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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Akio Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Akio Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A digital MFP includes a dual I/F storage unit including two different interfaces: an external interface (RFID) and an internal interface (bus). When the power of the digital MFP is turned ON, in steps Sand S, if a main controller of the digital MFP determines that license information has been written in the dual I/F storage unit from a portable terminal while the power of the digital MFP was OFF, then in step S, the main controller validates a function of the digital MFP corresponding to the license information, by using the license information.