Information processing apparatus for customizing printer driver program, and method of customizing printer driver program
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshinari Onishi, Lianjiang Niu
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Abstract
According to this invention, an information processing apparatus which customizes a device driver for controlling an image forming apparatus includes an issuing unit which issues identification information for specifying a customized driver, and a storage unit which stores, in association with the customized driver, the identification information issued by the issuing unit.
Claims19
-37. (canceled)
A serving apparatus which distributes a piece of software using an agent of a client, comprising:
- a first selection unit which selects a client to which a piece of software is distributed;
- a second selection unit which selects a piece of software to be distributed;
- a setting unit which sets a schedule of distribution of the selected piece of software;
- a request unit which makes a request to the agent of the selected client for making the agent inquire according to the schedule set by the setting unit;
- a distribution unit which distributes the selected piece of software in response to an inquiry from the agent of the selected client.
A serving method for distributing a piece of software using an agent of a client, comprising:
- selecting a client to which a piece of software is distributed;
- selecting a piece of software to be distributed;
- setting a schedule of distribution of the selected piece of software;
- making a request to the agent of the selected client for making the agent inquire according to the schedule set in the setting;
- distributing the selected piece of software in response to an inquiry from the agent of the selected client.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium in which a program for causing a computer to perform a method for distributing a piece of software using an agent of a client, said method comprising:
- selecting a client to which a piece of software is distributed;
- selecting a piece of software to be distributed;
- setting a schedule of distribution of the selected piece of software;
- making a request to the agent of the selected client for making the agent inquire according to the schedule set in the setting;
- distributing the selected piece of software in response to an inquiry from the agent of the selected client.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.