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AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsHiromitsu Kato, Shigetoshi Sameshima, Katsumi Kawano, Takeshi Miyao
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A system allows a user to select a service on a device and request a service executing function of a server to carry out the service. An authentication function authenticates the user and searches the functions of devices required in the requested service within the authority given to the user. The function acquires and registers the right to use in a device-configuration managing function through a right-to-use managing function. An adaptor delivering function delivers specifications for setting connections between functions required for execution of the service and a group encryption key generated by a key-generating function to devices. Device coordinating functions set device-embedded functions based on the received specifications. The functions conduct cipher communication with other devices using the key and carry out the service.
A service executing method employing a plurality of devices and a server which manages the devices to permit one or more of the devices to provide services in coordination with one another, the method comprising:
A service providing system employing a plurality of devices and a server which manages the devices to permit one or more of a plurality of the devices to provide services in coordination with one another, wherein the device used by a user has
A processing program for a server in a service providing system employing a plurality of devices and the server which manages the devices to permit one or more of a plurality of the devices to provide services in coordination with one another, wherein the program comprises:
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