Patent attributes
A data processing system including a data generating device and a data outputting device. The data generating device includes: a generation program updating section for updating the version of the generation program, which causing a computer to generate data, from a current version to a next version. The data outputting device includes: a receiving section for receiving data from the data generating devices, a data accumulating section for accumulating data received at the receiving section; an outputting section for processing and outputting data in the data accumulating section in accordance with the output program executed by the computer; an output program updating section for updating the version of the output program from a current version to a next version; a compatibility determining section for determining the compatibility between the next-version output program and data in the data accumulating section before the output program is updated; and a controlling section for determining an operation to perform on data in the data accumulating section based on the result of the determination by the compatibility determining section.
