Patent ID: 8453137
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G03G,G06K,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a hardware resource including at least one of a printer and a scanner; a processor; an operating system; a storage unit configured to store a plurality of application software, executable on the operating system by the processor and configured to provide services related to an image forming process, each of the plurality of application software being stored in a manner such that the plurality of application software are updateable in units of application software; a control program executable on the operating system by the processor and configured to receive a processing request from any of the plurality of application software, and to control the hardware resource based on the received processing request; a receiving unit configured to receive updating data; a judging unit configured to judge whether there exists, amongst the plurality of application software stored in the storage unit, application software to be updated based on the updating data received by the receiving unit; and an updating unit configured to update the application software to be updated based on the updating data received by the receiving unit when the judging unit judges that the application software to be updated exists amongst the plurality of application software stored in the storage unit.