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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2007
Akihiro Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Ogura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shinji Makishima, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Ida, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Ogura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shinji Makishima, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Ida, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method are provided to enable simple and easy installation of a driver program, on an external apparatus, for controlling office equipment from the external apparatus regardless of a positional relation between the office equipment and the external apparatus. The office equipment, controllable by the external apparatus with a predetermined driver program, can include a request accepting unit configured to accept an acquisition request for predetermined information that facilitates installation of the driver program on the external apparatus. The office equipment can further include an information transmitting unit configured to transmit the predetermined information to a storage device capable of communicating with the external apparatus.