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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2010
Hiroshi Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication device is driven by an on-demand driver installed in an apparatus that includes an on-demand driver generating program that generates the on-demand driver for the communication device based on device information of the communication device. The communication device includes a memory unit that stores therein the device information of the communication device, a responding unit that, in response to a request for obtaining the device information from the on-demand driver generating program, sends the device information stored in the memory unit to the apparatus, and an updating unit that is used in externally updating the device information stored in the memory unit.