Patent ID: 8612739
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An operation inhibiting system, comprising: an image forming apparatus in which one or more programs are installed; and an operation inhibition information providing apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus includes: a configuration information storing unit to store configuration information about the one or more installed programs; an operation inhibition information acquiring unit to transmit the configuration information to the operation inhibition information providing apparatus, and to receive operation inhibition information that is transmitted from the operation inhibition information providing apparatus in response to the transmitted configuration information, the operation inhibition information including one or more inhibition indications that are selected to correspond to the one or more installed programs included in the transmitted configuration information, each of the one or more inhibition indications indicating on a program-specific basis whether an operation to modify a configuration of a corresponding one of the one or more installed programs is allowed; and an operation unit to receive a request to perform an operation on a program that is one of the one or more installed programs, and to determine, based on the received operation inhibition information, whether the requested operation is performable, wherein the operation inhibition information providing apparatus includes an operation inhibition information providing unit that transmits the operation inhibition information including the one or more inhibition indications that are selected to correspond to the one or more installed programs included in the configuration information received from the image forming apparatus.