IP Library Granted Patent US 11,474,802
Granted Patent B2
US 11,474,802 · App. 16/164,820 · Granted Oct 18, 2022

Information processing apparatus

Inventor: Yasushi Amano (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06F8/65G06F8/71G06F9/44505
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Patent No.
US 11,474,802
App. No.
16/164,820
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition section that acquires information regarding a version configuration indicating a version of one program held by each of plural processing devices or a combination of versions of plural programs thereof, from each of the plural processing devices, and a selection section that selects a specific version configuration from plural version configurations acquired by the acquisition section in accordance with a predetermined rule, in a case where version upgrade for a program held by a target processing device is performed.

Claims (50)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

acquire information regarding a version configuration indicating a combination of versions of a plurality of programs of a plurality of processing devices, from each of the plurality of processing devices; and

select a specific version configuration from a plurality of version configurations in accordance with a predetermined rule, in a case where version upgrade for a program held by a target processing device is performed,

wherein

the processor is further configured to acquire a use history of each of the plurality of processing devices,

wherein the predetermined rule includes a rule using the use history and is predetermined to select the specific version configuration applied to a processing device having an operation time longer than those of other processing devices, from the use history, and wherein

the processor is further configured to output at least one of a determination of whether or not the version upgrade is performed, or a program used for the version upgrade, based on a selection result obtained by the processor and the predetermined rule.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the predetermined rule is predetermined to select the specific version configuration which causes one program or each of a plurality of programs held by the target processing device to have a latest version.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the predetermined rule is predetermined to select the specific version configuration, in a case where a number of processing devices to which the specific version configuration is to be applied is greater than a predetermined positive number.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the predetermined rule is predetermined so as not to perform the version upgrade in a case where a problem in the latest version is reported.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the predetermined rule is predetermined so as to perform the version upgrade in a case where the problem in the latest version is fixed.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the predetermined rule is predetermined to select the specific version configuration applied to processing devices of which a number is greater than a number of processing devices to which another version configuration is applied.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the predetermined rule is predetermined so as to perform the version upgrade for a program used in the target processing device among a plurality of programs held by the target processing device.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the predetermined rule is predetermined so as to perform the version upgrade in a case where a function of the program used in the target processing device is extended.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the predetermined rule is predetermined to select the specific version configuration applied to a processing device in which a number of times of performing processing is larger than those of other processing devices, from the use history.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor outputs a program used for the version upgrade to the target processing device in a case where the version upgrade is performed and a version configuration of the target processing device has a difference from the specific version configuration.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a case where the version upgrade is not performed, the processor outputs a message indicating that the version upgrade is not performed to a manager or a user of the target processing device.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 ,

wherein the version upgrade is not performed in a case where a version configuration of the target processing device has no difference from the specific version configuration.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the version upgrade is not performed in a case where the specific version configuration is not selected by the processor.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the version upgrade is not performed in a case where the version upgrade is regulated by the predetermined rule.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein in a case where a permission of a user is required for the version upgrade, the predetermined rule is predetermined so as not to perform the version upgrade, and

the processor outputs a message indicating that the permission is required to a manager or a user of the target processing device.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 15 ,

wherein the case where the permission of the user is required corresponds to any of a case where the latest version has a function difference from a version of a program held by the target processing device or a case where a usage agreement is attached to the latest version.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 15 ,

wherein, in a case where the permission is obtained, the processor outputs the program used for the version upgrade to the target processing device.

18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the predetermined rule is set by a manager or a user of the target processing device.

19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the predetermined rule is set before version upgrade of the target processing device.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to function as:

the processor of the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 .

21. A management system comprising:

the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ; and

a plurality of processing devices in which version upgrade of a plurality of programs held by each of the processing devices is managed by the information processing apparatus.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056237/0462 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2018
From: AMANO, YASUSHI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047303/0935 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-207350 · Oct 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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