Information processing apparatus, control method of information processing apparatus, program, and information processing system

A control method of an information processing apparatus enabled to share managed information that is managed and customizable for an individual user with a plurality of other information processing apparatuses, the control method comprising:

• a) acquiring update information indicating that managed information of a specific user among a plurality of users has been updated by customization;
• b) determining some information processing apparatuses among the plurality of other information processing apparatuses, as distribution destination apparatuses to share updated managed information of the specific user, based on a use history of the specific user, after acquisition of the update information;
• and
• c) transmitting the updated managed information to the some information processing apparatuses determined as the distribution destination apparatuses in the b).

An information processing system comprising:

• an information processing apparatus;
• and
• a plurality of other information processing apparatuses, wherein
• the information processing apparatus is enabled to share managed information that is managed and customizable for an individual user with the plurality of other information processing apparatuses, and
• the information processing apparatus includes a hardware processor that:
• acquires update information indicating that managed information of a specific user among a plurality of users has been updated by customization;
• determines some information processing apparatuses among the plurality of other information processing apparatuses, as distribution destination apparatuses to share updated managed information of the specific user, based on a use history of the specific user, after acquisition of the update information;
• and
• transmits the updated managed information to the some information processing apparatuses determined as the distribution destination apparatuses, after the acquisition of the update information.