Network system

Abstract

A network system includes a recording unit that is disposed on a network and in which recording information that includes address information, first affiliation information, and second affiliation information of a plurality of information devices is recorded, and a processor configured to execute, when an inquiry about an information device usable by a search terminal is received from the search terminal, a returning operation of extracting address information of the information device that has same first affiliation information as the search terminal from the recording unit and returning the address information, and execute a supplementing operation of supplementing, for a first information device for which there is no first affiliation information in recording information, the recording information of the first information device with the first affiliation information based on recording information of a second information device that has same second affiliation information as the first information device. In the returning operation, the processor is configured to extract address information of an information device that has the same first affiliation information based on information of the recording unit that reflects a result of supplementation by the supplementing operation and returns the address information.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.