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Granted Patent B2
US 12,254,228 · App. 18/054,048 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Printing apparatus and control method

Inventor: Ritsuto Sako (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G06F3/1225G06F3/1288
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Patent No.
US 12,254,228
App. No.
18/054,048
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire information about software applicable to the printing apparatus from a management server, a notification unit configured to transmit the acquired information about the software as a device information notification to the print system, a request unit configured to issue an event request to the print system, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire information about software used for an update from the print system in a case where an event of updating the software based on an operation input to the print system is included in a response received in response to the event request, and an update unit configured to perform processing for updating the software of the printing apparatus based on the information about the software acquired by the second acquisition unit.

Claims (22)

1. A printing apparatus configured to communicate with a print system configured to provide a print service via a network, the printing apparatus comprising:

one or more memories storing instructions; and

one or more processors capable of executing the instructions causing the printing apparatus to:

perform registration processing for the print service provided by the print system;

transmit, as a device information notification, first information about software applicable to the printing apparatus to the print system, wherein the first information is managed by a management server configured to manage software;

issue an event request to the print system;

acquire second information about software used for an update from the print system in a case where an update event of updating software that has been installed in the printing apparatus based on an operation input to the print system is included in a response received in response to the event request;

transmit, to the print system, information indicating that the update is ongoing as a device status before updating processing is performed based on the update event;

perform the updating processing, wherein the updating processing is performed for updating the software that has been installed in the printing apparatus using software that the printing apparatus acquires from the management server based on the acquired second information; and

perform job processing in a case where an event of the job processing is included in the response received in response to the event request.

2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the software used by the updating processing is acquired by requesting the software from the management server based on the acquired second information.

3. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the printing apparatus to transmit, to the print system, information for indicating that the printing apparatus is returned to a normal state as the device status as the device information notification when the processing for updating the software of the printing apparatus is completed.

4. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the printing apparatus to acquire the first information about the software from the management server.

5. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the event of the job processing included in the response indicates a job reception or a job cancel.

6. A control method for a printing apparatus configured to communicate with a print system configured to provide a print service via a network, the control method comprising:

performing registration processing for the print service provided by the print system;

transmitting, as a device information notification, first information about software applicable to the printing apparatus to the print system, wherein the first information is managed by a management server configured to manage software;

issuing an event request to the print system;

acquiring second information about software used for an update from the print system in a case where an update event of updating software that has been installed in the printing apparatus based on an operation input to the print system is included in a response received in response to the event request;

transmitting, to the print system, information indicating that the update is ongoing as a device status before updating processing is performed based on the update event;

performing the updating processing, wherein the updating processing is performed for updating the software that has been installed in the printing apparatus using software that the printing apparatus acquires from the management server based on the acquired second information; and

performing job processing in a case where an event of the job processing is included in the response received in response to the event request.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2023
From: SAKO, RITSUTO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 062593/0589 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-183905 · Nov 11, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230144820A1 · May 11, 2023
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