Software installing method based on acquired equipment information and storage medium thereof
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorSeiji Harada
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Abstract
A software installing method for installing software to a computer is disclosed. The method includes reading a software program to the computer, the software program corresponding to an equipment connected to the computer. The method further includes acquiring equipment information of the equipment from the equipment connected to the computer. The method also includes displaying an image representing a combination of parts of the equipment based on the acquired equipment information of the equipment on a display section prior to installing the software program, and installing the software program to the computer.
Claims12
A software installing method for installing software to a computer comprising the steps of:
- reading a software program to the computer, the software program corresponding to an equipment connected to the computer;
- acquiring equipment information of the equipment from the equipment connected to the computer, the equipment information including an optional setup of the equipment;
- displaying an exterior image of the equipment on a display section prior to installing the software program, the exterior image of the equipment representing a combination of parts of the equipment composed based on image data of an exterior of the equipment and image data of the optional setup corresponding to the acquired equipment information;
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- installing the software program to the computer.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program, wherein the program, when executed by a computer, performs the steps of:
- reading a software program to the computer, the software program corresponding to an equipment connected to the computer;
- acquiring equipment information of the equipment from the equipment connected to the computer, the equipment information including an optional setup of the equipment;
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- displaying an exterior image of the equipment on a display section prior to installing the software program, the exterior image of the equipment representing a combination of parts of the equipment composed based on image data of an exterior of the equipment and image data of the optional setup corresponding to the acquired equipment information;
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- installing the software program to the computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.