JP2001290716A - Network system, management server, and client - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To acquire a driver file corresponding to the language used by a computer to be installed without inputting language information by a user. SOLUTION: The use language information of a client 1 is acquired from the storage part 16 of the client 1 and a printer driver acquisition request is transmitted to a management server 2. The address information of a driver server 3 and language information stored in the server 3 are associated with each other and stored in the storage part 23 of the server 2. The client 1 refers to the part 23 and acquires a printer driver 3 from the server 3 for a language used by the client 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for acquiring a file via a network, and more particularly to a technique for a computer that detects a newly connected device to automatically download a device driver.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a printer is connected to a computer for use, it is usually necessary to install a printer driver in the computer prior to use. The files for this installation are on the CD-ROM that came with the printer.
It is necessary for the user to copy from a ROM, a flexible disk, or the like, or to obtain the information via a network such as the Internet.

[0003] Also, different printer drivers are prepared for each language used by the computer to be installed.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Here, a CD-ROM
When a file is copied from, for example, a CD-ROM or the like, a printer driver corresponding to a language that will be used in that area is usually recorded according to the sales area. However, for example, when a printer is added to the LAN, this CD
-Sometimes ROM is not available. On the other hand, when downloading from a network, it is necessary to access a predetermined homepage or the like, and to select the language used for one's own computer.

When a user installs a printer driver, he or she may search for a CD-ROM or the like.
It is convenient if you do not need to select a language on the homepage.

An object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of obtaining a driver file corresponding to a language used in a computer to be installed without inputting language information by paying attention to such a conventional problem. And

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a device driver corresponding to one of a plurality of languages is provided.
A network system comprising: a driver server group that stores a plurality of devices in a distributed manner; a management server that manages a distribution state of the device drivers in the driver server group; and a client that acquires device drivers from the driver server group. An output unit that outputs language information indicating a language used by the client as transmission information to the management server; and a device driver corresponding to the language information, the driver being one of the drivers belonging to the driver server group. An acquisition unit for acquiring from a server.

According to the above aspect, a device driver corresponding to a language used by a client can be obtained without a user inputting language information.

In order to achieve the above object, according to a second aspect of the present invention, a management server and a plurality of device drivers corresponding to any one of a plurality of languages are distributed and stored. In a network system including a driver server group and a client that obtains a device driver from the driver server group, the client includes a connection unit that connects a device, and identification information for identifying the client to the management server. A transmission unit that transmits language information indicating a language used by the client and identification information for identifying a device connected to the connection unit, and an acquisition unit that acquires a device driver corresponding to the language information, The management server includes language information and driver servers belonging to the driver server group. A storage unit that stores the assigned identification information in association with the identification information of the client, the language information of the client, a reception unit that receives the identification information of the device, and the storage unit. An acquisition unit that acquires the identification information of the driver server corresponding to the language information received by the reception unit; and a driver server determined by the identification information of the driver server acquired by the acquisition unit; the identification information of the client; A transmission unit for transmitting identification information, wherein each of the driver servers stores, for each device, a device driver for a language corresponding to the language information; identification information of the client; A receiving unit that receives the identification information, and a client specified by the received identification information of the client. And a transmission unit for transmitting the device driver for the device specified by the identification information of the device.

According to the above aspect, the device driver corresponding to the language information of the client can be automatically downloaded.

To achieve the above object, according to a third aspect of the present invention, a management server and a plurality of device drivers corresponding to any one of a plurality of languages are distributed and stored. In a network system including a driver server group and a client that acquires a printer driver from the driver server group, the client includes a detection unit that detects a printer connected to the client, and a printer that the detection unit detects. An acquisition unit for acquiring identification information for identifying the printer; a transmission unit for transmitting language information indicating a language used by the client and identification information for identifying the client to the management server; A receiving unit for receiving address information of at least one driver server; An acquisition unit that acquires a printer driver corresponding to a printer determined by the printer identification information from a driver server determined by the address information of the driver server, wherein the management server includes language information and each of the drivers belonging to the driver server group. A storage unit that stores identification information assigned to each of the driver servers in association with each other, a reception unit that receives the identification information of the client, and language information of the client; A transmission unit for transmitting address information of the driver server corresponding to the language information of the client to the client specified by the identification information of the client, wherein each of the driver servers corresponds to one language for each printer model. Printer driver to be referenced from the one or more clients And a storage unit for storing for.

According to the above aspect, when a client detects a printer, a printer driver corresponding to a language used by the client can be automatically acquired.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a client connected to a printer and a device driver corresponding to one of a plurality of languages are distributed. A management server connected via a network to a group of driver servers that stores a plurality of driver servers, wherein the identification information of the client, language information indicating a language used by the client, and identification information that can be identified by the printer. A receiving unit that receives the language information and the identification information assigned to each of the driver servers belonging to the driver server group in association with each other, and a language of the received client by referring to the storage unit An acquisition unit for acquiring the identification information of the driver server corresponding to the information and the identification information of the acquired driver server. The driver server includes identification information of the client, and an output unit for outputting the transmission information and identification information of the printer.

According to the above aspect, there is provided a management server that manages identification information of a driver server storing a printer driver for each language and transfers a request from a client to a driver server of a predetermined language.

To achieve the above object, according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a client connected to a printer and a device driver corresponding to any one of a plurality of languages are distributed. A management server connected via a network to a group of driver servers that stores a plurality of driver servers, and a receiving unit that receives identification information of the client and language information indicating a language used by the client; language information; A storage unit that stores address information of each driver server belonging to the driver server group in association with each other, and an acquisition unit that refers to the storage unit and acquires address information of the driver server corresponding to the received language information of the client. And the obtained address information of the driver server is transmitted to the client identified by the identification information of the client. And an output unit that outputs for transmission to.

According to the above aspect, there is provided a management server that manages identification information of a driver server that stores a printer driver for each language, and returns address information of a driver server in a predetermined language in response to a request from a client. .

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a driver server group for storing a plurality of printer drivers corresponding to any one of a plurality of languages in a distributed manner. A detection unit that detects a printer connected to the management server that manages the distribution status of the plurality of printer drivers in the driver server group via a network, and that detects a printer connected to the client; An acquisition unit for acquiring identification information for identifying the printer from the printer detected by the detection unit; an output unit for outputting language information indicating a language used by the client as transmission information to the management server; And a printer driver corresponding to both of the identification information and any of the driver servers belonging to the driver server group. And a acquisition unit that acquires from.

According to the above aspect, there is provided a client which can obtain a device driver corresponding to a language used by a client without inputting language information by a user.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a network system according to an embodiment of the present invention. This system includes a client 1 and a printer 4 in a premises such as a business office 9.
Are connected by a LAN (Local Area Network) 8.
Further, a driver server group including the management server 2 and one or more driver servers 3 is connected to the LAN 8 via the external network 5.

The client 1 includes a client body 10
And an input device 18 such as a keyboard and a mouse, a CRT,
And a display device 19 such as a liquid crystal monitor.
The client 10 includes a communication control unit 11, a device detection unit 12, a storage information management unit 13, a driver acquisition unit 14,
, An input / output control unit 15 and a storage unit 16.

The communication control unit 11 controls input and output to and from a network in order to perform communication with other devices. For example, a driver acquisition request passed from the driver acquisition unit 14 to be transmitted to the management server 2 is output to the network. Further, the address information of the driver server 3 is received.

The device detecting section 12 detects a device connected to the client main body 10 and the LAN 8. Then, a device ID for identifying the type and model number of the device is acquired from the detected device, and passed to the storage information management unit 13. For example, as shown in FIG.
When the printer 4 is connected to the AN 8, the printer 4
Device ID that can identify the printer model by detecting
To get. The acquired device ID is notified to the storage information management unit 13.

The storage information management unit 13 includes language information 161 for identifying the language used by the client stored in the storage unit 16 and address information 16 of the client 1
2. Acquire the address information 163 of the management server 2. For example, information for identifying a language used by the client, such as Japanese, English, or French, is acquired. Further, the address information 162 of the client 1 and the address information 163 of the management server 2 are obtained, and the management server 2
To the communication control unit 11 for transmission to

The storage information management unit 13 checks whether the device ID obtained by the device detection unit 12 is included in the device information 164 of the storage unit 16. If not included, this indicates that the device is a newly added device.

The driver obtaining section 14 generates a driver obtaining request. The driver acquisition request includes language information 161,
There are cases where the address information 162 and the device ID are included, and cases where the language information 161 and the address information 162 are included. The generated driver acquisition request is output for transmission to the management server 2 determined by the address information 163.

Further, based on the address information of the driver server 3, the server is accessed. Then, among the printer drivers stored in the driver server 3,
A device corresponding to the device ID detected by the driver detection unit 12 is downloaded. IP address or URL
(Uniform Resource Locator) and other address information 232
Acquires and uses the one transmitted from the management server 2. Note that the client 1 and each of the servers 2 and 3 can be uniquely identified by the address information 232.

When a printer driver is transmitted from the driver server 3, the driver obtaining unit 14 receives the printer driver.

The input / output control unit 15 is provided for the display device 1
5 and the input from the input device 16 is controlled. For example, the confirmation screen (1) 100 shown in FIG.
, A confirmation screen (3) 300 shown in FIG. 9, and an e-mail address input screen 400 shown in FIG. 10 to receive an operation input from the user.

On the confirmation screen (1) 100, a confirmation message 101 is displayed. In the confirmation message 101,
A manufacturer name and a model number 101a of the device specified by the device ID are displayed.

The confirmation screen (2) 200 includes display areas 201, 202, and 203 for the manufacturer, the product model number, and the language used by the client specified by the device ID.
An e-mail address input area 204 is displayed. The user inputs the e-mail address from the input device 18.

The confirmation screen (3) 300 has a display area 301 on which a confirmation message as to whether the printer driver has been downloaded and whether or not to execute the installation is displayed.

The mail address input screen 400 includes a message display section 401 and an e-mail address input section 402.
And are displayed.

As shown in FIG. 4, the storage unit 16 includes language information 161 indicating the language used by the client 1, address information 162 of the client 1, address information 163 of the management server 3, and the client 1 available. Device information 164 including a unique device ID.

The management server 2 includes a communication control unit 21, a storage information management unit 22, and a storage unit 23, and manages the distribution status of a plurality of device drivers distributed and stored in a driver server group. .

The communication control unit 21 controls input and output to and from a network in order to perform communication with other devices. For example, a driver acquisition request transmitted from the client 1 is received. Further, it outputs a driver acquisition request to the driver server 3 specified by the address information 232 acquired from the storage unit 23 to transfer the driver acquisition request, and transmits the address information 232 of the driver server 3 to the transmission source client 1. Output for transmission.

The storage information management unit 22 controls input / output and updating of the language / address correspondence information 230 stored in the storage unit 23. That is, the address information 232 of the driver server 3 corresponding to the language information 161 is acquired from the language / address correspondence information 230. Further, addition, deletion, and updating can be performed based on information input from an input device (not shown) of the management server 2.

In the storage unit 23, each driver server 3 stores
Language / address correspondence information 230 indicating which language printer driver is stored is stored. That is, in the language / address correspondence information 230, as shown in FIG. 5, the language information 231 and the address information 232 of the driver server 3 are stored in association with each other.

The driver server 3 includes a communication control unit 31
A driver storage unit 32, a customer database 33, and an update control unit 34 are provided.

The communication control unit 31 controls input and output to and from a network in order to perform communication with other devices. For example, a driver acquisition request transmitted from the management server 2 is received. Further, it outputs the printer driver for transmission to the client 1 corresponding to the client address information 162 included in the driver acquisition request.

The driver storage unit 32 stores a printer driver corresponding to a language defined for each driver server 3 for each device ID. For example, if the driver server 3 is for Japanese, a printer driver for Japanese is stored for each device ID. The printer driver stored in one driver server 3 is:
It doesn't have to be a single language. That is, printer drivers in a plurality of languages may be stored in one driver server 3.

The printer driver stored in the driver storage section 32 may be directly referred to from the client 1. For example, the information may be obtained from the client 1 using an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) command.

As shown in FIG. 6, the customer database 33 records the electronic mail address 331 of the user who downloaded the printer driver and the device ID 332 in association with each other. The contents stored in the customer database 33 are as follows:
Each time a user downloads a printer driver,
Add and update.

The update control unit 34 notifies the user by e-mail when the version of the printer driver stored in the driver storage unit 32 is upgraded. That is, the device ID 33 stored in the customer database 33
Referring to FIG. 2, a user who uses the upgraded printer driver is extracted, and the fact that the version has been updated is notified by e-mail. Further, an upgraded printer driver may be transmitted.

Next, an outline of the operation of the network system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

The device detecting section 12 detects a device connected to the client 1 and the LAN 8 (S
101). Here, it is assumed that a new printer 4 has been added to the LAN 8. In this case, the storage information management unit 13
Refers to the device information 164, confirms that the device ID of the printer 4 is not included in the device ID, determines that the device is a newly connected device, and performs the following processing (S102).

The input / output controller 15 checks the confirmation screen (1) 100
Is displayed on the display device 19. Then, a confirmation input from the user is received (S103). When there is a confirmation input, the storage information management unit 13 sends the language information 161 from the storage unit 16.
And the address information 162 of the client 1 and the address information 163 of the management server 2 (S104).
The driver acquisition unit 13 receives the language information 161, the address information 162 of the client 1, and the address information 163 of the management server 2, and generates a driver acquisition request. The communication control unit 11 outputs the generated driver acquisition request to the management server 2 (S105). And
The printer driver is downloaded (S106).
Details of the download processing S160 will be described later. The input / output control unit 15 displays the confirmation screen (3) on the display device 19 and confirms whether to execute the installation. When installing the printer driver, decompress the downloaded printer driver and install it (S10).
7).

Next, the details of the download process in S106 will be described with reference to FIG. The download process has two aspects.

First, in the first mode shown in FIG.
The driver acquisition request includes language information 161 and address information 162 of client 1. In the management server 2 receiving this, the storage information management unit 22
, The address information 232 of the driver server 3 corresponding to the language information 161 is acquired (S211).
The communication control unit 21 outputs the obtained address information 232 to the network 5 in order to return the address information 232 to the transmission source client 1 (S212). The client 1 accepts this. Then, the input / output control unit 15 sets the display device 19
Next, a mail address input screen 400 shown in FIG. 10 is displayed. When the OK button 410 is pressed, the driver acquisition unit 13
Accesses the driver server 3 determined by the address information 232, and acquires a printer driver corresponding to the device ID (S213). Here, if the user inputs an e-mail address, the e-mail address is also transmitted to the driver server 3 together. Driver server 3
Then, the device ID and the e-mail address are registered in the customer database 33 (S214).

Thus, when the version of the printer driver is upgraded, the update control unit 34 refers to the customer database 33 and notifies each user of the version upgrade or transmits the upgraded printer driver. it can.

In the second mode shown in FIG.
The language information 161 and the device ID are included in the driver acquisition request.
And the address information 162 of the client 1. In the management server 2 that has received this, the storage information management unit 22 acquires the address information 232 of the driver server 3 corresponding to the language information 161 by referring to the storage unit 21 (S211). The communication control unit 21 transmits the driver acquisition request to the driver server 3 of the acquired address information 232.
It is output for transfer to (S212). The driver server 3 receives this, retrieves the printer driver corresponding to the device ID from the driver storage unit 32, and outputs the printer driver for transmission by the communication control unit 31 to the transmission source client (S213). The client 1 receives this (S214).

In any of the above embodiments, the printer driver may be obtained by using an FTP command. Further, the processing in the client 1 performed as described above can use a function provided in a so-called Web browser. Further, all or a part of the processing related to device detection may use a function provided in an operating system operating on the client 1.

According to the above-described embodiment, the user of the client can obtain the driver of the newly connected printer via the network without being particularly conscious. In particular, a printer added to the LAN can be detected, and a driver corresponding to the printer can be installed.

Since the correspondence between the addresses of all the driver servers 3 and the language information is managed not by the client 1 but by the management server 2, addition, deletion, integration, and address change of the driver servers 3 are performed. Even when there is such a situation, only the management server 2 needs to be maintained.

On the other hand, differently from the above, each client 1 may hold the correspondence between the addresses of all the driver servers 3 and the language information. In this case, each driver server 3 can be accessed without going through the management server 2.

In the present embodiment, the object to be downloaded is the printer driver. However, the present invention can be applied to downloading digital data such as other programs.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
This will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration of a network system according to the second embodiment. The same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

In the present embodiment, the client 1 has a GPS system 50. GPS system 50
Outputs the position on the earth where the user is located in latitude and longitude using radio waves from an artificial satellite (not shown). In the first embodiment, the client 1
However, in the present embodiment, the latitude and longitude information obtained from the GPS system 50 is included instead.

FIG. 12 shows the language / address correspondence information 230 stored in the storage unit 23 of the management server 2 in the second embodiment. Here, in addition to the language information 231 and the driver server address 232 included in the first embodiment, latitude and longitude information 233 is included.

Here, the linguistic sphere on the earth is known.
This language zone can be roughly expressed by latitude and longitude. Knowing the linguistic sphere tells you which language is the most used in each region. That is, the language used by the client 1 can be estimated from the latitude and longitude information with a certain probability. By utilizing this property, the latitude / longitude information 233 of the language / address correspondence information 230 is determined.

The storage information management unit 22 extracts the address information 23 of the driver server from the language / address correspondence information 230 based on the latitude / longitude information included in the driver acquisition request.
Acquire 2.

[0063]

According to the present invention, a driver file corresponding to a language used by a computer to be installed can be obtained without a user inputting language information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a network system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a confirmation screen (1) according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a confirmation screen (2) according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of data stored in a storage unit of the client according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of language / address correspondence information according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a customer database according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a processing flow in the first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a detailed processing flow of download processing in the first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a confirmation screen (3) according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an e-mail address input screen according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a network system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a language and a language according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of address correspondence information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Client 2 ... Management server 3 ... Driver server 5 ... Network 4 ... Printer 8 ... LAN 9 ... Office 10 ... Client body 100 ... Confirmation screen (1) 200 ... Confirmation screen (2) 300 ... Confirmation screen (3) 400 … E-mail address input screen.

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A driver server group for storing a plurality of device drivers corresponding to any one of a plurality of types of languages in a distributed manner, and a distribution status of the plurality of device drivers in the driver server group. In a network system including a management server to manage and a client to acquire a device driver from the driver server group, the client outputs language information indicating a language used by the client as transmission information to the management server. A network system comprising: an output unit; and an obtaining unit that obtains a device driver corresponding to the language information from one of the driver servers belonging to the driver server group. 2. A management server, a driver server group that stores a plurality of device drivers corresponding to any one of a plurality of languages in a distributed manner, and a client that acquires a device driver from the driver server group In a network system comprising: a client, a connection unit for connecting a device; identification information for identifying the client to the management server; language information indicating a language used by the client; A transmission unit for transmitting identification information for identifying a connected device; and an acquisition unit for acquiring a device driver corresponding to the language information, wherein the management server comprises: language information; and the driver server group. And stores identification information assigned to each driver server belonging to A storage unit, a receiving unit that receives the identification information of the client, the language information of the client, and the identification information of the device; and a driver corresponding to the language information received by the receiving unit with reference to the storage unit An acquisition unit for acquiring server identification information; and a transmission unit for transmitting the client identification information and the device identification information to a driver server determined by the driver server identification information acquired by the acquisition unit. A storage unit that stores, for each device, a device driver for a language corresponding to the language information; a reception unit that receives the identification information of the client; and the identification information of the device; To the client specified by the identified client identification information, A transmission unit for transmitting a device driver for a chair. 3. A management server, a driver server group that stores a plurality of device drivers corresponding to any one of a plurality of languages in a distributed manner, and a client that acquires a printer driver from the driver server group In the network system, the client includes: a detecting unit that detects a printer connected to the client; an obtaining unit that obtains identification information for identifying the printer from the printer detected by the detecting unit; A transmitting unit that transmits language information indicating a language used by the client and identification information for identifying the client to the server; and a receiving unit that receives address information of at least one driver server from the management server. A driver determined by the received address information of the driver server An acquisition unit for acquiring, from a server, a printer driver corresponding to a printer determined by the printer identification information, the management server comprising: a language information; and an identification assigned to each of the driver servers belonging to the driver server group. A storage unit that stores information in association with information; a receiving unit that receives the identification information of the client; and language information of the client; and a driver that refers to the storage unit and that corresponds to the received language information of the client. A transmission unit configured to transmit address information of a server to a client specified by the identification information of the client, wherein each of the driver servers includes, for each printer model, a printer driver corresponding to one language, the one or more printer drivers. And a storage unit for storing the data so that it can be referred to by the client. Tsu network system. 4. A client connected to a printer and a driver server group that stores a plurality of device drivers corresponding to any one of a plurality of languages in a distributed manner via a network. A receiving unit that receives identification information of the client, language information indicating a language used by the client, and identification information that can be identified by the printer; a language information; A storage unit that stores the identification information assigned to each driver server in association with each other, and an acquisition unit that acquires the identification information of the driver server corresponding to the received client language information by referring to the storage unit. To the driver server determined by the obtained driver server identification information, the client identification information and Management server characterized by comprising an output unit that outputs the identification information of the printer as the transmission information. 5. A client connected to a printer and a driver server group that stores a plurality of device drivers corresponding to any one of a plurality of languages in a distributed manner via a network. A management server that receives identification information of the client, language information indicating a language used by the client, and associates the language information with address information of each driver server belonging to the driver server group. A storage unit for storing the address information of the driver server corresponding to the language information of the received client by referring to the storage unit; and identifying the obtained address information of the driver server by identifying the client. An output unit for outputting the information to the client specified by the information. Management server which is characterized. 6. A driver server group that stores a plurality of printer drivers corresponding to any one of a plurality of languages in a distributed manner, and a distribution status of the plurality of printer drivers in the driver server group. A detecting unit for detecting a printer connected to the client, the detecting unit detecting a printer connected to the client; and identifying information identifying the printer from the printer detected by the detecting unit. An acquisition unit that acquires, an output unit that outputs language information indicating a language used by the client as transmission information to the management server, and a printer driver corresponding to both the language information and the identification information. An acquisition unit for acquiring from any one of the driver servers belonging to the group. Client. 7. A driver server group that stores a plurality of printer drivers corresponding to any one of a plurality of types of languages in a distributed manner, and a distribution status of the plurality of printer drivers in the driver server group. A recording medium recording a program to be executed by a client connected via a network to a management server to manage, the program comprising: identification information for identifying a printer; language information indicating a language used by the client; Receiving the language information of the received client as transmission information to the management server; and receiving identification information of any one of the driver servers belonging to the driver server group output by the management server. Processing, and a printer corresponding to both the language information and the identification information. Recording medium characterized by comprising a driver, a process of acquiring from one of the driver servers belonging to the driver server group, the.