METHOD FOR MANAGING FIRMWARE OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

Japanese Patent JP2016051369

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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a firmware version in which a fault is found from operating in an electronic apparatus.SOLUTION: The present invention is a method for managing the firmware of an electronic apparatus system having a server device and a plurality of electronic apparatuses, wherein each electronic apparatus holds one or more versions of firmware, and the firmware management method includes procedures for: transmitting information in which the server device indicates the usability of firmware; determining, on the basis of the information indicating the usability of firmware, whether each electronic apparatus holds the firmware of a usable version; using the firmware of the usable version when each electronic apparatus holds the firmware of the usable version; and disabling some function of the firmware currently in use when each electronic apparatus does not hold the firmware of the usable version.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

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HAYATA YUKITSUGU
KUNISADA HAYATO

JP2014176967A

April 11, 2016

September 01, 2014

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HITACHI LTD

G06F9/445; G06F11/00; G06F13/00

Fujio Patent Office

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