SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

摘要

A server includes a receiver configured to receive, from an information processing apparatus that executes update, an instruction for transmitting metadata of update data used for the update; a determining unit configured to determine whether the update data includes preliminary download data, wherein the preliminary download data has an update date and time later than a current date and time, and the update date and time is a date and time from which the update becomes available; a transmitter configured to transmit, when the determining unit determines that the update data includes preliminary download data, metadata of the preliminary download data to the information processing apparatus via a communication network; and a prohibiting unit configured to prohibit transfer of the metadata of the preliminary download data on the basis of the number of information processing apparatuses that are downloading the preliminary download data.

主权项

1. A server comprising:
a receiver configured to receive, from an information processing apparatus that executes update, an instruction for transmitting metadata of update data used for the update; a determining unit configured to determine whether the update data includes preliminary download data, wherein
the preliminary download data has an update date and time later than a current date and time, andthe update date and time is a date and time from which the update becomes available; a transmitter configured to transmit, when the determining unit determines that the update data includes preliminary download data, metadata of the preliminary download data to the information processing apparatus via a communication network; and a prohibiting unit configured to prohibit transfer of the metadata of the preliminary download data on the basis of the number of information processing apparatuses that are downloading the preliminary download data.