Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and method for controlling information processing apparatus

摘要

Provided is an information processing apparatus that allows program updating to be promptly completed. In the information processing apparatus, a memory of at least one of a plurality of devices or a storage portion stores program updating order information specifying an order for updating a program in each device group. Upon an acquisition portion acquiring update data, in accordance with an order of priority in each device group represented by the program updating order information, each of the plurality of devices classified into a plurality of device groups performs program updating with respect to itself.

主权项

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of devices that each have a memory in which a program is stored and are classified into a plurality of device groups; an acquisition device configured to acquire update data as a compilation of update programs for updating the respective programs of the plurality of devices; and a storage device configured to store data, wherein:
the plurality of devices comprises a main device that performs control of the entire apparatus,through communication with a supervisory device other than the main device, the main device recognizes a subordinate device, which is subordinately linked to the supervisory device, and classifies the plurality of devices into the plurality of device groups so that the supervisory device and the subordinate device which are mutually in a supervisory-subordinate relationship and for which program updating cannot be performed simultaneously constitute a common group,the memory of at least one of the plurality of devices or the storage device stores program updating order information specifying an order for updating the program in each of the device groups such that program updating with respect to the subordinate device and program updating with respect to the supervisory device are performed in this order,upon the acquisition device acquiring the update data, in accordance with a program updating order in each of the device groups represented by the program updating order information, each of the plurality of devices classified into the plurality of device groups performs program updating with respect to itself, andprogram updating performed independently among the plurality of device groups is performed concurrently among the plurality of device groups.