Patents by Inventor Masamichi Ebata

Masamichi Ebata has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Information processing apparatus connectable to peripheral device, controlling method, and computer-readable storage medium storing control program thereon
    Patent number: 7752290
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masamichi Ebata
  • Information processing apparatus connectable to peripheral device, controlling method, and computer-readable storage medium storing control program thereon
    Publication number: 20040093491
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masamichi Ebata