Method and apparatus for managing software copyright years in a multiple platform electronic reprographics system
First Claim
1. A multiple platform architecture data reporting system for managing attribute data in a document reproduction apparatus, the system comprising:
- at least one hardware platform controller card configured to store copyright attributes of software stored on the at least one hardware platform controller card;
a system manager connected to a memory and configured to poll the at least one hardware platform controller card for the software copyright attributes, to collect the software copyright attributes from the at least one hardware platform controller card in the memory, and to merge the software copyright attributes reported by each hardware platform controller card into a compilation of software copyright attributes of all of the hardware platform controller cards; and
a user interface connected to the system manager for displaying the compilation of software copyright attributes of all of the hardware platform controller cards to a user.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a multiple platform architecture data reporting system for managing attribute data. The system comprises: a system manager for collecting attribute data from multiple platforms and a user interface connected to the system manager for displaying the collected attribute data to a user. Also disclosed is a method for managing attribute data in a multiple platform architecture comprising the steps of polling at least two platforms for attribute data, collecting the attribute data from the at least two platforms in response to the step of polling, and then displaying the collected attribute data on a user display.
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15 Claims
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1. A multiple platform architecture data reporting system for managing attribute data in a document reproduction apparatus, the system comprising:
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at least one hardware platform controller card configured to store copyright attributes of software stored on the at least one hardware platform controller card; a system manager connected to a memory and configured to poll the at least one hardware platform controller card for the software copyright attributes, to collect the software copyright attributes from the at least one hardware platform controller card in the memory, and to merge the software copyright attributes reported by each hardware platform controller card into a compilation of software copyright attributes of all of the hardware platform controller cards; and a user interface connected to the system manager for displaying the compilation of software copyright attributes of all of the hardware platform controller cards to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for managing attribute data in a document reproduction apparatus, the method comprising:
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using one or more hardware platform controller cards of the document reproduction apparatus for storing copyright attributes of software stored on each hardware platform controller card; using a system manager in the document reproduction apparatus to poll the one or more hardware platform controller cards for the software copyright attributes; using the system manager to collect the software copyright attributes from each of the hardware platform controller cards in response to the polling, and to merge the software copyright attributes reported by each hardware platform controller card into a compilation of software copyright attributes for all of the hardware platform controller cards; and using a display of the document processing apparatus to display the compilation of software copyright attributes. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A software copyright information managing system embodied on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for managing software copyright attributes in a document reproduction apparatus, the system comprising:
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at least one platform controller stored on said non-transitory computer readable storage medium and configured to store copyright attributes of software stored on the at least one platform controller; a system manager stored on said non-transitory computer readable storage medium and configured to poll the at least one platform controller for the software copyright attributes, to collect the software copyright attributes from the at least one platform controller, and to merge the software copyright attributes reported by each platform controller into a compilation of software copyright attributes of all of the platform controllers; and a user interface connected to the system manager for displaying the software copyright attributes of all of the platform controllers. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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