Patent ID: 8553244
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: G03G,G06F

Abstract:
1. A notification method of a change in a status of an image processing apparatus to a client apparatus via a network, the notification method comprising: when a change occurs in the status of the image processing apparatus, generating update information in which the status change is written; notifying the client apparatus of the status change of the image processing apparatus with a function for delivering the generated update information, based on a device status monitoring setting input by a user; when receiving a delivery request for a printer driver of the image processing apparatus after a user has performed a device status monitoring setting, a management apparatus determines whether the image processing apparatus has a RSS data generating function, if the image processing apparatus is determined to not contain the RSS data generating function, the user selects a target event to be notified to the client apparatus; after the target event is selected, delivering from a management apparatus that manages the image processing apparatus a driver installation application that is utilized for installing a printer driver of the image processing apparatus on the client apparatus; acquiring printer information associated with the printer driver of the image processing apparatus required for installing the printer driver; ordering, in a single instruction, both installation of the printer driver using the printer information and registration of an RSS feed for receiving the generated update information from the management apparatus after the driver installation application is delivered receiving the status of the image processing apparatus after a result of execution of the RSS feed registration is received from the client apparatus; wherein the printer driver is installed on the client apparatus using the driver installation application.