Install processing apparatus, processing method, storage medium, and program

• US 7,080,100 B2
• Filed: 03/20/2003
• Issued: 07/18/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yokota, Yasuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Pardo, Thuy N.
• Application Number:
  US10/391,753
• Publication Number:
  US 20030217065A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,216 Days
• Field of Search: 707/104.1, 707/10, 707/101, 707/102, 707/103, 707/203, 709/221, 717/174, 710/8, 713/200
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1433 during software upgrading
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability

Abstract

An object of this invention is to prevent installation of an unnecessary application into an embedded device. To achieve this object, a control program according to this invention includes a module (208) which stores system information of an embedded device (101), a module (205) which loads an application (201), an module (206) which determines on the basis of a loaded execution module (203) and the system information whether the application (201) normally operates, a module (209) which determines on the basis of a property (202) and the system information whether the application (201) normally operates, and a module (210) which outputs an error when the application is determined not to operate normally.

Claims

1. An install processing method of installing an application containing property information into an embedded device, comprising:

a loading step of loading the application;

a property analysis step of analyzing the property information of the loaded application and determining on the basis of a property information analysis result and system information of the embedded device whether the application normally operates in the embedded device; and

an error notification step of outputting an error when the application is determined in the property analysis step not to operate normally, wherein when property information of the application including a plurality of execution modules is loaded in the loading step, and the application is determined in the property analysis step not to normally operate because a plurality of execution modules cannot be simultaneously normally operated even if each execution module can normally operate, a determination result is output in the error notification step.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising an execution module analysis step of analyzing a content of an execution module of the loaded application and determining on the basis of an execution module analysis result and the system information of the embedded device whether the application normally operates in the embedded device,

wherein, the property analysis step analyzes a list of libraries necessary to execute the application on the basis of the content of the execution module, reads out a list of libraries in the embedded device from the system information, and determines whether the application normally operates, on the basis of whether the libraries necessary for the application are stored in the embedded device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the property analysis step, analyzing the property information, analyzing information on a system resource necessary to execute the application, reading out information on a system resource of the embedded device from the system information, and determining whether the application normally operates, on the basis of whether the embedded device has the system resource necessary for the application.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the information on the system resource includes information on at least anyone of a RAM capacity, a hard disk capacity, and a network connection function of the embedded device.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein when the embedded device is determined in the property analysis step not to have the system resource necessary for the application, the application is installed into the embedded device, and the application cannot be executed until a shortage of the system resource is solved.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the error notification step further comprises a step of providing a cause of determining in the property analysis step that the application does not normally operate.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the application is determined in the property analysis step to normally operate, the application is installed into the embedded device.

8. A storage medium for storing a control program for causing a computer to realize an install processing method defined in claim 1.

9. A control program to be used by a computer to realize an install processing method defined in claim 1.

10. An install processing method of installing an application containing property information into an embedded device, comprising:

a loading step of loading the application;

a property analysis step of analyzing the property information of the loaded application and determining on the basis of a property information analysis result and system information of the embedded device whether the application normally operates in the embedded device; and

an error notification step of outputting an error when the application is determined in the property analysis step not to operate normally,

wherein the property analysis step acquires information on a system resource necessary to execute the application from the property information, reads out information on a system resource of the embedded device from the system information, and determines whether the application normally operates, on the basis of whether the embedded device has the system resource necessary for the application,

and wherein when the embedded device is determined in the property analysis step not to have the system resource necessary for the application, the application is stored in a temporary storage of the embedded device, and when a shortage of the system resource is determined in the property analysis step to be solved, a determination result is output in the error notification step.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising an execution module analysis step of analyzing a content of an execution module of the loaded application and determining on the basis of an execution module analysis result and the system information of the embedded device whether the application normally operates in the embedded device,

wherein the execution module analysis step analyzes a list of libraries necessary to execute the application on the basis of the content of the execution module, reads out a list of libraries in the embedded device from the system information, and determines whether the application normally operates, on the basis of whether the libraries necessary for the application are stored in the embedded device.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein when the application is determined in the property analysis step to normally operate, the application is installed into the embedded device.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein when the embedded device is determined in the property analysis step not to have the system resource necessary for the application, the application is installed into the embedded device, and the application cannot be executed until a shortage of the system resource is solved.

14. An install processing apparatus which installs an application containing property information into an embedded device, comprising:

loading means for loading the application;

analysis means for analyzing the property information of the loaded application and determining on the basis of a property information analysis result and system information of the embedded device whether the application normally operates in the embedded device; and

error notification means for outputting an error when the application is determined by said analysis means not to operate normally,

wherein when property information of the application including a plurality of execution modules is loaded by said loading means, and the application is determined by said analysis means not to normally operate because a plurality of execution modules cannot be simultaneously normally operated even if each execution module can normally operate, a determination result is output by said error notification means.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said analysis means analyzes a content of an execution module of the loaded application and determines on the basis of an execution module analysis result and the system information of the embedded device whether the application normally operates in the embedded device,

and wherein said analysis means analyzes a list of libraries necessary to execute the application on the basis of the content of the execution module, reads out a list of libraries in the embedded device from the system information, and determines whether the application normally operates, on the basis of whether the libraries necessary for the application are stored in the embedded device.

16. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said analysis means analyzes the property information, analyzes information on a system resource necessary to execute the application, reads out information on a system resource of the embedded device from the system information, and determines whether the application normally operates, on the basis of whether the embedded device has the system resource necessary for the application.

17. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein when the application is determined by said analysis means to normally operate, the application is installed into the embedded device.

18. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein when the embedded device is determined by said analysis means not to have the system resource necessary for the application, the application is installed into the embedded device, and the application cannot be executed until a shortage of the system resource is solved.

19. An install processing apparatus which installs an application containing property information into an embedded device, comprising:

loading means for loading the application;

analysis means for analyzing the property information of the loaded application and determining on the basis of an analysis result and system information of the embedded device whether the application normally operates in the embedded device; and

error notification means for outputting an error when the application is determined by said analysis means not to operate normally,

wherein said analysis means acquires information on a system resource necessary to execute the application from the property information, reads out information on a system resource of the embedded device from the system information, and determines whether the application normally operates, on the basis of whether the embedded device has the system resource necessary for the application,

and wherein when the embedded device is determined by said analysis means not to have the system resource necessary for the application, the application is stored in a temporary storage of the embedded device, and when a shortage of the system resource is determined by said analysis means to be solved, a determination result is output by said error notification means.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said analysis means analyzes a content of an execution module of the loaded application and determines on the basis of an execution module analysis result and the system information of the embedded device whether the application normally operates in the embedded device, and

and wherein said analysis means analyzes a list of libraries necessary to execute the application on the basis of the content of the execution module, reads out a list of libraries in the embedded device from the system information, and determines whether the application normally operates, on the basis of whether the libraries necessary for the application are stored in the embedded device.

21. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said analysis means analyzes the property information, analyzes information on a system resource necessary to execute the application, reads out information on a system resource of the embedded device from the system information, and determines whether the application normally operates, on the basis of whether the embedded device has the system resource necessary for the application.

22. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein when the application is determined by said analysis means to normally operate, the application is installed into the embedded device.

23. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein when the embedded device is determined by said analysis means not to have the system resource necessary for the application, the application is installed into the embedded device, and the application cannot be executed until a shortage of the system resource is solved.