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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2012
Eiji Enami, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Enami, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An application delivering system includes an image forming apparatus that stores list information including plural sets of information, each including an item indicating a function capable of being provided by the image forming apparatus, and ID of an application program which is necessary to use the function in correspondence with the item indicating the function; an information terminal that determines whether it is necessary to obtain the application program to use a desired function of the image forming apparatus selected by a user among the functions indicated by the items included in the list information and sends a request for delivering the application program including ID of the application program to the application delivering server; and an application delivering server that stores application programs in correspondence with ID and delivers the application program identified by the ID included in the request to the information terminal.