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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
May. 02, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Morita, Kashiwa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus has a printer driver module and a USB port and executes an update application that firmware of an MFP that carries out communications via the USB port and firmware of an MFP that is capable of carrying out communications with the device driver. When the printer driver module is a printer driver module that manages connection information indicating that the printer driver module and the USB port are connected together, an MFP having firmware to fee updated is determined as an update candidate based on first information indicating the MFP capable of carrying out communications with the printer driver module and second information indicating the MFP connected to the USB port. When the printer driver module is a device driver module that does not manage the connection information, the update candidate is selected using the first information without using the second information.
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