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Patent No.:

US 12783188 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2024

Image forming apparatus that controls installation of an application in accordance with a user's subscription plan, method for controlling image forming apparatus, storage medium, and management system

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yasunori Shimakawa, Chiba, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Venable LLP

Primary Examiner:

Andrew H Lam

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/123 (2013.01); G06F 3/1222 (2013.01); G06F 3/1238 (2013.01);
Abstract

Structures capable of reducing the time and effort of installing an application for adding a function corresponding to a plan subscribed by a user, are provided. An image forming apparatus specifies a predetermined application that adds, to the image forming apparatus, a function of the image forming apparatus permitted to be used in a plan subscribed by a user, acquires the specified predetermined application from a management server that manages a plurality of applications, and installs the acquired predetermined application onto the image forming apparatus.

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Shimakawa, Yasunori. (2026). Image forming apparatus that controls installation of an application in accordance with a user's subscription plan, method for controlling image forming apparatus, storage medium, and management system (U.S. Patent No. 12783188). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12783188

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