Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and function expansion program

摘要

Disclosed is an information processing apparatus provided with a software environment in which a function of the information processing apparatus is added and deleted by a plug-in and having a storage unit which stores, in a prescribed storage region, information that is composed of one or more attribute data and the function uses. The apparatus includes an information generation unit that has registration information in which a software component for constructing/deleting the attribute data of the information that the function uses is installed and registered in the information processing apparatus in accordance with the plug-in, specifies the software component used when the information is generated based on the registration information, and executes the specified software component to generate the information that the function uses; and an information management unit that instructs the information generation unit to generate the information designated in accordance with a request for generating the information.

主权项

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a first memory configured to store attribute data of a user, the attribute data corresponding to at least one software program installed in the information processing apparatus, the at least one software program configuring the information processing apparatus to perform a facsimile operation and the attribute data corresponding to the software program including at least a facsimile number associated with the user; a second memory configured to store control data, the control data corresponding to at least one of the software programs installed in the information processing apparatus; and a processor and associated memo storing computer readable code that, when executed by the processor, configures the processor as,
a first update unit configured to update the control data stored in the second memory when installing or uninstalling at least one of the software programs in the information processing apparatus such that the attribute data of the user is unmodified when installing or uninstalling the at least one of the software program,an update receiving unit configured to receive an update request of the attribute data, anda second update unit configured to update the attribute data of the user based on the control data in response to the update request such that the attribute data is only updated in response to the update request and not updated when the first update unit updates the control data stored in the second memory.