Patent ID: 7791745

Claim:
An install system comprising a first information processing apparatus that runs a device driver and a second information processing apparatus that is capable of communicating with the first information processing apparatus; the first information processing apparatus comprising: means for determining whether or not the device driver is set as a shared setting; and means for notifying, when a plug-in module that can be plugged into the device driver is installed on the first information processing apparatus and the device driver is determined to be set in the shared setting, additional environment information indicating that the plug-in module is added to the device driver in the first information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus; and the second information processing apparatus comprising: means for installing the device driver in accordance with point and print installation; and means for obtaining, after the point and print installation, the plug-in module from the first information processing apparatus, by using the additional environment information, in accordance with an instruction from a user, wherein the plug-in module is a program that expands the functions of the device driver.