Abstract: An information processing system includes circuitry configured to acquire browsing information indicating a display state of an image from a browsing terminal displaying the image and operated by a user; and aggregate one or more areas of the image that attract interests of the user based on the browsing information.

Abstract: An information processing system includes circuitry configured to acquire browsing information indicating a display state of an image from a browsing terminal displaying the image and operated by a user; and aggregate one or more areas of the image that attract interests of the user based on the browsing information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a user interface unit configured to receive a function execution request for processes, the function execution request containing designations of an input function and an output function; a search and linkage unit configured to acquire pieces of specifications information indicating functions of an input device and an output device from the respective devices, and generate, based on the pieces of specifications information, a linkage flow indicating an execution sequence and a combination of an input device and an output device which respectively have an input function and an output function designated in the function execution request, the devices executing the functions, respectively, in linkage with each other; and a flow executing unit configured to send process requests to the input device and the output device designated in the linkage flow, respectively.

Abstract: A device management apparatus connected to a plurality of devices via a network includes a collecting unit that receives usage data indicating a status of use of each of the devices from each of the devices and that stores the received usage data in a storage device, and a common data acquiring unit that acquires common data that is common to the devices from the usage data of each of the devices stored in the storage device.

Abstract: A service providing system provides a service in which information processing apparatuses and an image forming apparatus cooperate with each other to execute processes for performing printing. The service providing system includes processors configured to execute the processes; a flow controller configured to accept, from one of the information processing apparatuses, a print execution request to execute printing in the image forming apparatus, and to cause the processors to issue a print instruction to be provided to the image forming apparatus, based on flow settings and parameter settings of the processes included in the print execution request; and a print instruction distributor configured to distribute the print instruction to the image forming apparatus based on a print instruction acquisition request from the image forming apparatus. The processors include a print instructor configured to issue the print instruction and to store the print instruction in the print instruction distributor.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a user interface unit configured to receive a function execution request for processes, the function execution request containing designations of an input function and an output function; a search and linkage unit configured to acquire pieces of specifications information indicating functions of an input device and an output device from the respective devices, and generate, based on the pieces of specifications information, a linkage flow indicating an execution sequence and a combination of an input device and an output device which respectively have an input function and an output function designated in the function execution request, the devices executing the functions, respectively, in linkage with each other; and a flow executing unit configured to send process requests to the input device and the output device designated in the linkage flow, respectively.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive output object information on an object to be output; a storage unit configured to store therein output device information on different types of output devices; and a determining unit configured to determine an output device based on the output object information and the output device information.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a first and second information processing systems respectively including first and second apparatuses, and a third information processing system storing history information of the first apparatus and implementing analyzing the history information to acquire a degree of influence for an item included in the history information corresponding to a fault in the first apparatus, and generating a fault prediction logic of predicting a fault in the first apparatus using the item having a relatively high degree of influence and a value of a case where the fault occurs in the first apparatus based on a result of the analysis, and building the generated fault prediction logic into the first and second apparatuses, the first and second information processing system monitoring the history information, and detecting a state of matching a content of the built-in fault prediction logic.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a user interface unit configured to receive a function execution request for processes, the function execution request containing designations of an input function and an output function; a search and linkage unit configured to acquire pieces of specifications information indicating functions of an input device and an output device from the respective devices, and generate, based on the pieces of specifications information, a linkage flow indicating an execution sequence and a combination of an input device and an output device which respectively have an input function and an output function designated in the function execution request, the devices executing the functions, respectively, in linkage with each other; and a flow executing unit configured to send process requests to the input device and the output device designated in the linkage flow, respectively.

Abstract: A remote management system includes a service providing apparatus enabling access to a providing source that provides a service and a management apparatus managing an apparatus via a network. Further the service providing apparatus includes a generation unit generating an acquisition request command and a response unit transmitting a response in combination with the acquisition request command. The management apparatus includes a registration unit registering the apparatus information of the apparatus in association with the identification information and a management unit managing the apparatus using the apparatus information registered by the registration unit.

Abstract: A scan processing system is provided that includes a processor configured to execute a program stored in a memory to implement processes of accepting, from a terminal apparatus, a registration of a scan setting for a scan process to be executed by the input/output device; issuing code information for the scan setting and sending the issued code information to the terminal apparatus in response to the registration of the scan setting; storing the scan setting that has been accepted from the terminal apparatus in association with the code information that has been sent to the terminal apparatus in response to the registration; and upon receiving the code information from the input/output device, sending the scan setting that is stored in association with the code information to the input/output device and controlling the input/output device to execute the scan process based on the scan setting.

Abstract: A device management apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to issue management identification information for managing a device; generate mapping information in which the management identification information is associated with device identification information for identifying the individual device; and generate availability management information in which the device identification information is associated with availability indicating whether the device is available or unavailable.

Abstract: A service providing system provides a service in which information processing apparatuses and an image forming apparatus cooperate with each other to execute processes for performing printing. The service providing system includes processors configured to execute the processes; a flow controller configured to accept, from one of the information processing apparatuses, a print execution request to execute printing in the image forming apparatus, and to cause the processors to issue a print instruction to be provided to the image forming apparatus, based on flow settings and parameter settings of the processes included in the print execution request; and a print instruction distributor configured to distribute the print instruction to the image forming apparatus based on a print instruction acquisition request from the image forming apparatus. The processors include a print instructor configured to issue the print instruction and to store the print instruction in the print instruction distributor.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a first and second information processing systems respectively including first and second apparatuses, and a third information processing system storing history information of the first apparatus and implementing analyzing the history information to acquire a degree of influence for an item included in the history information corresponding to a fault in the first apparatus, and generating a fault prediction logic of predicting a fault in the first apparatus using the item having a relatively high degree of influence and a value of a case where the fault occurs in the first apparatus based on a result of the analysis, and building the generated fault prediction logic into the first and second apparatuses, the first and second information processing system monitoring the history information, and detecting a state of matching a content of the built-in fault prediction logic.

Abstract: A device management apparatus connected to a plurality of devices via a network includes a collecting unit that receives usage data indicating a status of use of each of the devices from each of the devices and that stores the received usage data in a storage device, and a common data acquiring unit that acquires common data that is common to the devices from the usage data of each of the devices stored in the storage device.

Abstract: A device management apparatus connected to a plurality of devices via a network includes a collecting unit that receives usage data indicating a status of use of each of the devices from each of the devices and that stores the received usage data in a storage device, and a common data acquiring unit that acquires common data that is common to the devices from the usage data of each of the devices stored in the storage device.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is connectable to a plurality of devices of different types via a network. The information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives, from the devices, management information of each of the devices in a data format corresponding to the respective devices; a first storage unit that stores therein a first conversion rule for converting the management information into manage information in a first common data format common to the devices; and a conversion unit that converts the management information thus received into management information in the first common data format based on the first conversion rule.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a user interface unit configured to receive a function execution request for processes, the function execution request containing designations of an input function and an output function; a search and linkage unit configured to acquire pieces of specifications information indicating functions of an input device and an output device from the respective devices, and generate, based on the pieces of specifications information, a linkage flow indicating an execution sequence and a combination of an input device and an output device which respectively have an input function and an output function designated in the function execution request, the devices executing the functions, respectively, in linkage with each other; and a flow executing unit configured to send process requests to the input device and the output device designated in the linkage flow, respectively.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a user interface unit configured to receive a function execution request for processes, the function execution request containing designations of an input function and an output function; a search and linkage unit configured to acquire pieces of specifications information indicating functions of an input device and an output device from the respective devices, and generate, based on the pieces of specifications information, a linkage flow indicating an execution sequence and a combination of an input device and an output device which respectively have an input function and an output function designated in the function execution request, the devices executing the functions, respectively, in linkage with each other; and a flow executing unit configured to send process requests to the input device and the output device designated in the linkage flow, respectively.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive output object information on an object to be output; a storage unit configured to store therein output device information on different types of output devices; and a determining unit configured to determine an output device based on the output object information and the output device information.