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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Yoshihiro Ogura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Ogura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes an install unit to receive install data for software to install the software for providing a function, an acquisition unit to acquire a license file for activating the function, a management unit to manage information indicative of presence or absence of a license to use the function, independently of presence or absence of the license file, and an update unit to update the information indicative of presence or absence of the license upon transferring the license between apparatuses.
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