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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2013
Hiroshi Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Miki Oouchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Rie Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeyuki Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryo Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Ozaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Mori, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Miki Oouchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Rie Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeyuki Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryo Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Ozaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Mori, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus stores configuration information including sets of version information of modules of firmware in the apparatus; obtains, based on the configuration information, firmware information including sets of version information of modules of firmware in a latest version; compares the sets of version information in the configuration information with those in the firmware information, and, when the sets of version information in the configuration information are not coincident with those in the firmware information, determines that it is possible to update the firmware in the apparatus; downloads the firmware in the latest version; and compares the sets of version information in the downloaded firmware with those in the configuration information, and updates only the module of the firmware in the apparatus for which the version information in the downloaded firmware is different from that in the configuration information.