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Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 25, 2014
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yuichi Yagi, Chofu, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/665 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 8/67 (2013.01); G06F 8/61 (2013.01); G06F 8/68 (2013.01);
Abstract

As methods for updating firmware, an information processing apparatus executes a first update method of acquiring update firmware from an external apparatus via a network, storing the acquired update firmware in a volatile memory, and updating the firmware of the information processing apparatus based on the stored update firmware, and a second update method of updating the firmware of the information processing apparatus using a method that is different from the first update method. Furthermore, based on the remaining amount of a battery, the information processing apparatus decides whether to permit both the update of the firmware using the first update method and the update of the firmware using the second update method, or to permit the update of the firmware using the second update method and not to permit the update of the firmware using the first update method.


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