Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

An information processing system comprising:

• an information processing apparatus;
• and
• a plurality of management apparatuses configured to communicate with an electronic apparatus,
• the information processing apparatus being communicable with the electronic apparatus according to a plurality of protocols and including circuitry, the circuitry being configured to
• identify a particular protocol supported by the electronic apparatus among the plurality of protocols;
• determine a management type based on the identified particular protocol;
• set, based on the determined management type, a communication path through which the electronic apparatus communicates with a first management apparatus among the plurality of management apparatuses;
• and
• mediate communication between the electronic apparatus and the first management apparatus,
• wherein the communication path set by the circuitry is a first communication path through which the electronic apparatus communicates with the first management apparatus via the information processing apparatus or a second communication path through which the electronic apparatus communicates with the first management apparatus without intervening the information processing apparatus,
• wherein the plurality of management apparatuses are configured to communicate according to respective different protocols,
• wherein the circuitry is configured to:
• determine, for each one of the different protocols, whether the identified protocol of the electronic apparatus matches one of the different protocols, and
• set the first management path or the second management path associated with the management type, based on a result of the determination.

An information processing method comprising:

• identifying a protocol supported by the electronic apparatus;
• determining a management type based on the identified protocol;
• setting, based on the determined management type, a communication path through which an electronic apparatus communicates with a first management apparatus among a plurality of management apparatuses that communicate according to respective different protocols;
• and
• mediating communication between the electronic apparatus and the first management apparatus,
• wherein the set communication path is a first communication path through which the electronic apparatus communicates with the first management apparatus via an information processing apparatus or a second communication path through which the electronic apparatus communicates with the first management apparatus without intervening the information processing apparatus,
• wherein the determining of the management type includes determining, for each one of the different protocols, whether the identified protocol of the electronic apparatus matches one of the different protocols, and
• wherein the setting of the communication path includes setting the first management path or the second management path associated with the management type, based on a result of determining, for each one of the different protocols, whether the identified protocol of the electronic apparatus matches one of the different protocols.