Abstract: When hardware connected to an image forming apparatus is detected, a check is performed as to whether the hardware was used with another image forming apparatus, and, if used, a license of an application that is operated by the hardware is automatically transferred so that the application can be used in the image forming apparatus to which the hardware is connected.
Inventors:
Samuel Leo Rhodus, Brant Dennis Nystrom, Scott Richard Castle, Robert Henry Muyskens, Thomas Eugene Pangburn, Neilson Gutay Navarrete, Tristan Santos Dalay