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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2013
Takahiro Akatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Akatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus that includes a device control program that is updated independently from a program executed on an external apparatus and includes a main unit, a first storage unit that stores additional function information that specifies an additional function added to the main unit inherited from the program in the external apparatus, a second storage unit that stores additional function information that specifies the additional function apart from the first storage unit, and a compatibility determining unit that identifies additional function information compatible with the main unit among one or more additional function information stored in the first storage unit and the second storage unit.