updating if the module specified as the time for updating is operating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.