INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20130139142A1
• Filed: 08/08/2011
• Published: 05/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Ikawa, Taku, Sugiura, Yuuko, Hirokawa, Tomoya, Han, Xiaofeng
• Granted Patent: US 9,063,810 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/170
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/12 Digital output to print unit , e.g. line printer, chain printer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/656 while running
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit that stores combination information relevant to combinations of different types of first programs that can be installed in a device, the combination information including memory consumption amounts of the combinations; a receiving unit that receives an install target first program and device information relevant to the device; and a determining unit that determines validity of installing the install target first program in the device by determining, by referring to the combination information, a predicted memory consumption amount corresponding to a first combination including the install target first program and an existing first program that is installed in the device and indicated in the device information, and by comparing the predicted memory consumption amount with a device memory consumption amount of the device indicated in the device information.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a coexistence condition storage unit configured to store combination information relevant to combinations of different types of first programs that can be installed in a device, the combination information including memory consumption amounts of the combinations;

an install information receiving unit configured to receive an install target first program selected as an install target and device information relevant to the device selected as an install destination of the install target first program; and

a validity determining unit configured to determine validity of installing the install target first program in the device by determining, by referring to the combination information in the coexistence condition storage unit, a predicted memory consumption amount corresponding to a first combination including the install target first program and an existing first program that is installed in the device and indicated in the device information, and by comparing the predicted memory consumption amount obtained as a determination result with a device memory consumption amount of the device selected as the install destination indicated in the device information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the coexistence condition storage unit stores, for the respective combinations, version information of the respective different types of the first programs in the combinations indicated in the combination information,

the device information includes version information of the existing first programs that are installed in the device, and

the validity determining unit determines, for the respective existing first programs that are installed in the device, whether the version information included in the device information corresponds to the version information stored in the coexistence condition storage unit relevant to the install target first program in the first combination, and when the validity determining unit determines that the version information of the existing first program does not correspond to the version information of the install target first program, the validity determining unit generates update report information for reporting that the existing first program needs to be updated.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the coexistence condition storage unit stores, for the respective combinations, a list of different types of second programs that are used by the respective different types of the first programs in the combinations indicated in the combination information,

the device information indicates an existing second program that is installed in the device, and

the validity determining unit determines, by referring to the coexistence condition storage unit, a target second program that is to be used by the install target first program included in the first combination, and when the validity determining unit determines that the target second program is not included in the device information as the existing second program, the validity determining unit generates install report information for reporting that the target second program needs to be installed in the device.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the coexistence condition storage unit stores, for the respective combinations, the different types of the second programs that are used by the respective different types of the first programs in the combinations as well as version information of the respective different types of the second programs, and

the validity determining unit determines, by referring to the coexistence condition storage unit, the target second program that is to be used by the install target first program included in the first combination as well as target version information of the target second program, and when the validity determining unit determines that the target second program corresponding to the target version information is not included in the device information as the existing second program, the validity determining unit generates the install report information for reporting that the target second program corresponding to the target version information needs to be installed in the device.

5. An information processing system comprising an information processing apparatus and a device, wherein

the information processing apparatus includes

a coexistence condition storage unit configured to store combination information relevant to combinations of different types of first programs that can be installed in the device, the combination information including memory consumption amounts of the combinations;

an install information receiving unit configured to receive an install target first program selected as an install target and device information relevant to the device selected as an install destination of the install target first program, the device information being acquired from the device selected as the install destination; and

a validity determining unit configured to determine validity of installing the install target first program in the device by determining, by referring to the combination information in the coexistence condition storage unit, a predicted memory consumption amount corresponding to a first combination including the install target first program and an existing first program that is installed in the device and indicated in the device information, and by comparing the predicted memory consumption amount obtained as a determination result with a device memory consumption amount of the device selected as the install destination indicated in the device information.

6. The information processing system according to claim 5, wherein

the coexistence condition storage unit stores, for the respective combinations, version information of the respective different types of the first programs in the combinations indicated in the combination information,

the device information includes version information of the existing first programs that are installed in the device, and

the validity determining unit determines, for the respective existing first programs that are installed in the device, whether the version information included in the device information corresponds to the version information stored in the coexistence condition storage unit relevant to the install target first program in the first combination, and when the validity determining unit determines that the version information of the existing first program does not correspond to the version information of the install target first program, the validity determining unit generates update report information for reporting that the existing first program needs to be updated.

7. The information processing system according to claim 5, wherein

the coexistence condition storage unit stores, for the respective combinations, a list of different types of second programs that are used by the respective different types of the first programs in the combinations indicated in the combination information,

the device information indicates an existing second program that is installed in the device, and

the validity determining unit determines, by referring to the coexistence condition storage unit, a target second program that is to be used by the install target first program included in the first combination, and when the validity determining unit determines that the target second program is not included in the device information as the existing second program, the validity determining unit generates install report information for reporting that the target second program needs to be installed in the device.

8. The information processing system according to claim 7, wherein

the coexistence condition storage unit stores, for the respective combinations, the different types of the second programs that are used by the respective different types of the first programs in the combinations as well as version information of the respective different types of the second programs, and

the validity determining unit determines, by referring to the coexistence condition storage unit, the target second program that is to be used by the install target first program included in the first combination as well as target version information of the target second program, and when the validity determining unit determines that the target second program corresponding to the target version information is not included in the device information as the existing second program, the validity determining unit generates the install report information for reporting that the target second program corresponding to the target version information needs to be installed in the device.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored therein, wherein the program instructs a processor of a computer to execute a method comprising:

receiving an install target first program selected as an install target and device information relevant to a device selected as an install destination of the install target first program; and

determining validity of installing the install target first program in the device, the determining of the validity including

determining a predicted memory consumption amount corresponding to a first combination including the install target first program and an existing first program that is installed in the device and indicated in the device information, the predicted memory consumption amount being determined by referring to a coexistence condition storage unit storing combination information relevant to combinations of different types of first programs that can be installed in the device, the combination information including memory consumption amounts of the combinations, the determining of the validity further including

comparing the predicted memory consumption amount obtained as a determination result with a device memory consumption amount of the device selected as the install destination indicated in the device information.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9, wherein

the receiving includes receiving the device information that includes version information of the existing first programs that are installed in the device,

the determining of the validity includes referring to the coexistence condition storage unit that stores, for the respective combinations, version information of the respective different types of the first programs in the combinations indicated in the combination information, and

the determining of the validity includes determining, for the respective existing first programs that are installed in the device, whether the version information included in the device information corresponds to the version information stored in the coexistence condition storage unit relevant to the install target first program in the first combination_;

the determining of the validity further including generating update report information for reporting that the existing first program needs to be updated when the version information of the existing first program is determined as not corresponding to the version information of the install target first program.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9, wherein

the receiving includes receiving the device information that indicates an existing second program that is installed in the device,

the determining of the validity includes referring to the coexistence condition storage unit that stores, for the respective combinations, a list of different types of second programs that are used by the respective different types of the first programs in the combinations indicated in the combination information, and

the determining of the validity includes determining, by referring to the coexistence condition storage unit, a target second program that is to be used by the install target first program included in the first combination, the determining of the validity further including generating install report information for reporting that the target second program needs to be installed in the device when the target second program is determined as not being included in the device information as the existing second program.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11, wherein

the determining of the validity includes referring to the coexistence condition storage unit that stores, for the respective combinations, the different types of the second programs that are used by the respective different types of the first programs in the combinations as well as version information of the respective different types of the second programs, and

the determining of the validity includes determining, by referring to the coexistence condition storage unit, the target second program that is to be used by the install target first program included in the first combination as well as target version information of the target second program, the determining of the validity further including generating the install report information for reporting that the target second program corresponding to the target version information needs to be installed in the device when the target second program corresponding to the target version information is determined as not being included in the device information as the existing second program.