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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2010
Yoshihiro Ogura, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuo Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoki Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunichi Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Tsukada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Ogura, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuo Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoki Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunichi Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Tsukada, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An operation inhibiting system includes an image forming apparatus in which programs are installed and an operation inhibition information providing apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus includes a configuration information storing unit to store configuration information about the installed programs, an operation inhibition information acquiring unit to transmit the configuration information to the operation inhibition information providing apparatus, and to receive operation inhibition information that is transmitted from the operation inhibition information providing apparatus in response to the configuration information, the operation inhibition information indicating on a program-specific basis whether an operation to modify a configuration of an installed program is allowed, and an operation unit to inhibit the operation on the program based on the received operation inhibition information, wherein the operation inhibition information providing apparatus includes a unit that transmits the operation inhibition information responsive to the configuration information upon receiving the configuration information.