US 9,519,470 B2Granted

Information processing system, information processing apparatus, device, software installation method, and storage medium for executing software installation

AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorJun Nakawaki

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Abstract

An image forming apparatus stores a saving instruction for a script and data containing its identification information in a Universal Serial Bus (USB) storage, in the case where the image forming apparatus detects that the script and the data required for software installation corresponding to itself does not exist in the USB storage when the USB storage is connected. A computer acquires a script and data corresponding to identification information of an image forming apparatus contained in a saving instruction, and saves them to the USB storage, in the case where the computer detects that the saving instruction exists in the USB storage when the USB storage is connected. The image forming apparatus then executes software installation using the script and the data contained in the USB storage, when this USB storage containing the saved script and data corresponding to the image forming apparatus is connected.

Claims7

Dependent claims

An information processing system, comprising:

a device;
and
an information processing apparatus which enables connection of an external storage device,
wherein the device comprises:
a storing unit configured to store a saving instruction for data and for a script containing identification information of the device in the external storage device, in response to the device detecting that the data and the script required for software installation corresponding to the device do not exist in the external storage device when the external storage device is connected;
and
an installing unit configured to execute the software installation using the script and the data contained in the external storage device when the external storage device containing the script and the data corresponding to the device is connected, and
wherein the information processing apparatus comprises:
a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the saving instruction for the script and the data required for the software installation exists in the external storage device when the external storage device is connected;
and
a saving unit configured to acquire a script and data corresponding to the identification information of the device contained in the saving instruction for the script and the data required for software installation, and to save the script and the data to the external storage device, in response to a determination that the saving instruction exists in the external storage device,
wherein the saving unit with which the information processing apparatus is provided further saves a saving history of the script and the data in the external storage device, and does not save the script and the data in the external storage device in response to a determination that upon referencing the saving history that the script and the data corresponding to the identification information contained in the saving instruction have been saved in the external storage device.

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An information processing apparatus enabling connection of an external storage device, comprising:

a determining unit configured to determine whether or not a saving instruction for a script and data required for software installation exists in the external storage device when the external storage device is connected;
and
a saving unit configured to acquire a script and data corresponding to identification information of a device contained in the saving instruction, and to save the script and the data to the external storage device, in response to a determination that the saving instruction for the script and the data required for the software installation exists in the external storage device,
wherein the saving instruction is stored in the external storage device together with the identification information of the device by the device that detects that the script and the data corresponding to the device do not exist in the external storage device when the external storage device is connected,
wherein the saving unit further saves a saving history of the script and the data in the external storage device, and does not save the script and the data in the external storage device in response to a determination upon referencing the saving history that the script and the data corresponding to the identification information contained in the saving instruction have been saved in the external storage device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.