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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2002
Rintaro Nakane, Yokohama, JP;
Osamu Tachiyama, Tachikawa, JP;
Kazuo Sumioka, Yokohama, JP;
Seiya Shimizu, Numazu, JP;
Shuichi Tsujimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Masanori Kawasumi, Koshigaya, JP;
Yoshito Nakanishi, Inba, JP;
Yaeko Harada, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Fukusawa, Ichikawa, JP;
Hirofumi Harada, Funabashi, JP;
Rintaro Nakane, Yokohama, JP;
Osamu Tachiyama, Tachikawa, JP;
Kazuo Sumioka, Yokohama, JP;
Seiya Shimizu, Numazu, JP;
Shuichi Tsujimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Masanori Kawasumi, Koshigaya, JP;
Yoshito Nakanishi, Inba, JP;
Yaeko Harada, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Fukusawa, Ichikawa, JP;
Hirofumi Harada, Funabashi, JP;
Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a program management apparatus adapted to perform a program updating operation of a program by downloading the program from a server which manages an information of the program to a predetermined terminal device, including: a pattern setting unit, which retains plural kinds of patterns each serving as a mode for giving an information inclusive of a program and updating such a program, for allowing a user to select one of the patterns so as to previously set it as a selected pattern; and a program updating unit for, upon activation of a program updating operation, automatically performing the program updating operation according to the selected pattern set by the pattern setting unit.