Information processing system, management device, management method, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9100517-B2
Application number	US-201213716335-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2012
Priority date	Dec 21, 2011
Publication date	Aug 4, 2015
Grant date	Aug 4, 2015

Abstract

A set value management service updates virtual configuration data of an image forming apparatus, returns a response including a notification instruction that instructs image forming apparatus to notify surrounding image forming apparatus that virtual configuration data has been updated in response to virtual configuration data acquisition request from the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus performs an update notification indicating that virtual configuration data has been updated to the surrounding image forming apparatus in response to the notification instruction included in the response. Then, the surrounding image forming apparatus that received the notification performs virtual configuration data acquisition request to the set value management service.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing system comprising:
an image forming apparatus; and
a management device that manages operation setting information for switching the operation of an image forming apparatus,
wherein the management device comprises:
an updating unit configured to update the operation setting information of the image forming apparatus;
a transmitting unit configured to receive an acquisition request of the updated operation setting information o…

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Nakamura Tadahiro

Classifications

• H04N1/00347

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N2201/0082

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N2201/0093

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N1/00973

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N1/00344 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic