Patent ID: 9471328
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An information processor, comprising: a processor; and a storage device including a first storage area in which a program is stored, the program being installed in the information processor through authentication based on a comparison of authentication information generated from a plurality of pre-certified files of the program and authentication information of the plurality of pre-certified files written in an authentication information file, the plurality of pre-certified files including the authentication information file and a first configuration file that defines an operation of the program, wherein the program, when executed by the processor, causes the information processor to search the information processor for a second configuration file, the second configuration file existing in the information processor at a time of the installation of the program and having a same file configuration as the first configuration file; register configuration data written in the second configuration file with a second storage area different from the first storage area in which the program is stored, in response to locating the second configuration file by the search; determine whether the configuration data are stored in the second storage area; and reflect the configuration data in the operation of the program in response to determining that the configuration data are stored in the second storage area, wherein the information processor is caused to register the configuration data in correlation with non-redundant logical printer information, the non-redundant logical printer information being generated by an operating system in order to identify a setting for a hardware item controlled by the information processor, wherein the second configuration file is stored in a folder or a directory whose folder name or directly name includes the logical printer information, and wherein the information processor is caused to register the configuration data in correlation with the logical printer information on a folder or directory basis.