Office equipment and program installation support method

Details Office equipment and program installation support method Office equipment and program installation support method

2011-08-09

2011-08-09

Khatri, Anil (Department: 2191)

Data processing: software development, installation, and managem

Software installation

C717S171000, C717S176000

Reexamination Certificate

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07996831

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and a method are provided to enable simple and easy installation of a driver program, on an external apparatus, for controlling office equipment from the external apparatus regardless of a positional relation between the office equipment and the external apparatus. The office equipment, controllable by the external apparatus with a predetermined driver program, can include a request accepting unit configured to accept an acquisition request for predetermined information that facilitates installation of the driver program on the external apparatus. The office equipment can further include an information transmitting unit configured to transmit the predetermined information to a storage device capable of communicating with the external apparatus.

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