Service use method and management method
First Claim
1. A service utilizing method, comprising:
- transmitting, from a first service utilizing apparatus, registration information to a management apparatus according to an external input, the registration information including a first user identification information for use in utilizing a service in the first service utilizing apparatus together with a first password corresponding to the first user identification information, wherein the management apparatus stores second user identification information for at least a second apparatus, and the first user identification information is set to be different than the second user identification information;
subsequently transmitting, from the first service utilizing apparatus, a first apparatus name of the first service utilizing apparatus to the management apparatus, the first apparatus name being entered by a user of the first service utilizing apparatus and is selected independently of any apparatus names entered for the second apparatus such that the first apparatus name entered by the user of the first service utilizing apparatus is the same as an apparatus name entered for the second apparatus;
transmitting, from the first service utilizing apparatus to the management apparatus, disclosure setting information indicating whether or not the existence of the first service utilizing apparatus registered in the management apparatus is to be disclosed to other users;
receiving, at the first service utilizing apparatus, registration completion information transmitted from the management apparatus after completing registration with the first user identification information, the first password, and the first apparatus name entered by the user of the first service utilizing apparatus; and
managing the first service utilizing apparatus by the management apparatus.
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Abstract
A user sets an apparatus name easily identified by the user to a terminal, transmits the apparatus name together with user identification information to a terminal management server for managing a terminal, and the terminal management server registers the apparatus name as associated with the user identification information, thereby allowing the terminal management server to uniquely identify each terminal based on the apparatus name associated with the user identification information. Furthermore, a user can easily identify an apparatus name, thereby realizing a service utilizing system capable of reducing the laborious procedure of operating the terminal management server, and easily identifying each terminal.
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Citations
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1. A service utilizing method, comprising:
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transmitting, from a first service utilizing apparatus, registration information to a management apparatus according to an external input, the registration information including a first user identification information for use in utilizing a service in the first service utilizing apparatus together with a first password corresponding to the first user identification information, wherein the management apparatus stores second user identification information for at least a second apparatus, and the first user identification information is set to be different than the second user identification information; subsequently transmitting, from the first service utilizing apparatus, a first apparatus name of the first service utilizing apparatus to the management apparatus, the first apparatus name being entered by a user of the first service utilizing apparatus and is selected independently of any apparatus names entered for the second apparatus such that the first apparatus name entered by the user of the first service utilizing apparatus is the same as an apparatus name entered for the second apparatus; transmitting, from the first service utilizing apparatus to the management apparatus, disclosure setting information indicating whether or not the existence of the first service utilizing apparatus registered in the management apparatus is to be disclosed to other users; receiving, at the first service utilizing apparatus, registration completion information transmitted from the management apparatus after completing registration with the first user identification information, the first password, and the first apparatus name entered by the user of the first service utilizing apparatus; and managing the first service utilizing apparatus by the management apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A first service utilizing apparatus, comprising:
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first registration information transmitting means for transmitting registration information to a management apparatus according to an external input, the registration information including first user identification information for use in utilizing a service in the first service utilizing apparatus together with a first password corresponding to the first user identification information, wherein the management apparatus stores second user identification information for at least a second apparatus, and the first user identification information is set to be different than the second user identification information; an input operation means configured to receive, as input, a first apparatus name that is entered by a user of the first service utilizing apparatus and that is selected independently of any apparatus names entered for the second apparatus such that the first apparatus name entered by the user of the first service utilizing apparatus is the same as an apparatus name entered for the second apparatus; second registration transmitting means for subsequently transmitting the first apparatus name of the first service utilizing apparatus to the management apparatus; disclosure setting information transmitting means for transmitting, to the management apparatus, disclosure setting information indicating whether or not the existence of the first service utilizing apparatus registered in the management apparatus is to be disclosed to other users; and registration completion information reception means for receiving registration completion information transmitted from the management apparatus after completing registration with the first user identification information, the first password, and the first apparatus name entered by the user of the first service utilizing apparatus, wherein the management apparatus manages the first service utilizing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including computer readable program codes embodied in the computer readable storage medium that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
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transmitting registration information to a management apparatus according to an external input, the registration information including a first user identification information for use in utilizing a service in a first service utilizing apparatus together with a first password corresponding to the first user identification information, wherein the management apparatus stores second user identification information for at least a second apparatus, and the first user identification information is set to be different than the second user identification information; subsequently transmitting a first apparatus name of the first service utilizing apparatus to the management apparatus, the first apparatus name being entered by a user of the first service utilizing apparatus and is selected independently of any apparatus names entered for the second apparatus such that the first apparatus name entered by the user of the first service utilizing apparatus is the same as an apparatus name entered for the second apparatus; transmitting, to the management apparatus, disclosure setting information indicating whether or not the existence of the first service utilizing apparatus registered in the management apparatus is to be disclosed to other users; receiving registration completion information transmitted from the management apparatus after completing registration with the first user identification information, the first password, and the first apparatus name entered by the user of the first service utilizing apparatus; and managing the first service utilizing apparatus by the management apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A management method for managing a first service utilizing apparatus which uses a predetermined service, comprising:
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receiving, at a management apparatus, registration information according to an external input which is transmitted from the first service utilizing apparatus, the registration information including a first user identification information for use in utilizing a service in the first service utilizing apparatus together with a first password corresponding to the first user identification information, wherein the management apparatus stores second user identification information for at least a second apparatus, and the first user identification information is set to be different than the second user identification information; subsequently receiving, at the management apparatus, a first apparatus name of the first service utilizing apparatus; receiving, at the management apparatus, disclosure setting information indicating whether or not the existence of the first service utilizing apparatus registered in the management apparatus is to be disclosed to other users; registering the first user identification information, the first password, and the first apparatus name of the registration information as associated with one another; transmitting registration completion information indicating completion of registration of the first user identification information, the first password, and the first apparatus name entered by the user of the first service utilizing apparatus, when the registration is completed; and managing, by the management apparatus, overlapping apparatus names, the first apparatus name being entered by the user of the first service utilizing apparatus and being selected independently of any apparatus names entered for the second apparatus, the first apparatus name entered by the user of the first service utilizing apparatus being the same as the second apparatus name. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A management apparatus which manages a first service utilizing apparatus using a predetermined service, comprising:
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first registration information reception means for receiving registration information according to an external input, which is transmitted from the first service utilizing apparatus, the registration information including a first user identification information for use in utilizing a service in the first service utilizing apparatus together with a first password corresponding to the first user identification information, wherein the management apparatus stores second user identification for at least a second apparatus, and the first user identification information is set to be different than the second user identification; second registration information means for subsequently receiving a first apparatus name of the first service utilizing apparatus; disclosure setting information receiving means for receiving disclosure setting information from the first service utilizing apparatus indicating whether or not the existence of the first service utilizing apparatus registered in the management apparatus is to be disclosed to other users; registration means for registering the first user identification information, the first password, and the first apparatus name in the received registration information as associated with one another; registration completion information transmitting means for transmitting registration completion information indicating completion of the registration to the first service utilizing apparatus when the registration of the first user identification information, the first password, and the first apparatus name entered by the user of the first service utilizing apparatus, is completed; and apparatus name management means for managing overlapping apparatus names, the first apparatus name being entered by the user of the first service utilizing apparatus and being selected independently of any apparatus names entered for the second apparatus, the first apparatus name entered by the user of the first service utilizing apparatus being the same as the second apparatus name. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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29. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including computer program codes embodied in the computer readable storage medium that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
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receiving registration information according to an external input, which is transmitted from a first service utilizing apparatus, the registration information including a first user identification information for use in utilizing a service in the first service utilizing apparatus together with a first password corresponding to the user identification information, wherein the management apparatus stores second user identification for at least a second apparatus, and the first user identification information is set to be different than the second user identification; subsequently receiving a first apparatus name of the first service utilizing apparatus; receiving disclosure setting information from the first service utilizing apparatus indicating whether or not the existence of the first service utilizing apparatus registered in the management apparatus is to be disclosed to other users; registering the first user identification information, the first password, and the first apparatus name in the received registration information as associated with one another; transmitting registration completion information indicating completion of the registration to the first service utilizing apparatus when the registration of the first user identification information, the first password, and the first apparatus name entered by the user of the first service utilizing apparatus, is completed; and managing overlapping apparatus names, the first apparatus name being entered by the user of the first service utilizing apparatus and being selected independently of any apparatus names entered for the second apparatus, the first apparatus name entered by the user of the first service utilizing apparatus being is same as the second apparatus name. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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