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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2009
Gregory C. Keys, Warwick, NY (US);
Rao Boyanapalli, Irving, TX (US);
Lana Wong, Springfield, NJ (US);
Hiroshi Kitada, Tuckahoe, NY (US);
Gregory C. Keys, Warwick, NY (US);
Rao Boyanapalli, Irving, TX (US);
Lana Wong, Springfield, NJ (US);
Hiroshi Kitada, Tuckahoe, NY (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Americas Corporation, West Caldwell, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system for peer-to peer distributed client updates. The system includes an update server to which a list of target network accessible devices as devices that are to receive an update file is uploaded. The update server also receives an update file from a licensing server remote from the server. The generates a list of the targeted network accessible devices, which includes a plurality of superior nodes and a plurality of subordinate nodes, which are each subordinate to a respective one of the superior nodes. The server then sends the update file to each of said superior nodes, which send the update message to each of the nodes subordinate to the respective superior nodes.