Installation method and apparatus

• US 20070234349A1
• Filed: 04/25/2006
• Published: 10/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ushiku, Toyohiko
• Granted Patent: US 8,782,634 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

Upon installing an application, one of a plurality of frameworks determines a framework in which the application is to be installed, and installs the application in the determined framework.

Claims

1. An installation method executed by one of a plurality of frameworks, comprising:

a determination step of determining, upon installing an application, a framework in which the application is to be installed; and

an installation step of installing the application in the framework determined in the determination step.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in the installation step, the application is installed in the one of the plurality of frameworks.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in the installation step, the application is installed in a framework other than the one of the plurality of frameworks.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of frameworks are handled as applications, which run on an operating system, by the operating system.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein, when an application on a framework other than the one of the plurality of frameworks is selected, processing is requested to the framework other than the one of the plurality of frameworks.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein applications on frameworks other than the one of the plurality of frameworks are managed by the one of the plurality of frameworks.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein an application corresponding to the application is generated on the one of the plurality of frameworks in a case where it is determined that the application is installed in a framework other than the one of the plurality of frameworks.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein grouped applications on the plurality of frameworks are managed.

9. An information processing apparatus comprising:

determination means for determining, upon installing an application, a framework in which the application is to be installed; and

installation means for installing the application in the framework determined by said determination means.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said installation means installs the application in one of the plurality of frameworks which determines the framework in which the application is to be installed.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said installation means installs the application in a framework other than one of the plurality of frameworks which determines the framework in which the application is to be installed.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of frameworks are handled as applications, which run on an operating system, by the operating system.

13. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein, when an application on a framework other than one of the plurality of frameworks is selected, processing is requested to the framework by the one of the plurality of frameworks which determines the framework in which the application is to be installed.

14. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising management means for managing applications on frameworks other than one of the plurality of frameworks which determines the framework in which the application is to be installed.

15. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising generation means for generating an application on one of a plurality of frameworks corresponding to the application which is installed in the framework in a case where it is determined that the application is installed in the framework other than the one of the plurality of frameworks.

16. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising management means for managing grouped applications on the plurality of frameworks.

17. A storage medium storing a computer program for implementing an installation method executed by one of a plurality of frameworks, said method comprising:

a determination step of determining, upon installing an application, a framework in which the application is to be installed; and

an installation step of installing the application in the framework determined in the determination step.

18. A computer program for implementing an installation method executed by one of a plurality of frameworks, said method comprising:

a determination step of determining, upon installing an application, a framework in which the application is to be installed; and

an installation step of installing the application in the framework determined in the determination step.