Information processing apparatus, communications system, and communications method

A communications system comprising:

• an information processing apparatus;
• and a terminal, wherein the information processing apparatus includes
• a memory configured to store communications information including first communications information for connecting to the information processing apparatus via a first network and second communications information for connecting to the information processing apparatus via a second network;
• and
• a first processor that is coupled to the memory and that is configured to
• receive identification information from the terminal, the identification information identifying a user of the terminal;
• determine one of the first network and the second network based on the identification information to receive a process request from the terminal;
• transmit one of the first and the second communications information for connecting to the information processing apparatus stored in the memory via the determined one of the first and the second networks;
• and
• accept connection from the terminal via the determined one of the first and second networks based on the corresponding one of the first and the second communications information to receive the process request via the accepted one of the first and second networks, and wherein the terminal includes a second processor that is configured to
• receive one or more pieces of the communications information from the information processing apparatus;
• attempt to have wireless connection with the information processing apparatus based on a corresponding one of the pieces of the communications information;
• and
• perform wireless communications with the information processing apparatus based on the determined pieces of the communications information with which the second processor determines to enable the wireless connection with the information processing apparatus,
• wherein authentication is performed based on the identification information,
• wherein the first processor determines to receive the process request from the terminal via the first network when the authentication has succeeded,
• wherein the first processor determines to receive the process request from the terminal via the second network when the authentication has not succeeded, and
• wherein the first processor transmits the first communications information that is predetermined communications information to the terminal when the authentication has succeeded, and the first processor transmits the second communications information to the terminal when the authentication has not succeeded.

A communications method performed by an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus being configured to receive a process request from a terminal via two or more networks, the method comprising:

• receiving identification information from the terminal, the identification information identifying a user of the terminal;
• determining one of the first network and the second network based on the identification information to receive the process request from the terminal;
• reading communications information for connecting the information processing apparatus via the determined one of the first and the second networks from a memory to transmit the read communications information to the terminal, the memory being configured to store the communications information including first communications information for connecting to the information processing apparatus via the first network and second communications information for connecting to the information processing apparatus via the second network differing from the first network;
• accepting connection via one of the first and second networks based on the transmitted communications information from the terminal to receive the process request via the accepted one of the first and second networks
• performing authentication based on the received identification information;
• determining to receive the process request from the terminal via the first network when the authentication has succeeded;
• and
• determining to receive the process request from the terminal via the second network when the authentication has not succeeded,
• transmitting the first communications information that is predetermined communications information to the terminal when the authentication has succeeded;
• and
• transmitting the second communications information to the terminal when the authentication has not succeeded.