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US 10,372,884 B2Granted
Information processing system, information processing apparatus, account registration method, and program
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorHiroyuki Matsushima
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Abstract
An information processing system including at least one information processing apparatus that includes an administration unit configured to administer whether a service is provided to a service use apparatus using an organization, a license, and a user, and an account registration unit configured to receive a subscription for a trial use of the service from the service use apparatus and perform an account registration for the administration unit so that the trial use from the service use apparatus is enabled.
Claims14
An information processing system comprising:
- a server;
- and
- an image forming apparatus that includes
- a scanner configured to scan a document,
- an operation panel configured to
- display an application view screen to enable a user to select a service for a trial use, the service executing scanning of the document using the scanner of the image forming apparatus,
- display an account creation screen for creating an account in response to selecting of the service, and
- receive an input of user information including a user mail address to be sent to the server from the user, on the account creation screen,
- wherein the server includes
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that, upon execution by the processor, cause the processor to function as
- an account registration unit configured to
- receive the input user mail address sent in response to the input on the account creation screen displayed on the operation panel of the image forming apparatus,
- return a return mail to the user mail address, the return mail including an access to an account information input screen displayed on a user terminal that is different from the image forming apparatus, and
- receive the user information input on the account information input screen, so as to automatically issue a trial license for the service in association with the input user information,
- wherein the processor causes the service to be enabled to be used by the user depending on the issued trial license, the service executing the scanning of the document by the scanner of the image forming apparatus.
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A method for processing information in an information processing system including
- a server including a processor and a memory, and
- an image forming apparatus including a scanner and an operation panel, the method comprises:
- scanning, by the scanner, a document,
- displaying, by the operation panel, an application view screen, to enable a user to select a service for a trial use, the service executing scanning of the document using the scanner of the image forming apparatus,
- displaying, by the operation panel, an account creation screen for creating an account in response to selecting of the service, and
- receiving, by the operation panel, an input of user information including a user mail address to be sent to the server from the user, on the account creation screen;
- receiving, by the processor, the input user mail address sent in response to the input on the account creation screen displayed on the operation panel of the image forming apparatus,
- returning, by the processor, a return mail to the user mail address, the return mail including an access to an account information input screen displayed on a user terminal that is different from the image forming apparatus, and
- receiving, by the processor, the user information input on the account information input screen, so as to automatically issue a trial license for the service in association with the input user information,
- wherein the processor causes the service to be enabled to be used by the user depending on the issued trial license, the service executing the scanning of the document by the scanner of the image forming apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.