Patent ID: 9182995
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A management device that provides an instruction for installing a driver for use in a peripheral device to a plurality of client devices via a network, the management device comprising at least a processor configured to control: a management unit configured to manage management information including a type and a version of a driver installed on each client device and an output destination; a specification unit configured to specify, when a driver to be utilized in the client devices is changed in accordance with a change in information of the peripheral device, client devices on which a driver has been installed corresponding in type to the peripheral device whose information has been changed, with reference to the management information; an acquiring unit configured to acquire port information of each driver corresponding to the peripheral device whose information has been changed as an output destination set in each of the client devices specified by the specification unit; an extraction unit configured to extract, from among the specified client devices, a client device to be transmitted an instruction for installing a driver by using identification information included in the acquired port information, wherein, in the client device extracted by the extraction unit, a driver, in which port information including the identification information of the peripheral device whose information has been changed is set, has been installed; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the extracted client device, an installation instruction for updating a driver to be changed.