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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Applicant:
Mamoru Osada, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Mamoru Osada, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus communicates with an external device via a communication medium. A storage unit stores program modules, each of which provides a function that can be executed on the image forming apparatus. A license confirmation unit confirms license information associated with each of the program modules. A program control unit controls operation of each of the program modules in response to a confirmation by the license confirmation unit. When a launch of one of the program modules is instructed, the program control unit executes a corresponding program module.