Software evaluation method and software evaluation system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshiaki Iizuka
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Abstract
A portion of receiver software includes of a device information receiving section bound to an IP address corresponding to a virtual managed printer. The device information receiving section, as ported receiver software, receives distribution from an integrated management printer. As a result, one simulator agent PC can act as numerous managed printers that receive distribution from the integrated management printer.
Claims7
An evaluation method for receiver software installed into an information processing apparatus which is capable of communicating with a client computer via a network, wherein the receiver software is operable so as to bind an IP address in association with one image forming apparatus, and to virtually realize functions including waiting for transmission, receiving and replying, the evaluation method comprising:
- binding, by the receiver software, a different IP address, and waiting for transmission from the client computer;
- transmitting, by the client computer, predetermined setting information of the image forming apparatus via the network to the receiver software;
- acquiring, by the client computer, a reply from the receiver software in response to the transmission of the predetermined setting information;
- displaying, by the client computer, a communication result based on contents of the acquired reply;
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- evaluating the receiver software based on content of the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.