Apparatus and method for managing application in incorporated equipment

• US 20060041563A1
• Filed: 09/20/2005
• Published: 02/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Fujisawa, Kunimasa
• Granted Patent: US 8,015,560 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99944 Object-oriented database structure

Abstract

The present invention provides an application managing apparatus and an application managing method, in which, after an incorporated equipment such as a copying machine, a printer, a multi function printer (MFP) having copier, printer and facsimile functions and a digital camera is forwarded, it is possible to install the program into the incorporated equipment and to start the installed program. When a name of a service to be installed and program data of the service are sent from a web browser to an install servlet as installation instruction of a program by HTTP protocol, the install servlet stores the program data in an external storing device as a file and registers a path storing the program and the service name in a class path management portion.

Claims

1. An application managing apparatus for managing application operating on a virtual machine in an equipment, comprising:

storing means for storing information regarding a program file of the application;

network connecting means for effecting communication to a client; and

registration control means for storing the program file in an external storing device and for registering positional information of the program file in said storing means when the program file is sent from said client through said network connecting means.

2. An application managing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said registration control means includes installation application which is one of applications operating on said application managing apparatus.

3-8. -8. (canceled)

9. An application managing method for managing application operating on a virtual machine in an equipment, comprising:

a storing step for storing information regarding a program file of the application in storing means; and

a registration control step for storing the program file in an external storing device and for registering positional information of the program file in said storing means when the program file is sent from a client through network connecting means.

10-15. -15. (canceled)

16. A storing medium for storing an application management program for managing application operating on a virtual machine in an equipment, comprising:

a storing step for storing information regarding a program file of the application in storing means; and

a registration control step for storing the program file in an external storing device and for registering positional information of the program file in said storing means when the program file is sent from a client through network connecting means.

17. (canceled)