Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and non-transitory recording medium
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTatsuya ISHII, Yoshio KONNO, Mitsutaka NAKATA
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry to acquire license information indicating a license of a predetermined function, and execute a process related to the predetermined function permitted by the license. In a case where a state of the license information being acquired changes to a state of not acquired during execution of the process, the processing circuitry restricts the execution of the process related to the predetermined function.
Claims11
An information processing apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to:
- acquire license information indicating a license of a predetermined function;
- execute a process related to the predetermined function permitted by the license;
- and
- in a case where a state of the license information being acquired changes to a state of not acquired during execution of the process, restrict the execution of the process related to the predetermined function.
An information processing system comprising:
- an information processing apparatus;
- and
- a communication terminal,
- the communication terminal including first processing circuitry configured to:
- acquire license information indicating a license of a predetermined function;
- in a case that communication with the information processing apparatus is established and the license information is not acquired, cause a display to display a notification indicating that execution of a process related to the predetermined function is restricted;
- and
- transmit the notification via a network to the information processing apparatus,
- the information processing apparatus including:
- an interface to receive the notification from the communication terminal;
- and
- second processing circuitry configured to:
- execute a process related to the predetermined function permitted by the license;
- and
- restrict execution of the process related to the predetermined function in response to reception of the notification via the interface during the execution of the process related to the predetermined function.
A non-transitory recording medium storing a plurality of program codes which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:
- acquiring license information indicating a license of a predetermined function;
- executing a process related to the predetermined function permitted by the license;
- and
- in a case where a state of the license information being acquired changes to a state of not acquired during execution of the process, restricting the execution of the process related to the predetermined function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.