Konica-minolta Holdings, Inc.

Hiroshi Sasada

Tatsuyoshi Haga

The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus for updating internally stored data, and a data processing apparatus for transmitting instruction information to the image processing apparatus for instructing the updating of data. According to the image processing apparatus and the data processing apparatus of the invention, in the processing for obtaining, from a server, update data that are required to update application data for the image processing apparatus, and for updating the application data, the update data acquisition method is pre-designated through the operating unit of the image processing apparatus or the data processing apparatus. When the updating instruction information is entered in the image processing apparatus through the operating unit of the data processing apparatus or the image processing apparatus, new update data are obtained from the server in accordance with the acquisition method designated for the image processing apparatus. Then, the application data stored in the data storage unit of the image processing apparatus are efficiently and easily rewritten to the new update data, without a special tool or hardware being required.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Sasada