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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2015
Hiroshi Hinohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Kanda, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication system is provided that includes a communication terminal that stores at least one program and a plurality of update apparatuses that provide update data for updating the program to the communication terminal. The communication terminal includes a memory that stores update apparatus information associated with communication bandwidth information, and processing circuitry that calculates an actual bandwidth obtained from a previous downloading of previous update data, determines an update apparatus for downloading next update data based on the calculated actual bandwidth and the update apparatus information stored in the memory, and downloads the next update data from the determined update apparatus.