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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Osamu Iijima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/665 (2013.01);
Abstract
An invented information processing apparatus includes a firmware renewal unit for renewing the firmware stored in the electronic device to be new firmware, a version retrieval unit for retrieving firmware version information indicating a version of the new firmware, a renewal information retrieval unit for detecting the version of the software compatible with the new firmware using the software version information, a version confirmation unit for selecting software of a newly required version, and an installation unit for installing the software of the newly required version.