Patent ID: 9207899
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A management apparatus for registering a device driver in a peripheral device, comprising: a first designation unit configured to designate (a) a first installer program for installing the device driver for the peripheral device in an information processing apparatus, and (b) at least one second installer program for installing a program related to the device driver in the information processing apparatus; a second designation unit configured to designate an activation order of the first and second installer programs designated by the first designation unit; and a computer, which functions as: a creation unit configured to create a setup program that includes the designated first and second installer programs and activate the designated first and second installer programs in the activation order designated by the second designation unit, and a registration unit configured to register the setup program created by the creation unit in a storage region in the peripheral device, wherein the setup program is changed by the peripheral device such that an installer program which is included in the setup program and which is for installing a program other than a cooperation program operating in cooperation with a program installed in the peripheral device is not activated in the information processing apparatus.