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Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 17, 2019
Applicant:

Genki Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Genki Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01);
Abstract

An information processing apparatus is configured to update at least one program by updating firmware. The information processing apparatus includes a new/old determiner configured to determine whether a program that is an update target is new or old by using a known program list, the known program list including identification information for identifying whether the program that is the update target is a same program as a known program; and an overwrite determiner configured to overwrite the program that is the update target with a bulk delivery program configured to update the program that is the update target, upon detecting that the program that is the update target is a customized program and is included in the known program list.


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