Management server for managing multiple identifications of an image processing apparatus, and information processing system and information processing method therefor

An information processing system including an image processing apparatus, a service server related to a web service, an information processing apparatus, and a management server, the information processing apparatus being configured to perform registration for the web service, the management server being configured to manage registration of the image processing apparatus for the web service,

• wherein the management server comprises:
• at least one first memory storing a set of instructions;
• and
• at least one first processor executing the set of instructions stored in the at least one first memory to cause the at least one first processor to perform operations comprising:
• a management operation of managing first identification information and second identification information in association with each other, the first identification information and the second identification information corresponding to different types of identification information for identifying the image processing apparatus;
• a receiving operation of receiving the first identification information or the second identification information from the service server;
• and
• a registration operation of performing:
• first registration by which the first identification information is registered for a first web service, the first identification information being received in the receiving operation from a first service server and
• second registration by which the second identification information is registered for a second web service, the second identification information being transmitted in a transmitting operation by the information processing apparatus to a second service server and received in the receiving operation from the second service server,
• wherein the information processing apparatus comprises:
• at least one second memory storing a set of instructions;
• and
• at least one second processor executing the set of instructions stored in the at least one second memory to cause the at least one second processor to perform operations comprising:
• the transmitting operation of receiving the second identification information from the management server and transmitting the received second identification information to the service server,
• and
• wherein the registration operation includes putting restriction on the second registration in a case where the received second identification information has been associated in the management operation with the first identification information having already been registered by the first registration.

An information processing method used in an information processing system including an image processing apparatus, a service server, an information processing apparatus, and a management server, the service server being configured to provide a web service, the information processing apparatus being configured to perform registration for the web service, the management server being configured to manage registration of the image processing apparatus for the web service, the information processing method comprising:

• memorizing first identification information and second identification information in association with each other, the first identification information and the second identification information corresponding to different types of identification information for identifying the image processing apparatus, the memorizing being performed by the management server;
• transmitting the second identification information received from the management server to the service server, the transmitting being performed by the image processing apparatus;
• receiving the first identification information or the second identification information from the service server, the receiving being performed by the management server;
• and
• first registration by which the first identification information is registered for a first web service, the first identification information being received in the receiving from a first service server that provides the first web service and
• second registration by which the second identification information is registered for a second web service, the second identification information being transmitted by the information processing apparatus in the transmitting to a second service server that provides the second web service and received in the receiving from the second service server, and
• wherein restriction is put on the second registration of the received second identification information in a case where the second identification information is associated with the first identification information, in the memorizing, having already been registered by the first registration.