Device to serve software to a host device through a peripheral device and method thereof
First Claim
1. A method of serving software, comprising:
- obtaining and storing host device software to be used in a host device;
obtaining and storing host device installation software information installed in the host device;
comparing information on the stored host device software to the stored host device installation software information, and determining whether to update the host device installation software; and
sending the stored host device software to the host device if it is determined that the host device installation software needs to be updated.
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Abstract
A device and method of serving software to a host device through a peripheral device, and/or a peripheral device to serve software to a host device. The software-serving method may include obtaining and storing host device software information, and/or host device installation software information, comparing information on the stored host device software to the stored host device installation software information, and determining whether to update the host device installation software. The software-serving method may also include sending the stored host device software to the host device if it is determined that the host device installation software needs to be updated. Thus, the method may serve updated host device software to any of a plurality of host devices, so the host device installation software may be more conveniently updated.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of serving software, comprising:
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obtaining and storing host device software to be used in a host device;
obtaining and storing host device installation software information installed in the host device;
comparing information on the stored host device software to the stored host device installation software information, and determining whether to update the host device installation software; and
sending the stored host device software to the host device if it is determined that the host device installation software needs to be updated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A peripheral device, comprising:
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a communication interface connecting at least one external device and at least one host device;
a storage unit to store software and host device information; and
a control unit to obtain and store in the storage unit, through the communication interface, host device software used for the host device, to obtain and store in the storage unit, through the communication interface, host device installation software information installed on the host device, and, if it is decided that the host device installation software on the host device needs to be updated, as a result of comparing the host device software information to the host device installation software information, to send to the host device, through the communication interface, the host device software stored in the storage unit of the peripheral device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system to serve software, comprising:
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at least one host device; and
at least one peripheral device comprising;
a communication interface connecting the peripheral device and the host device, a storage unit for storing host device software and host device installation software information, and a control unit for determining whether to serve updated software to the host device based on a comparison between the host device software and the host device installation software information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method of serving software comprising:
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obtaining information on a host device software stored in a peripheral device;
determining whether to replace the host device software based on a comparison of the host device software version to a version of a host device software of an external device, and if the version of the host device software of the external device is more recent than the host device software version stored in the peripheral device;
downloading the host device software of the external device; and
replacing the host device software stored in the peripheral device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A device to serve software comprising:
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a peripheral device; and
an external device, wherein the peripheral device obtains information on a host device software stored in a peripheral device, and determines whether to replace the host device software based on a comparison of the host device software version to a version of a host device software of an external device, and if the version of the host device software of the external device is more recent than the host device software version stored in the peripheral device, then the host device software of the external device is downloaded and replaced in the peripheral device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A peripheral device to form an image on a recording medium, comprising:
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an image forming unit to form an image on a recording medium according to data received from an external device;
a communication interface to communicate with the external device and a network; and
a control unit to receive host device software information and host device installation software information of the external device, and to generate an update signal so that the host device software can be updated with host device installation software. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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Specification