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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2010
Hidehiko Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus is disclosed that includes a list information storage unit that stores list information on additional programs having been transmitted to equipment connected via a network, the additional programs capable of dynamically interrupting another program of the equipment with processing thereof; a combination information storage unit that stores combination information indicating a combination of the additional programs, the combination showing that the additional programs are capable of being activated; a determination unit that determines whether an activation of the additional programs having been transmitted to the equipment is possible based on the list information and the combination information; and a transmission unit that transmits the additional program deficient in the combination indicated by the combination information to the equipment if the activation of the additional programs is determined to be impossible. The additional programs dynamically interrupt the another program with the processing thereof when being activated.