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US07752290B2 Information processing apparatus connectable to peripheral device, controlling method, and computer-readable storage medium storing control program thereon
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可连接到外围设备的信息处理设备，控制方法和存储其上的控制程序的计算机可读存储介质
- Patent Title: Information processing apparatus connectable to peripheral device, controlling method, and computer-readable storage medium storing control program thereon
- Patent Title (中): 可连接到外围设备的信息处理设备，控制方法和存储其上的控制程序的计算机可读存储介质
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Application No.: US10642731Application Date: 2003-08-19
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Publication No.: US07752290B2Publication Date: 2010-07-06
- Inventor: Masamichi Ebata
- Applicant: Masamichi Ebata
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2002-240555 20020821; JP2002-240556 20020821
- Main IPC: G06F15/177
- IPC: G06F15/177 ; G06F3/12
Abstract:
A method having the following steps for managing device drivers in an information processing apparatus connectable to peripheral devices is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining version information for device drivers in the information processing apparatus and information on peripheral devices that can be controlled by the device drivers, a recognizing unnecessary device drivers among possibly multiple versions of device drivers that reside in the storage device of the information processing apparatus and correspond to a particular peripheral device, based on the obtained version information and peripheral devices information, and controlling deletion of device drivers that have been recognized as unnecessary.
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