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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2011
Takeshi Koyama, Tokyo, JP;
Alain Volmat, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinaga Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Shizu Kanauchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Koyama, Tokyo, JP;
Alain Volmat, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinaga Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Shizu Kanauchi, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication device includes: a receiving unit that receives metainformation indicating an update from an update information providing device to provide information related to the update; a determining unit that determines, on the basis of the received metainformation, whether an update needed for the communication device exists; a notifying unit that notifies, when the update exists, a user of existence of the update; an operation unit that receives, when the update exists, a selection operation as to whether the update is to be executed from the user; and an update processing unit that executes, when the selection operation to execute the update is received by the operation unit, the update on the basis of the received metainformation.