Patent ID: 8605317
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information distributing apparatus which can communicate with an image forming apparatus, comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain, from the image forming apparatus, information showing whether or not an external apparatus which can execute a predetermined program in place of the image forming apparatus has been connected to the image forming apparatus; and a distributing unit configured to distribute the predetermined program so as to install the predetermined program into the image forming apparatus, wherein if it is determined from the information obtained by the obtaining unit that the external apparatus which can execute the predetermined program in place of the image forming apparatus has been connected to the image forming apparatus, the distributing unit is controlled so as not to distribute the predetermined program to the image forming apparatus, wherein the obtaining unit further obtains information showing whether or not the image forming apparatus can execute the predetermined program, wherein if it is determined from the information obtained by the obtaining unit that the image forming apparatus cannot execute the predetermined program and the external apparatus which can execute the predetermined program in place of the image forming apparatus has been connected to the image forming apparatus, the distributing unit is controlled so as not to distribute the predetermined program to the image forming apparatus, and if it is determined from the information obtained by the obtaining unit that the image forming apparatus cannot execute the predetermined program and the external apparatus which can execute the predetermined program in place of the image forming apparatus is not connected to the image forming apparatus, the distributing unit is controlled so as to distribute the predetermined program to the image forming apparatus.