Program distributing apparatus and program distributing system
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1. A program distributing apparatus that is connected to a program distributing server and a plurality of terminals via a network, and distributes a program to be embedded into the terminals and the apparatus to the terminals, the apparatus comprising:
- a fetching unit that fetches the program from the program distributing server on behalf of the terminals; and
a distributing unit that distributes fetched program to the terminals.
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A program distributing apparatus is connected to a program distributing server and a plurality of terminals via a network, and distributes a program to be embedded into the terminals and the apparatus to the terminals. The apparatus includes a fetching unit that fetches the program from the program distributing server on behalf of the terminals, and a distributing unit that distributes fetched program to the terminals.
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1. A program distributing apparatus that is connected to a program distributing server and a plurality of terminals via a network, and distributes a program to be embedded into the terminals and the apparatus to the terminals, the apparatus comprising:
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a fetching unit that fetches the program from the program distributing server on behalf of the terminals; and a distributing unit that distributes fetched program to the terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A program distributing system in which a program distributing server and a plurality of terminals are connected via a network, the system comprising:
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a recording unit that records therein program-fetching terminal information that is information on a terminal that fetches a program to be embedded into the terminals on behalf of the terminals from among the terminals; and a notifying unit that notifies, when the program distributing server receives a request for distributing the program, address information of a terminal that becomes a distribution source of the program, based on recorded program-fetching terminal information.
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7. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program codes embodied in the medium that when executed cause a computer to execute:
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fetching a program to be embedded into a plurality of terminals and a program distributing apparatus that includes the program codes, on behalf of the terminals; and distributing fetched program to the terminals. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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