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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2004
Tatsuya Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a multi-function imaging machine, a termination condition for each application is managed at a remote location, and a termination operation of the application based on the termination condition is controlled at the imaging apparatus. This imaging apparatus implements a plurality of different applications related to imaging and includes a communication unit that enables transmission and reception of information between an external apparatus, a table that records an application usage state and a termination condition set by the external apparatus for each application, and a control unit that determines whether or not any of the applications satisfies the termination condition during activation by referring to the table, and terminates the application when the termination condition is satisfied.
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