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DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

  • US 20110276956A1
  • Filed: 04/28/2011
  • Published: 11/10/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A distribution apparatus comprising:

  • a holding unit configured to hold, in a storage device, association information associating model information for identifying a model of a device, device identification information for identifying the device, a pre-update version of a program distributable to the device, and a post-update version of the program distributable to the device;

    a history storage unit configured to store, in the storage device as a distribution history, the device identification information of the device to which a program was distributed, the pre-update version of the program of the device, a version of the distributed program as the post-update version, and an update result indicating whether updating with the distributed program in the device was successful;

    an identification unit configured to identify, from the storage device, when a request about a program applicable to the device and including the device identification information and the version of the program of the device is received from the device, association information corresponding to the device identification information and the version of the program included in the request;

    a history identification unit configured to identify a distribution history corresponding to the device identification information, the pre-update version, and the post-update version included in the identified association information from the storage device; and

    a response unit configured to transmit, when the update result indicates successful updating in the identified distribution history, information indicating the post-update version included in the distribution history to the device as a response to the request.

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