Information processing system, electronic device and service authorization method

An electronic device configured to utilize a service provided from at least one information processing apparatus, the electronic device comprising a hardware processor that executes a program so as to implement:

• a request unit configured to manage license information of a service provided from a service delivery device and to request use permission information of the service from an information management device configured to generate and send the use permission information, the service utilizing a function of the electronic device as a part of the service to implement the service, the electronic device having a license to implement the service;
• an execution management unit configured to manage an execution request of the service specifying the use permission information of the service;
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• an execution unit configured to determine whether to have a use authority of the function of the electronic device utilized by the service based on contents of the license included in the use permission information of the service and configured to execute the service by utilizing the function of the electronic device upon determining that the use authority of the function of the electronic device utilized by the service is present,
• wherein the execution unit is configured to determine whether to have the use authority of the function of the electronic device utilized by the service based on contents of a second license of the function of the electronic device set for the electronic device upon determining that the use authority of the function of the electronic device utilized by the service is absent based on the contents of the license included in the use permission information of the service.

A service authorization method executed by an information processing system including at least one information processing device and an electronic device configured to utilize a service provided from the at least one information processing device, the method comprising steps of:

• generating use permission information based on a request from the electronic device configured to manage license information of the service provided from the information processing device based on a request from the electronic device having a license of the service, the service utilizing a function of the electronic device as a part of the service to implement the service, the use permission information including contents of the license;
• sending the generated use permission information of the service to the electronic device;
• managing the execution request of the service specifying the use permission information of the service in the electronic device;
• determining whether to have a use authority of the function of the electronic device utilized by the service based on the contents of the license included in the use permission information;
• executing the service upon determining that the use authority of the function of the electronic device utilized by the service is present;
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• determining whether to have the use authority of the function of the electronic device utilized by the service based on contents of a second license of the function of the electronic device set for the electronic device upon determining that the use authority of the function of the electronic device utilized by the service is absent based on the contents of the license included in the use permission information of the service.