Information processing apparatus, method, and non-transitory recording medium storing instructions for executing an information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11016747-B2
Application number	US-201916299268-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2019
Priority date	Mar 29, 2018
Publication date	May 25, 2021
Grant date	May 25, 2021

Abstract

An information processing apparatus, method, and non-transitory recording medium storing instructions for executing an information processing method are provided. The information processing apparatus controls installation of a first program corresponding to a first program execution environment and controls installation of a second program corresponding to a second program execution environment in response to a request from the first program.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a memory that stores a plurality of instructions; and
a processor, when executing the plurality of instructions, configures the processor to:
control installation within the information processing apparatus of a first program corresponding to a first program execution environment, and
control, subsequent to installation of the first program, installation within the information processing apparatus of a second program different from the first program and corresponding to a second program execution environment using an installation package associated with the second program such that the first program and the second program are installed in a parent-child relationship, respectively, in response to a request from the first program to the second program execution environment, the request from the first program including an indication of the installation package associated with the second program such that the processor determines the installation package used to install the second program using the indication thereof included in the request from the first program.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when the first program is uninstalled, the processor uninstalls the second program installed in response to the request from the first program.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor controls installation of the second program in response to the request for installation of the second program requested by the first program as the first program is installed.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to store an association between an identification of the second program and the identification of the first program.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to automatically uninstall the second program when uninstalling the first program based on the association between the second program and the first program.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the second program execution environment is a web container, and
the second program is a web application configured to control deployment of the web application to the web container in response to the request from the first program.

7. An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus comprising:
controlling installation within the information processing apparatus of a first program corresponding to a first program execution environment; and
controlling, subsequent to installation of the first program, installation within the information processing apparatus of a second program different from the first program and corresponding to a second program execution environment using an installation package associated with the second program such that the first program and the second program are installed in a parent-child relationship, respectively, in response to a request from the first program to the second program execution environment, the request from the first program including an indication of the installation package associated with the second program such that the installation package used to install the second program is determined using the indication thereof included in the request from the first program.

8. The information processing method of claim 7 , further comprising:
storing an association between an identification of the second program and the identification of the first program.

9. The information processing method of claim 8 , further comprising:
automatically uninstalling the second program when uninstalling the first program based on the association between the second program and the first program.

10. The information processing method of claim 7 , wherein
the second program execution environment is a web container, and
the second program is a web application configured to control deployment of the web application to the web container in response to the request from the first program.

11. A non-transitory recording medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of an information processing apparatus, configure the information processing apparatus to,
control installation within the information processing apparatus of a first program corresponding to a first program execution environment, and
control, subsequent to installation of the first program, installation within the information processing apparatus of a second program different from the first program and corresponding to a second program execution environment using an installation package associated with the second program such that the first program and the second program are installed in a parent-child relationship, respectively, in response to a request from the first program to the second program execution environment, the request from the first program including an indication of the installation package associated with the second program such that the one or more processors determine the installation package used to install the second program using the indication thereof included in the request from the first program.

12. The non-transitory recording medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the information processing apparatus to store an association between an identification of the second program and the identification of the first program.

13. The non-transitory recording medium of claim 12 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the information processing apparatus to automatically uninstall the second program when uninstalling the first program based on the association between the second program and the first program.

14. The non-transitory recording medium of claim 11 , wherein
the second program execution environment is a web container, and
the second program is a web application configured to control deployment of the web application to the web container in response to the request from the first program.

Assignees

• Ohhashi Hideki
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ohhashi Hideki

Classifications

• G06F9/44521

  Dynamic linking or loading; Link editing at or after load time, e.g. Java class loading · CPC title

• G06F8/60 Primary

  Software deployment · CPC title

• G06F8/62 Primary

  Uninstallation · CPC title

• G06F8/30

  Creation or generation of source code · CPC title

• G06F21/305

  by remotely controlling device operation · CPC title