Service provision system, service provision method, and computer program product

A service provision method executed by a service provision system that includes one or more information processing devices and provides a service to a device connected thereto via a network, the method comprising:

• storing management information for managing user identification information for identifying a user, device identification information for identifying a first device, and service identification information for identifying a service registered as a use object in association with one another in a management information storage unit;
• receiving authentication information including user authentication information used for user authentication and device authentication information used for device authentication from the device connected via the network;
• executing authentication processing of the received authentication information;
• specifying, when the authentication information is authenticated, a service associated with the authentication information based on the authentication information and the management information;
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• ezecuting including receiving a use request of a mail distribution service from the first device connected via the network, composing a mail according to the use request of the mail distribution service received from the first device, and distributing the composed mail to a previously specified mail server connected to the service provision system via a network.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing an information processing program causing an information processing device to function as a service provision system that provides a service to a device connected thereto via a network, the program causing the information processing device to function as:

• a management information storage unit that stores management information for managing user identification information for identifying a user, device identification information for identifying a first device, and service identification information for identifying a service registered as a use object in association with one another;
• an authentication information receiving unit that receives authentication information including user authentication information used for user authentication and device authentication information used for device authentication from the device connected via the network;
• an authentication unit that executes authentication processing of the received authentication information;
• a service specifying unit that specifies, when the authentication information is authenticated, a service associated with the authentication information based on the authentication information and the management information;
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• a first execution unit that receives a use request of a mail distribution service from the first device connected via the network, composes a mail according to the use request of the mail distribution service received from the first device, and distributes the composed mail to a previously specified mail server connected to the service provision system via a network.