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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
May. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Naoto Tsuruoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Naoto Tsuruoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00204 (2013.01); H04N 1/0097 (2013.01); H04N 1/00938 (2013.01); H04N 1/00973 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus capable of receiving firmware from an information processing apparatus via a network, includes a storage unit storing the firmware received from the information processing apparatus; a search for unit searching for one or more other image forming apparatuses on the network which are a same model of the image forming apparatus whose firmware can be updated to the firmware stored in the storage unit; and an update execution unit updating firmware of the one or more other image forming apparatuses that are searched for by the search for unit.