Patent ID: 8122210
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A data backup device, comprising: a receiver unit receiving from an image forming apparatus via a network backup data and sender information indicating a network address of the image forming apparatus and a device identification that specifically identifies the image forming apparatus, the backup data being sent when an operation updating firmware of the image forming apparatus is executed; a memory unit storing the backup data and the sender information that are received, the received sender information being stored in the memory unit at least until the backup data is sent back to the image forming apparatus; an identifying unit identifying the image forming apparatus by comparing a network address of the image forming apparatus and a device identification that specifically identifies the image forming apparatus with the network address and the device identification in the sender information; a judgment unit, automatically without a request for retrieving the backup data from the image forming apparatus, judging whether or not the identified image forming apparatus is ready to receive the backup data; and a transmitting unit sending the backup data back to the identified image forming apparatus corresponding to the sender information stored in the memory unit, when the judgment unit judges that the image forming apparatus is ready to receive the backup data.