# US 11,451,557 B2 · Service system and information registration method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,451,557 B2 - Document ID: US11451557B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/892,829 - Filed: 2020-06-04 - Published: 2020-12-31 - Granted: 2022-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-28 - Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Applicants: Takahiro Hirokawa - Inventors: Takahiro Hirokawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11451557B2 ## CPC - H04L 63/105: {Multiple levels of security} - H04L 63/08: {for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32)} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A service system includes a server that provides a service as a cloud service, and a device that receives the service, wherein a terminal device that is operated by a contract administrator sends identification information of the contract administrator and information related to a contract of the service, to the server, and wherein the server includes a user information storage unit that specifies a role associated with the identification information of the contract administrator, a communication unit that receives the identification information of the contract administrator and the information related to the contract, and an information registration unit that registers the identification information of the contract administrator, contract identification information generated based on the contract, and an operation privilege related to the contract based on the role specified in the user information storage unit, in association with each other, in a contract operation privilege information storage. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A service system comprising: a server that provides a service to a contracted tenant as a cloud service; and a device that receives the service provided by the server, wherein the server can communicate with the device through a network, wherein a terminal device that is operated by a contract administrator sends identification information of the contract administrator and information related to a contract of the service, to the server, and wherein the server includes a user information storage unit that stores identification information of a user for each of a plurality of users including the contract administrator, and specifies a role as the contract administrator associated with the identification information of the contract administrator, a communication unit that receives the identification information of the contract administrator and the information related to the contract of the service, and an information registration unit that registers the identification information of the contract administrator, contract identification information generated based on the contract, and an operation privilege related to the contract based on the role associated with the identification information of the contract administrator specified in the user information storage unit, in association with each other, in a contract operation privilege information storage, wherein the service system comprises a use privilege management target information storage unit that associates the identification information of the contract administrator with identification information of a general user and the device that can be assigned to the service by the contract administrator. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The service system as claimed in claim 1, comprising a use privilege assignment information storage unit that associates the contract identification information with the identification information of the general user and the device that can use the service. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The service system as claimed in claim 2, wherein among privileges of a tenant administrator who manages the contracted tenant, only the operation privilege related to the contract and a privilege related to a use privilege that assigns the service to the general user and the device are delegated to the contract administrator. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The service system as claimed in claim 3, comprising a contract information storage unit that stores the contract identification information, a type of the service, and a contract number that are received from the terminal device, in association with each other, when the contract administrator contracts the service. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The service system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operation privilege is a privilege of a contract operation related to the contract, an update operation of the contract, and a deleting operation of the contract. ### Claim 6 An information registration method performed by a service system including a server that provides a service to a contracted tenant as a cloud service, and a device that receives the service provided by the server, wherein the server can communicate with the device through a network, the information registration method comprising: sending, by a terminal device that is operated by a contract administrator, identification information of the contract administrator and information related to a contract of the service, to the server, receiving, by the server, the identification information of the contract administrator and the information related to the contract of the service, and registering the identification information of the contract administrator, contract identification information generated based on the contract, and an operation privilege related to the contract based on a role associated with the identification information of the contract administrator specified in a user information storage unit, in association with each other, in a contract operation privilege information storage, and registering identification information of a general user and the device that can be assigned to the service by the contract administrator in association with the identification information of the contract administrator.