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US 2025/0028512 A1Published application
Information processing device and image forming device
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShigeo UCHIDA
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, the information processing device includes a storage and a processor. The storage is configured to store application programs provided with a probational period. The processor is configured to stop a first-time automatic startup of the application program provided with the probational period during a startup of the information processing device.
Claims20
An information processing device comprising:
- a storage configured to store an application program provided with a probational period;
- and
- a processor configured to stop a first-time automatic startup of the application program provided with the probational period during a startup of the information processing device.
An image forming device comprising:
- a printer that forms an image on a medium, comprising:
- a storage configured to store an application program provided with a probational period;
- and
- a controller comprising a processor configured to stop a first-time automatic startup of the application program provided with the probational period during a startup of the image forming device.
1 more element
A method of operating an image forming device, the method comprising:
- receiving a startup request of an application;
- determining if a startup method of the application is an automatic startup;
- in response to the startup method being automatic startup, determine if a first-time startup of the application has occurred;
- and
- in response to the first-time startup having occurred, determine if the application includes a trial period.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.