Replacement-triggered software updates
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAlbert Serra Junyent, Jan Morovic, Tuomo Eljas Kaikkonen, Juan Ignacio Zurbano Fernandez, Jorge Castano Aspas
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a consumable item for a device, a printing device, and a method of operating a device. The consumable item for a device is to be removably inserted into the device and comprises a machine-readable storage medium that contains update information identifying a version of a software for the device.
Claims15
A consumable item for a device, wherein:
- the consumable item is to be removably inserted into the device;
- the consumable item comprises a machine-readable storage medium;
- and
- the storage medium contains update information identifying a version of a software for the device.
A printing device comprising a controller, wherein:
- the printing device is to receive a replaceable component having a machine-readable storage medium;
- and
- the controller comprises a read-out module that is to obtain version information identifying an updated version of a software from the machine-readable storage medium when the replaceable component is inserted in the printing device.
A method of operating a device, wherein the device is to receive a consumable item containing update information identifying an updated version of a software, the method comprising:
- obtaining the update information from the consumable item;
- comparing the update information to status information identifying an installed version of the software that is installed on the device or a computing apparatus connected to the device;
- and
- determining whether an update of the installed version is to be performed based on the comparison of the updated information and the status information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.