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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2011
Applicant:
Naoto Yuki, Yokosuka, JP;
Inventor:
Naoto Yuki, Yokosuka, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A distribution apparatus manages a distribution history of a program and, when a request about a program applicable to a device including device identification information and a version of the program of the device is received from the device, if an update result indicates successful updating in the distribution history about the program, transmits information indicating a post-update version included in the distribution history to the device as a response to the request.