IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20140373034A1
• Filed: 08/29/2014
• Published: 12/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tsutomu Ohishi
• Original Assignee: Tsutomu Ohishi
• Inventors: OHISHI, Tsutomu
• Granted Patent: US 10,296,401 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/328
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00912 Arrangements for controlling a still picture apparatus or components thereof not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32496 Changing the task performed, e.g. reading and transmitting, receiving and reproducing, copying facsimile mode changing H04N1/333
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32561 using a programmed control device, e.g. a microprocessor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

An image forming apparatus including an application is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a determining unit that, when the application starts in the image forming apparatus, checks first information indicating a function to be used by the application against second information indicating a function supported by the image forming apparatus so as to determine whether the function to be used by the application is executable, and changes operations of the application according to a determination result. The determining unit is automatically updated if the determining unit does not support a structure of the first information or a structure of the second information.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. An apparatus capable of executing an application program, comprising:

a determination unit configured to determine whether the apparatus can execute the application program by

acquiring first and second information, the first information including functions to be used for operating the application program, the second information including functions usable in the apparatus, and

comparing the first information with the second information; and

an execution control unit configured to control an operation of the application program based on a determination result by the determination unit,

wherein the determination unit is configured to determine whether the apparatus can execute the application program based on whether all the functions included in the first information correspond to the functions usable in the apparatus included in the second information.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a processing unit configured to, when there is a disagreement between the functions included in the first information and the function included in the second information, refers to third information in which conditions to control the operation of the application program are defined, and execute a process which is based on the third information.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the determination unit is configured to, when there is a disagreement between the functions included in the first information and the function included in the second information, update the functions supported in the apparatus.

5. The apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the determination unit is configured to, when there is a disagreement between the functions included in the first information and the function included in the second information, limit functions of the application program.

6. The apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the functions included in the first information indicate contents of processes to be executed by the apparatus based on an operation of the application program.

7. The apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the functions included in the second information indicate processes that can be executed by the apparatus.

8. The apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the conditions defined in the third information are that no update of the application program or the apparatus is to be performed.