Information processing system, information processing apparatus, account registration method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016125174-A1
Application number	US-201514918812-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 21, 2015
Priority date	Oct 30, 2014
Publication date	May 5, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An information processing system including at least one information processing apparatus that includes an administration unit configured to administer whether a service is provided to a service use apparatus using an organization, a license, and a user, and an account registration unit configured to receive a subscription for a trial use of the service from the service use apparatus and perform an account registration for the administration unit so that the trial use from the service use apparatus is enabled.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An information processing system including at least one information processing apparatus, the information processing system comprising:
an administration unit configured to administer whether a service is provided to a service use apparatus using an organization, a license, and a user; and an account registration unit configured to receive a subscription for a trial use of the service from the service use apparatus and perform an account registration for the administration unit so that the trial use from the service use apparatus is enabled.

2 . The information processing system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the account registration unit performs the account registration of at least one of the organization, the license, and the user in the administration unit so that the trial use of the service from the service use apparatus is enabled.

3 . The information processing system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the account registration unit performs the account registration of the organization, the license, and the user in the administration unit so that the trial use of the service from the service use apparatus is enabled in a case where the trial use of the service is subscribed from the service use apparatus, the organization of which is not registered in the administration unit.

4 . The information processing system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the account registration unit does not perform the account registration in a case where a mail address is designated in the subscription for the trial use and the designated mail address is already registered.

5 . The information processing system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the account registration unit performs the account registration for the license and the user so that the trial use of the service is enabled from the service use apparatus in a case where the trial use of the service is subscribed from the service use apparatus, the organization of which is registered in the administration unit.

6 . The information processing system according to claim 5 ,
wherein the account registration unit does not perform the license registration in a case where the license of the service is registered in the organization registered in the administration unit.

7 . The information processing system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the account registration unit performs the account registration of the user to the administration unit so that the trial use of the service is enabled from the service use apparatus in a case where a subscription of the trial use of the service is received from the service use apparatus, the organization and the license of which are registered in the administration unit.

8 . The information processing system according to claim 7 ,
wherein the account registration unit does not perform the account registration of the user to the administration unit in a case where the license registered in the administration unit is the license for the formal contract.

9 . The information processing system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
an authentication unit configured to return information of the organization, the license, and the user, which are administered by the administration unit, to the service use apparatus in a case where an authentication, which is performed using information of the user administered by the administration unit based on a login request requested by the service use apparatus, is successful.

10 . The information processing system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the account registration unit performs the account registration in a case where a client authentication of a service use apparatus receiving a subscription of the trial use is performed and the service use apparatus is determined to be a reliable apparatus.

11 . The information processing system according to claim 10 ,
wherein the account registration unit receives a subscription of a formal contract in a case where the service use apparatus is registered as being permitted for the formal contract as a result of the client authentication of the service use apparatus.

12 . An information processing apparatus comprising:
an administration unit configured to administer whether a service is provided to a service use apparatus using an organization, a license, and a user; and an account registration unit configured to receive a subscription for a trial use of the service from the service use apparatus and perform an account registration for the administration unit so that the trial use from the service use apparatus is enabled.

13 . An account registration method of registering an account performed on an information processing system including at least one information processing apparatus, the account registration method comprising:
administering, by an administration unit, whether a service is provided to a service use apparatus using an organization, a license, and a user; and receiving, by an account registration unit, a subscription for a trial use of the service from the service use apparatus and performing an account registration for the administration unit so that the trial use from the service use apparatus is enabled.

Assignees

• Matsushima Hiroyuki
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Matsushima Hiroyuki

Classifications

• G06Q30/0185 Primary

  Product, service or business identity fraud · CPC title

• G06Q10/10

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title

• G06F21/105 Primary

  Arrangements for software license management or administration, e.g. for managing licenses at corporate level · CPC title