# US 2017/0255456 A1 · System, management device, information processing device, control method for management device, control method for information processing device, and computer-readable storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0255456 A1 - Document ID: US20170255456A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/443,962 - Filed: 2017-02-27 - Published: 2017-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-01 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Toshiaki Igarashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170255456A1 ## CPC - G06F 8/61: Installation - G06F 8/654: using techniques specially adapted for alterable solid state memories, e.g. for EEPROM or flash memories - G06F 9/44505: {Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files} - G06F 8/71: Version control (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57); Configuration management - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract According to one embodiment, a setting information file set in a reference information processing device is acquired in a management device, and a specific designatable item in the setting information file set by the reference information processing device is edited. An instruction describing an automatic setting procedure to be executed by a target information processing device is generated. A setting information file identified by an acquisition request received from the target information processing device is sent to the target information processing device in response to the acquisition request, the target information processing device sending the acquisition request in response to execution of the automatic setting procedure instruction by the target information processing device. Thus, a specific item can be detected from the setting information file acquired by the target information processing device, and device information managed by the target information processing device is set to the detected specific item. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising a management device and a target information processing device, the management device and the target information processing device being communicably connected, the management device having an editing unit configured to acquire a setting information file set in a reference information processing device and edit a specific designatable item in the setting information file set by the reference information processing device; a generation unit configured to generate an instruction describing an automatic setting procedure to be executed by the target information processing device, from the setting information file edited by the editing unit; and a response unit configured to respond to an acquisition request received from the target information processing device by transmitting a setting information file identified by the acquisition request, the acquisition request sent by the target information processing device in response to execution of the automatic setting procedure instruction the target information processing device; the information processing device having an execution unit configured to analyze the automatic setting procedure instruction acquired from the management device and execute an automatic installation processing; an acquisition unit configured to acquire from the management device, the setting information file identified by the automatic setting procedure instruction analyzed by the execution unit; a detection unit configured to detect a specific item from the setting information file acquired by the acquisition unit; a setting unit configured to individually set device information managed by the target information processing device corresponding to the specific item detected by the detection unit; and a notifying unit configured to notify the management device after the execution unit completes the automatic installation processing, wherein the execution unit uses the device information set by the setting unit to execute the automatic installation processing based on the setting information file. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the management device has a first determination unit configured to determine whether an installation mode for applying the instruction is a replacement mode or add mode; wherein, in a case where it is determined the installation mode is the replacement mode, the editing unit edits the setting information file to exclude the specific item set by the information processing device, and in a case where it is determined that the installation mode is the add mode, the editing unit edits the setting information file to include the specific item set by the information processing device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, further comprising: a display unit configured to display an edit screen enabling the setting information file to be edited; a second determination unit configured to determine whether a specific device function is optionally designated on the edit screen or not; and a display control unit configured to, in a case where it is determined that the specific device function is designated as an option, control the display unit not to accept an editing instruction to the designated option displayed on the edit screen. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the device information managed by the information processing device includes a device name and a device number. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the information processing device has a storage unit configured to store a device name and a device number usable for identifying the information processing device; and wherein the setting unit sets the device name and the device number read out from the storage unit for the specific item detected by the detection unit. ### Claim 6 A management device communicably connected to an information processing device, the management device comprising: an editing unit configured to acquire a setting information file set in another information processing device and edit a specific designatable item in the setting information file set by the other information processing device; a generation unit configured to generate an instruction describing an automatic setting procedure to be executed by the information processing device, from the setting information file edited by the editing unit; and a response unit configured to respond to an acquisition request received from the information processing device by transmitting a setting information file identified by the acquisition request, the acquisition request sent in response to execution of the instruction by the information processing device. ### Claim 7 An information processing device communicably connected to a management device, the information processing device comprising: an execution unit configured to analyze an instruction acquired from the management device and execute an automatic installation processing described in the instruction; an acquisition unit configured to acquire from the management device a setting information file identified by the instruction analyzed by the execution unit; a detection unit configured to detect a specific item from the setting information file acquired by the acquisition unit; a setting unit configured to individually set device information managed by the information processing device corresponding to the specific item detected by the detection unit; and a notifying unit configured to notify the management device after the execution unit completes the automatic installation processing, wherein the execution unit uses the device information set by the setting unit to execute the automatic installation processing based on the setting information file. ### Claim 8 A control method for a management device communicably connected to an information processing device, the method comprising: acquiring a setting information file set in another information processing device and editing a specific designatable item in the setting information file set by the other information processing device; generating an instruction describing an automatic setting procedure to be executed by the information processing device, from the setting information file edited by the editing; and responding to an acquisition request received from the information processing device with a setting information file identified in the acquisition request, the acquisition request sent in response to execution of the instruction by the information processing device. ### Claim 9 A control method for an information processing device communicably connected to a management device, the method comprising: analyzing an instruction acquired from the management device and executing the automatic installation processing described in the instruction; acquiring from the management device a setting information file identified by the instruction analyzed by the executing; detecting a specific item from the setting information file acquired by the acquiring; individually setting device information managed by the information processing device corresponding to the specific item detected by the detecting; and notifying the management device after the execution unit completes the automatic installation processing, wherein the executing uses the device information set by the setting to execute the automatic installation processing based on the setting information file. ### Claim 10 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer to function as: an editing unit configured to acquire a setting information file set in another information processing device and edit a specific designatable item in the setting information file set by the other information processing device; a generation unit configured to generate an instruction describing an automatic setting procedure to be executed by the information processing device, from the setting information file edited by the editing unit; and a response unit configured to respond to an acquisition request received from the information processing device by transmitting a setting informatHon file identified by the acquisition request, the acquisition request sent in response so execution of the instruction by the information processing device. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer to function as: an execution unit configured to analyze an instruction acquired from the management device and execute an automatic installation processing described in the instruction; an acquisition unit configured to acquire from the management device a setting information file identified by the instruction analyzed by the execution unit; a detection unit configured to detect a specific item from the setting information file acquired by the acquisition unit; a setting unit configured to individually set device information managed by the information processing device corresponding to the specific item detected by the detection unit; and a notifying unit configured to notify the management device after the execution unit completes the automatic installation processing, wherein the execution unit uses the device information set by the setting unit to execute the automatic installation processing based on the setting information file.