Device, information processing apparatus, and communication system

A device for communicating, via a network, with at least one information processing apparatus that provides an application to the device, the device comprising:

• communication circuitry configured to transmit, to the information processing apparatus, a request for information on an application installable onto the device or information of an application to be uninstalled from the device;
• and
• installation control circuitry configured to perform at least one of a process of installing the application onto the device or a process of uninstalling the application from the device, in accordance with the information, on the application installable onto the device or the application to be uninstalled from the device, received from the information processing apparatus,
• wherein the installation control circuitry is configured to uninstall the application based on source information indicating an installation source of the application installed on the device, in addition to the information received from the information processing apparatus.

A communication system, comprising:

• a device;
• and
• at least one information processing apparatus configured to communicate with the device via a network and provide an application to the device,
• the device including
• communication circuitry configured to transmit, to the information processing apparatus, a request for information on an application installable onto the device or information of an application to be uninstalled from the device, and
• installation control circuitry configured to perform at least one of a process of installing the application onto the device or a process of uninstalling the application from the device, in accordance with the information, on the application installable onto the device or the application to be uninstalled from the device, received from the information processing apparatus,
• wherein the installation control circuitry is configured to uninstall the application based on source information indicating an installation source of the application installed on the device, in addition to the information received from the information processing apparatus.