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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2018
Mitsuo Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuo Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing system includes an image forming apparatus and a server that provides application information of at least one web application to the image forming apparatus. The system includes a memory to store the application information of the web application; and circuitry to receive a selection of a specific web application by a user, compare device information of the image forming apparatus with application information of the selected web application, determine whether an update of firmware of the image forming apparatus is necessary based on a result of the comparison, update the firmware when a result of the determination indicates that the update of the firmware is necessary, generate a shortcut icon of the selected web application after the firmware is updated, and execute the selected web application, which required the update of the firmware of the image forming apparatus, by using the shortcut icon.