Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorShigeo Araki
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and an information processing method. The information processing apparatus manages a detected user as a participant, accepts selection of a shared site from the detected user, and suggests one or more candidates of participant to be managed based on the selected shared site.
Claims11
An information processing apparatus shared by a plurality of users, the information processing apparatus comprising:
- circuitry configured to:
- manage a detected user as a participant;
- accept selection of a shared site from the detected user;
- suggest one or more candidates of participant to be managed based on the selected shared site by displaying on a display a participant suggestion screen to allow the user to select the one or more candidates of participant as the participant to be managed;
- accept a participant selection operation by the user to select the participant;
- and
- add the selected participant as the participant to be managed.
An information processing system comprising:
- an information processing apparatus shared by a plurality of users, the information processing apparatus comprising:
- circuitry configured to;
- manage a detected user as a participant;
- accept selection of a shared site from the detected user;
- and
- suggest one or more candidates of participant to be managed based on the selected shared site by displaying on a display a participant suggestion screen to allow the user to select the one or more candidates of participant as the participant to be managed;
- accept a participant selection operation by the user to select the participant;
- and
- add the selected participant as the participant to be managed;
- at least one memory configured to:
- store user information that associates the user with external service settings information and information on the shared site used by the information processing apparatus.
An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus shared by a plurality of users, the method comprising:
- managing a detected user as a participant;
- accepting selection of a shared site from the detected user;
- suggesting one or more candidates of participant to be managed based on the selected shared site by displaying on a display a participant suggestion screen to allow the user to select the one or more candidates of participant as the participant to be managed;
- accepting a participant selection operation by the user to select the participant;
- and
- adding the selected participant as the participant to be managed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.