Patent ID: 8645536
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of setting a communication port of an image forming apparatus connected to a network, the method comprising: receiving a first communication port of a new application to be installed on the image forming apparatus, the first communication port being useable by the new application to communicate via the network; determining whether a second communication port of an existing application is the same as the first communication port of the new application; and if the second communication port of the existing application is the same as the first communication port of the new application, setting one of the first communication port and the second communication port to have priority over another one of the first communication port and the second communication port, the second communication port being useable by the existing application to communicate via the network; and installing the new application on the image forming apparatus, wherein the setting operation comprises setting one of the first communication port and the second communication port to have priority by removing or deactivating one of the applications.