METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SOFTWARE VERSION COMPATIBILITY AMONGST DEVICES IN A MULTI-DEVICE NETWORK ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A method, a readable recording medium, and a system are disclosed for managing software version compatibility amongst a plurality of devices within a network, the method includes hosting a configuration file on a server populating the configuration file for each of the one or more devices with a device identifier and one or more software modules associated with each of the one or more devices, the at least one software module configured to perform one or more specific operations on a device; executing a configuration tool on the server to compare the one or more software modules in each of the one or more devices to check for conflicts between two or more software modules on the one or more devices; and replacing at least one of the two or more software modules on the one or more devices, if a conflict exists between the two or more software modules.

主权项

1. A method for managing software version compatibility amongst a plurality of printers within a network, the method comprising:
hosting a configuration file on a server, the configuration file including an identifier for one or more printers within the network; populating the configuration file for each of the one or more devices printers within the network with a printer identifier and one or more software versions associated with each of the one or more printers within the network, each of the one or more software versions configured to perform at least one post-processing function on a printer; executing a configuration tool on the server to compare the one or more software versions on each of the one or more printers to check for conflicts between the one or more software versions on each of the one or more printers; and replacing at least one of the one or more software versions on the one or more printers, if a conflict exists between the one or more software versions.