US 10,855,857 B2 · Information processing system to register a service to a target device

Abstract

An information processing system includes an intermediary apparatus communicable with a target apparatus, and an information processing apparatus, communicable with the intermediary apparatus, including circuitry. In response to reception of identification information from an operation terminal that has received the identification information from an external source, the circuitry provides information on a candidate service to be associated with the target apparatus to the operation terminal when the received identification information is not registered in association with any service. In response to reception of a selection result of a specific service from the operation terminal at the information processing apparatus, the circuitry registers the target apparatus that is identified based on information identifying the target apparatus to be associated with the specific service selected at the operation terminal, the specific service corresponding to the selection result, and the identification information in association with each other in a memory.

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An information processing system, comprising:

an intermediary apparatus communicable with a target apparatus;
and
an information processing apparatus including circuitry and a memory, the information processing apparatus communicable with the intermediary apparatus,
wherein, in response to reception of identification information, including a registration identifier, from an operation terminal that received the identification information from an external source in response to the operation terminal being located within a predetermined distance of the target apparatus, the circuitry is configured to provide, to the operation terminal, information on at least one candidate service that can be performed by the target apparatus, when the received identification information is not registered in association with any service in the information processing apparatus, and
in response to receiving, at the information processing apparatus from the operation terminal, a selection of a specific service from among the at least one candidate service, made via the operation terminal, the circuitry is configured to register (1) target information identifying the target apparatus to be associated with the selected specific service, (2) the selected specific service, and (3) the registration identifier in association with each other in the memory.

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A method of processing information in an information processing system including an intermediary apparatus communicable with a target apparatus, and an information processing apparatus communicable with the intermediary apparatus, the method comprising:

in response to reception of identification information, including a registration identifier, from an operation terminal that received the identification information from an external source in response to the operation terminal being located within a predetermined distance of the target apparatus, providing, to the operation terminal, information on at least one candidate service that can be performed by the target apparatus, when the received identification information is not registered in association with any service in the information processing apparatus;
and
in response to receiving, at the information processing apparatus from the operation terminal, a selection of a specific service, from among the at least one candidate service, made via the operation terminal, registering (1) target information identifying the target apparatus to be associated with the selected specific service, (2) the selected specific service, and (3) the registration identifier in association with each other.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Information processing system to register a service to a target device

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Information processing system to register a service to a target device

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Abstract

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