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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD

  • US 20080244057A1
  • Filed: 03/26/2008
  • Published: 10/02/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A program management apparatus connected to one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses and managing a program installable to the image forming apparatuses, comprising:

  • a storage, configured to store program information including identification information of a program installable to the image forming apparatus and license information indicating a license for the program if the program requires the license;

    a program information transmitter, configured to transmit the program information stored in said storage to the image forming apparatus; and

    a program transmitter, configured to transmit the program to the image forming apparatus for installing the program on the image forming apparatus in response to a request for program execution from the image forming apparatus if there is a license for the program.

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