Patent ID: 8769527
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A driver remote installation method of an image forming apparatus which is connected with at least one of a plurality of clients and a client-server where a client is implemented in a role of a server, the method comprising: determining a plurality of groups, by the client-server, from the plurality of clients; selecting at least one group in which a driver of one component and a function expansion application of at least one other component of the image forming apparatus are to be installed by the client-server; selecting a type of the driver of the one component and the function expansion application of at least one other component to be installed in the plurality of clients included in the selected group; installing an install manager agent to connect the client-server and the clients of the selected group, to communicate data including an installation program of the one component and the function expansion application of the at least one other component, and to install the driver of the one component and the function expansion application of the at least one other component in the plurality of clients included in the selected group; and installing the selected driver of the one component and the at least one other component in the plurality of clients included in the selected group using the install manager.