Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain information regarding past usage of a device managed by a manager from stored information, the stored information storing information regarding the past usage of a device in connection with identification information of the device, extract, of obtained information regarding the past usage, information on an item predetermined according to a role that the manager has, and send extracted information to a terminal of the manager.

Abstract: An information control apparatus includes a storage unit storing, for each user, results of use of respective functions of devices and a display control unit performing control so as to preferentially display a device to be used next among the devices based on a pattern group having patterns close to one another and including continuous function values when the pattern group is present in a case where the user-specific use result is represented by a function axis indicating a function value including the used function and a setting value thereof and a time axis indicating a time of use of the device.

Abstract: An information control apparatus includes a storage unit storing, for each user, results of use of respective functions of devices and a display control unit performing control so as to preferentially display a device to be used next among the devices based on a pattern group having patterns close to one another and including continuous function values when the pattern group is present in a case where the user-specific use result is represented by a function axis indicating a function value including the used function and a setting value thereof and a time axis indicating a time of use of the device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically accessing a WWW page is provided for realizing a function of automatically jumping to a desired page to automatically download desired data in spite of intervening pages which require a user to enter information, and a function of dealing with a change in configuration of an accessed page. In a web browser, a list structure is created for each displayed window, and all nodes under HTML displayed in a window corresponding to the list structure are copied and stored as node information. Further, when an event occurs with respect to an arbitrary node within a window, an address and event type of the node are recorded in the stored node information corresponding to the node. The record is comprised of a sequence of records of an event occurrence address and event type by using URL and window identifier as keys.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically accessing a WWW page is provided for realizing a function of automatically jumping to a desired page to automatically download desired data in spite of intervening pages which require a user to enter information, and a function of dealing with a change in configuration of an accessed page. In a web browser, a list structure is created for each displayed window, and all nodes under HTML displayed in a window corresponding to the list structure are copied and stored as node information. Further, when an event occurs with respect to an arbitrary node within a window, an address and event type of the node are recorded in the stored node information corresponding to the node. The record is comprised of a sequence of records of an event occurrence address and event type by using URL and window identifier as keys.