Service providing apparatus and method for controlling same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKENTA YABE
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Abstract
A service providing apparatus provides a service using a plurality of devices. The apparatus includes a notice obtaining unit configured to obtain a replacement notice specifying a replacement source device, a code issuing unit configured to issue a replacement code associated with the replacement source device specified in the replacement notice, a request obtaining unit configured to obtain a continuation request including the replacement code, the continuation request specifying a replacement destination device, and a managing unit configured to request one or more management servers to manage the replacement destination device specified in the continuation request instead of the replacement source device associated with the replacement code included in the continuation request.
Claims12
A service providing apparatus for providing a service using a plurality of devices, the apparatus comprising:
- a notice obtaining unit configured to obtain a replacement notice specifying a replacement source device;
- a code issuing unit configured to issue a replacement code associated with the replacement source device specified in the replacement notice;
- a request obtaining unit configured to obtain a continuation request including the replacement code, the continuation request specifying a replacement destination device;
- and
- a managing unit configured to request one or more management servers to manage the replacement destination device specified in the continuation request instead of the replacement source device associated with the replacement code included in the continuation request.
A method for controlling a service providing apparatus configured to provide a service using a plurality of devices, the method comprising:
- obtaining a replacement notice specifying a replacement source device;
- issuing a replacement code associated with the replacement source device specified in the replacement notice;
- obtaining a continuation request including the replacement code, the continuation request specifying a replacement destination device;
- and
- requesting one or more management servers to manage the replacement destination device specified in the continuation request instead of the replacement source device associated with the replacement code included in the continuation request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.