METHOD OF INSTALLING SOFTWARE, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

• US 20100192147A1
• Filed: 01/28/2010
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Inventors: KADOTA, Masatoshi
• Application Number:
  US12/695,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20100192147A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/178
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

In an information processing apparatus, when an installation execution instruction is input, a package which is instructed by the execution instruction, and packages which are in a dependence relationship with the package are set as an install items. For each of the packages, a license text indicated by text data in the package is set as a display text for a license dialog. A group of packages having the same license which is to be concluded is detected by comparing display texts which are set in packages, with one another, and, for each group of packages having the same license, a license dialog in which the common display text is described is displayed. In this case, the user is inquired about the intention of agreement conclusion while identification information of packages corresponding to the license is described together with the license which is the display text, in the dialog.

Claims

1. A computer readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform:

an install item setting procedure for setting plural pieces of software as install items;

an license identifying procedure for identifying a license that must be concluded in a use of the software with respect to each of the plural pieces of software which are set as the install items in the install item setting procedure;

a detection procedure for detecting a first software group including pieces of software having a first license to be concluded, from the plural pieces of software which are set as the install items;

a display control procedure for controlling a displaying device to display first agreement information of the first license that is common to the pieces of software in the first software group; and

an install procedure for installing the pieces of software in the first software group in which intention of conclusion is input from an outside.

2. The medium according to claim 1, wherein, when the pieces of software which are set as the install items include software which is not included in the first software group, the display control procedure controls the display device to display second agreement information of a second license of the piece of software which is set as the install item and is not included in the first software group.

3. The medium according to claim 2, wherein

the display control procedure controls the display device to display a first input object through which intention of concluding the license that is common to the software group can be input, and controls the display device to display a second input object through which intention of concluding the license of the software which is set as the install item and is not included in the detected software group can be input,

the install procedure installs the pieces of software corresponding to the license in which intention of conclusion is input through the input object.

4. The medium according to claim 2, wherein

the display control procedure controls the displaying device to display a collective input object through which intention of collectively concluding licenses of the pieces of software which are set as the install items can be input, and

the install procedure installs the pieces of software which are install items when the intention of collectively concluding licenses of the pieces of software is input through the collective input object.

5. The medium according to claim 3, wherein

the display control procedure controls the display to display an license screen in which the first agreement information is described, and which includes the first input object, and controls the display device to display an license screen in which the second agreement information is described and which includes the second input object.

6. The medium according to claim 4, wherein

the display control procedure controls the display device to display the collective input object on a license screen on which the first and second agreement information is described.

7. The medium according to claim 2, wherein

the install item setting procedure sets, when an installation execution instruction is input from an outside, the software which is instructed from the outside by the execution instruction, and a software which is necessary for executing the instructed software, as the install items.

8. The medium according to claim 7, wherein

the install procedure starts installing each of the pieces of software at a timing when intention of concluding the licenses of all pieces of software which are set as the install items in the install item setting procedure is input.

9. The medium according to claim 3, wherein

the install item setting procedure sets, when an installation execution instruction is input from an outside, the software which is instructed from the outside by the execution instruction, and software which is necessary for executing the instructed software, as the install items,

the install procedure sequentially installs the pieces of software which are set as the install items in the install item setting procedure, with starting from the software corresponding to the license in which the intention of concluding is input, and

the program further causes the computer to perform:

an uninstall procedure for, when intention of refusing the license is input from the outside with respect to any license, canceling the install of the pieces of software in the install procedure, and uninstalling all pieces of software which have been installed in the install procedure up to a timing of inputting the intention of refusal.

10. The medium according to claim 5, wherein

the install item setting procedure sets, when an installation execution instruction is input from an outside, the software which is instructed from the outside by the execution instruction, and software which is necessary for executing the instructed software, as the install item,

the install procedure sequentially installs the pieces of software which are set as the install items in the install item setting procedure, with starting from a software corresponding to the license in which intention of concluding is input through the input object,

the display control procedure controls the displaying device to display the license screen that further includes a refusal input object through which intention of refusing a license can be input, and

the program further causes the computer to perform:

an uninstall procedure for, when intention of refusing a license is input through the refusal input object, canceling the install of the pieces of software in the install procedure, and uninstalling all pieces of software which have been installed in the install procedure up to a timing of inputting the intention of refusal.

11. The medium according to claim 5, wherein

the display control procedure controls the displaying device not to display the license screen with respect to the software in which the license that must be concluded is a license of a specific kind, and controls the displaying device to display only the license screen with respect to a software in which the license that must be concluded is not the license of the specific kind, and

the install procedure assumes that intention of concluding the license with respect to the software in which the license that must be concluded is the license of the specific kind is input and installs the pieces of software.

12. The medium according to claim 2, wherein

the license identifying procedure obtains, from a server apparatus which stores correspondence relationships between a software and a kind of a license that must be concluded in a use of the software, information indicating a kind of the license that must be concluded in a use of each of the pieces of software which are set as the install items in the install item setting procedure, and identifies the license that must be concluded in a use of each of the pieces of software which are set as the install items, and

the install procedure downloads the pieces of software which are set as install items from a server apparatus which stores the pieces of software, after intention of concluding the license of the software is input, and installs the pieces of software.

13. The medium according to claim 2, wherein

the display control procedure controls the displaying device to display identification information of the software which is made usable by conclusion of the license while correlating with the agreement information of the license.

14. A computer readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform:

an install item setting procedure for setting plural pieces of software as install items;

a display control procedure for controlling a displaying device to display a license screen in which agreement information of a license that must be concluded in a use of each of the pieces of software that are set as the install items in the install item setting procedure is described, the license screen including a collective input object through which intention of collectively concluding licenses of the pieces of software can be input; and

an install procedure for installing the pieces of software which are set as the install items when the intention of collectively concluding licenses is input through the collective input object included in the license screen.

15. The medium according to claim 14, wherein

the install item setting procedure sets, when an installation execution instruction is input from an outside, the software which is instructed from the outside by the execution instruction, and a software which is necessary for executing the instructed software, as the install item.

16. The medium according to claim 14, wherein

the display control procedure controls the displaying device to display identification information of the software which is made usable by conclusion of the license while correlating with the agreement information of the license.

17. A method of installing plural pieces of software which are set as install items, into an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

identifying a license that must be concluded in a use of the software with respect to each of the plural pieces of software which are set as the install items;

detecting a software group including pieces of software having the same license to be concluded, from the plural pieces of software which are set as the install items;

controlling a displaying device to display first agreement information of the license that is common to the pieces of software in the detected software group;

when the pieces of software which are set as the install item include the software which is not included in the detected software group, controlling the display device to display second agreement information of the license of the piece of software which is set as the install item and is not included in the detected software group; and

installing the pieces of software corresponding to the license in which intention of conclusion is input from an outside.

18. A method of installing plural pieces of software which are set as an install items, into an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

controlling a displaying device to display a license screen in which agreement information of a license that must be concluded in a use of each of the pieces of software that are set as the install items is described, the license screen including a collective input object through which intention of collectively concluding licenses of the pieces of software can be input; and

installing the pieces of software which are set as the install items when the intention of collectively concluding licenses is input through the collective input object included in the license screen.

19. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an item setting unit which sets plural pieces of software as install items;

an agreement identifying unit which identifies a license that must be concluded in a use of the software with respect to each of the plural pieces of software which are set as the install items;

a detecting unit which detects a software group including pieces of software having the same license to be concluded, from the plural pieces of software which are set as the install items;

a display controlling unit which controls a displaying device to display first agreement information of the license that is common to the pieces of software in the detected software group, and when the pieces of software which is set as the install item includes the software which is not included in the detected software group, controls the display device to display second agreement information of the license of the piece of software which is set as the install item and is not included in the detected software group; and

an installing unit which installs the pieces of software corresponding to the license in which intention of conclusion is input from an outside in the information processing apparatus.

20. An information processing apparatus including:

an item setting unit which sets plural pieces of software as install items;

a display controlling unit which controls a displaying device to display a license screen in which agreement information of a license that must be concluded in a use of each of the pieces of software that are set as the install items is described, the license screen including a collective input object through which intention of collectively concluding licenses of the pieces of software can be input; and

an installing unit which installs the pieces of software which are set as the install items in the information processing apparatus when the intention of collectively concluding licenses is input through the collective input object included in the license screen.