System and method for updating program

• US 20060059480A1
• Filed: 12/27/2004
• Published: 03/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Kimoto, Tetsuo
• Application Number:
  US11/023,117
• Publication Number:
  US 20060059480A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/172
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57

Abstract

A system for updating a program comprises a device to be updated with an update-program based on a program-update request including information of a requester and information for specifying the device, generated by the requester, and an authentication device for authenticating the requester, the authentication device including a receiving device for receiving the program-update request, a judging device for judging whether the information of the requester is identical with a pre-registered information, and a transmitting device for transmitting a program-update notice to the device based on the program-update request only when the program-update request is identical with the pre-registered information, wherein the device is changed into a status which can allow the device to update the program only when the device receives the program-update notice.

Claims

1. A system for updating a program, comprising:

a device to be updated with an update-program based on a program-update request including information of a requester and information for specifying the device, generated by the requester; and

an authentication device which authenticates the requester,

wherein the authentication device includes

a receiving device which receives the program-update request;

a judging device which judges whether or not the information of the requester is identical with a pre-registered information; and

a transmitting device which transmits a program-update notice to the device based on the information for specifying the device only when the information of the requester is identical with the pre-registered information,

wherein the device to be updated is shifted into a status which can allow the device to update the program only when the device receives the program-update notice.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a program storage device which stores the update-program,

wherein the device obtains the update-program from the program storage device via a network when the device receives the program-update notice.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the authentication device and the program storage device are integrally formed.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the authentication device and the device to be updated are integrally formed.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the authentication device stores the update-program and the device obtains the update-program from the authentication device via a network when the device receives the program-update notice.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the program-update request is received via e-mail from the requester.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the program-update request is generated based on an input in a web system by the requester.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the program-update request is received via telephone network by the requester.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the information of the requester includes an identification number of the requester and a password, and the judging device judges whether the identification number and the password are identical with the pre-registered information.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the device notifies a result of a program updating process when the program updating process is completed.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the device notifies a result of a program updating process to the requester.

12. A system for updating a program, comprising:

an authentication device; and

a device to be updated with an update-program based on a program-update request including information of a requester,

wherein the device comprises

a receiving device which receives the program-update request,

a first transmitting device which transmits the information of the requester to the authentication device,

wherein the authentication device having a pre-registered information which authenticates the requester, comprises

a judging device which judges whether or not the information of the requester received from the first transmitting device is identical with the pre-registered information, and

a second transmission device which transmits a program-update notice to the device only when the judging device judges that the information of the requester is identical with the pre-registered information,

wherein the device to be updated is shifted into a status which can allow the device to update the program only when the device receives the program-update notice.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the authentication device stores the update-program and transmits the update-program to the device only when the judging device judges the information of requester is identical with the pre-registered information.

14. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

a program storage device which stores the update-program, wherein the program storage device transmits the update-program to the device via a network only when the judging device judges the information of requester is identical with the pre-registered information.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the program-update notice is transmitted to the device via the program storage device.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the update-program is transmitted to the device via the authentication device.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the authentication device and the program storage device are integrally formed.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the program-update request is received via e-mail from the requester.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the program-update request is generated based on an input in a web system by the requester.

20. The system of claim 12,

wherein the program-update request is received via a telephone network by the requester.

21. The system of claim 12, wherein the information of the requester includes an identification number of the requester and a password, and the judging device judges whether the identification number and password are identical with the pre-registered information.

22. The system of claim 12, wherein the device notifies a result of a program updating process when the program updating process is completed.

23. The system of claim 22,

wherein, the device notifies a result of the program updating process to the requester.

24. A system for updating a program, the system comprising:

a program storage device which stores an update-program;

a device to be updated with an update-program based on a program-update request including information of a requester and information of the device;

a receiving device which receives the program-update request inputted in an external device at outside of the receiving device;

a judging device which judges whether or not the information of the requester received by the receiving device is identical with pre-registered information; and

a program updating device which controls so that the device to be updated downloads the update-program from the program storage device via the network only when the information of the requester is identical with the pre-registered information.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the device to be updated includes the receiving device, the judging device and the program updating device.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein the program-update request is received via e-mail from the requester.

27. The system of claim 24, wherein the program-update request is generated based on an input on a web system by the requester.

28. The system of claim 24, wherein the program-update request is received via telephone network by the requester.

29. The system of claim 24, wherein the information of the requester includes an identification number of the requester and a password, and the judging device judges whether the identification number and the password are identical with the pre-registered information.

30. The system of claim 24, wherein the device notifies a result of a program updating process when the program updating process is completed.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the device notifies a result of a program updating process to the requester.

32. A method for updating a program used in a device of a system including an authentication device for authenticating the requester, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a program-update request including information of a requester;

judging whether or not the information of the requester is identical with a pre-registered information; and

allowing the device to be changed into a status which can allow the device to update the program only when the device receives the program-update notice the information of the requester is identical with the pre-registered information.

33. The method of claim 32, further comprising the step of:

updating the program in the device to the updated-program via a network.

34. The method of claim 32, wherein the receiving step is executed in the authentication device.

35. The method of claim 34, further comprising the step of:

transmitting a program-update notice for updating the program to the device after the judging step, wherein the allowing step is executed in the device which receives the program-update notice.

36. The method of claim 32, wherein the receiving step and the judging step are executed in the device.

37. The method of claim 32, wherein the program-update request is received via e-mail from the requester.

38. The method of claim 32, wherein the program-update request is generated based on an input on a we system by the requester.

39. The method of claim 32, wherein the program-update request is received via telephone network by the requester.

40. The method of claim 32, wherein the information of the requester in the program-update request includes an identification number of the requester and a password, and in the judging step, it is judged that the identification number and the password are identical with the pre-registered information or not.

41. The method of claim 32, further comprising a step of:

notifying a result of a program updating process when the program updating process is completed.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein the result is notified to the requester.