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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Naoto Yuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In case of an initial setting operation before shipping an image forming apparatus, since a using period is out of the contract duration, the application is unavailable at the time of the initial setting operation. A license server issues a first license for setting of the application in addition to a second license regarding the contract duration of the application. When the first license is received from the license server, if the present date is within the usage period for the setting operation, the application is available for such a period, and if the present date is outside of such a period, the apparatus acquires the second license from the license server. When the second license is received from the license server, the image forming apparatus makes the application available for the contract duration.