Patent ID: 8514417
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A multi-function apparatus configured to provide functionalities to a client terminal connected via a network, said multi-function apparatus comprising: a maintenance part configured to maintain module information indicating, for each of the functionalities, one or more modules corresponding to the functionality; and a module access part configured to determine, based on the module information maintained by the maintenance part, a first module associated with a first functionality, in response to a request, received from the client terminal via the network, for the first functionality, and cause said first module to be retrieved via the network from another device, and to be executed in response to the request from the client terminal via the network, wherein the module access part causes the first module, retrieved via the network from said another device, to be remotely executed by the multi-function apparatus in order to provide the first functionality.