Image forming apparatus capable of sychronizing personal setting information
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorManabu Fujii
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Abstract
Permission of an extension program is checked, the data of an extension program having authority is distinguished from the data of an extension program having no authority, and only the data of the extension program having authority is synchronized, thereby ensuring the performance and security.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus including a platform in which an application that accesses personal setting information can be installed, the image forming apparatus having been connected to an external apparatus which holds personal setting information, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first saving unit in which first personal setting information is saved;
- a second saving unit in which second personal setting information is saved;
- and
- a synchronization unit that synchronizes the first personal setting information and the second personal setting information with the personal setting information held by the external apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having recorded therein a program for, when loaded into a computer and executed, causing the computer to execute a process, the computer having been connected to an external apparatus which holds personal setting information, the process comprising:
- saving first personal setting information in a first saving unit;
- saving second personal setting information in a second saving unit;
- and
- synchronizing the first personal setting information and the second personal setting information with the personal setting information held by the external apparatus connected to the computer.
A control method of an image forming apparatus including a platform in which an application that accesses personal setting information can be installed, the image forming apparatus having been connected to an external apparatus which holds personal setting information, the control method comprising:
- saving first personal setting information in a first saving unit;
- saving second personal setting information in a second saving unit;
- and
- synchronizing the first personal setting information and the second personal setting information with the personal setting information held by the external apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.