Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a collection unit that collects a first history on a monitoring target device, a display unit that displays a history screen including at least a part of the first history collected by the collection unit, a receiving unit that receives an operator's operation to designate information included in the first history, on the history screen displayed by the display unit, and a generation unit that generates a second history in which the information designated by the operator is concealed, from the first history.

Abstract: A software management device includes a display which is a section that displays a product list showing a software product satisfying a predetermined condition, and displays a product list including an item indicating a registered face-to-face selling product which is sold on a face-to-face basis and for which license information has been registered, in a case where the registered face-to-face selling product satisfies the predetermined condition, and a controller that non-restrictively receives a user operation with respect to an on-line selling product, which is a software product sold on line, in a case where the user has an on-line purchase right, and restrictively receives a user operation with respect to the registered face-to-face selling product in a case where the user does not have the on-line purchase right.

Abstract: A software management device includes a specification section that specifies a to-be-replaced software product which is a software product having been installed in a device in advance and which is replaced with a target software product, prior to remote installation of the target software product in the device, and a providing section that provides notice information including replacement notice information for giving a notice of the replacement of the to-be-replaced software product with the target software product to a user who attempts to execute the remote installation, prior to the remote installation.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit that displays a first list which is a list of available software and a second list which is a list of software installed on a target device; and a receiving unit that receives an instruction operation of installing the software displayed in the first list on the target device and an instruction operation of performing a predetermined process on the installed software displayed in the second list, in which the display unit continues to display the software in the second list, in a case where the software included in the second list is no longer newly provided, and the display unit does not display the software in the first list or displays a fact that it is not allowed to install the software, in a case where the software included in the first list is no longer newly provided.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory that stores on a storage unit a log related to an operation performed on a device that is a monitoring target, and an instruction unit that, if a fault occurs in the monitoring target device in response to an operation performed by an operator, gives an instruction to the memory to change an amount of memory of the log stored on the memory from a first amount of memory to a second amount of memory different from the first amount of memory, and if the fault re-occurs in response to the operation subsequent to the instruction, instructs the memory to change the amount of memory of the log from the second amount of memory back to the first amount of memory.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus connected to multiple devices and a server via a network includes an acquiring unit, a display controller, and a commanding unit. The acquiring unit acquires information about application software from the server. The display controller performs control so as to display an application software display section and a device display section on a single screen. The application software display section displays the information about the application software acquired from the acquiring unit. The device display section displays information obtained by grouping the devices in accordance with attributes of the devices. The commanding unit commands at least one of the grouped and displayed devices to install the application software acquired by the acquiring unit in accordance with an operation performed by a user via the screen displayed by the display controller.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus connected to multiple devices and a server via a network includes a number-of-licenses acquiring unit, a display controller, and an installation controller. The number-of-licenses acquiring unit acquires, from the server, number-of-licenses information indicating the number of licenses, which is the number based on which a user is capable of using application software. The display controller performs control to display information indicating the application software and information indicating the devices in a form of a list. The installation controller performs control to install the application software into at least one of the devices when an operation for dragging and dropping the information indicating the application software onto the information indicating the at least one device is received from the user.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus connected to a device and a server via a network includes a license-information acquiring unit, an installed-information acquiring unit, a display controller, and an execution controller. The license-information acquiring unit acquires information related to an application software license from the server. The installed-information acquiring unit acquires, from the device, information related to installed application software installed in the device. The display controller performs control so as to display image information expressing the acquired installed application software. The execution controller executes the application software by receiving a command from a user for an operation related to the application software, which is performed by using the displayed image information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus connected to a device and a server via a network includes a first acquiring unit that acquires information related to the device from the device; a second acquiring unit that acquires information about application software from the server; and a display controller that performs control to display image information expressing the device, the information about which is acquired by the first acquiring unit, and image information expressing the application software, the information about which is acquired by the second acquiring unit, in a form of a list. The display controller performs control to vary a display mode of at least one of the image information expressing the device and the image information expressing the application software between a case where the application software is installable into the device and a case where the application software is not installable into the device.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit that displays a first list which is a list of available software and a second list which is a list of software installed on a target device; and a receiving unit that receives an instruction operation of installing the software displayed in the first list on the target device and an instruction operation of performing a predetermined process on the installed software displayed in the second list, in which the display unit continues to display the software in the second list, in a case where the software included in the second list is no longer newly provided, and the display unit does not display the software in the first list or displays a fact that it is not allowed to install the software, in a case where the software included in the first list is no longer newly provided.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a collection unit that collects a first history on a monitoring target device, a display unit that displays a history screen including at least a part of the first history collected by the collection unit, a receiving unit that receives an operator's operation to designate information included in the first history, on the history screen displayed by the display unit, and a generation unit that generates a second history in which the information designated by the operator is concealed, from the first history.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory that stores on a storage unit a log related to an operation performed on a device that is a monitoring target, and an instruction unit that, if a fault occurs in the monitoring target device in response to an operation performed by an operator, gives an instruction to the memory to change an amount of memory of the log stored on the memory from a first amount of memory to a second amount of memory different from the first amount of memory, and if the fault re-occurs in response to the operation subsequent to the instruction, instructs the memory to change the amount of memory of the log from the second amount of memory back to the first amount of memory.

Abstract: A software management device includes a specification section that specifies a to-be-replaced software product which is a software product having been installed in a device in advance and which is replaced with a target software product, prior to remote installation of the target software product in the device, and a providing section that provides notice information including replacement notice information for giving a notice of the replacement of the to-be-replaced software product with the target software product to a user who attempts to execute the remote installation, prior to the remote installation.

Abstract: A software management device includes a display which is a section that displays a product list showing a software product satisfying a predetermined condition, and displays a product list including an item indicating a registered face-to-face selling product which is sold on a face-to-face basis and for which license information has been registered, in a case where the registered face-to-face selling product satisfies the predetermined condition, and a controller that non-restrictively receives a user operation with respect to an on-line selling product, which is a software product sold on line, in a case where the user has an on-line purchase right, and restrictively receives a user operation with respect to the registered face-to-face selling product in a case where the user does not have the on-line purchase right.

Abstract: A software management device includes a determination section that determines whether a device is a supporting target in managing a software product installed in the device, a display that displays an item indicating the software product in both a case where it is determined that the device is a supporting target and a case where it is determined that the device is not a supporting target, and an operation controller that receives plural types of user operations with respect to a supporting-related product which is a software product installed in the device in a case where it is determined that the device is a supporting target, and restricts reception of all or some of the plural types of user operations with respect to an out-of-supporting-related product which is a software product installed in the device in a case where it is determined that the device is not a supporting target.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus connected to multiple devices and a server via a network includes a number-of-licenses acquiring unit, a display controller, and an installation controller. The number-of-licenses acquiring unit acquires, from the server, number-of-licenses information indicating the number of licenses, which is the number based on which a user is capable of using application software. The display controller performs control to display information indicating the application software and information indicating the devices in a form of a list. The installation controller performs control to install the application software into at least one of the devices when an operation for dragging and dropping the information indicating the application software onto the information indicating the at least one device is received from the user.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus connected to a device and a server via a network includes a first acquiring unit that acquires information related to the device from the device; a second acquiring unit that acquires information about application software from the server; and a display controller that performs control to display image information expressing the device, the information about which is acquired by the first acquiring unit, and image information expressing the application software, the information about which is acquired by the second acquiring unit, in a form of a list. The display controller performs control to vary a display mode of at least one of the image information expressing the device and the image information expressing the application software between a case where the application software is installable into the device and a case where the application software is not installable into the device.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus connected to multiple devices and a server via a network includes an acquiring unit, a display controller, and a commanding unit. The acquiring unit acquires information about application software from the server. The display controller performs control so as to display an application software display section and a device display section on a single screen. The application software display section displays the information about the application software acquired from the acquiring unit. The device display section displays information obtained by grouping the devices in accordance with attributes of the devices. The commanding unit commands at least one of the grouped and displayed devices to install the application software acquired by the acquiring unit in accordance with an operation performed by a user via the screen displayed by the display controller.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus connected to a device and a server via a network includes a license-information acquiring unit, an installed-information acquiring unit, a display controller, and an execution controller. The license-information acquiring unit acquires information related to an application software license from the server. The installed-information acquiring unit acquires, from the device, information related to installed application software installed in the device. The display controller performs control so as to display image information expressing the acquired installed application software. The execution controller executes the application software by receiving a command from a user for an operation related to the application software, which is performed by using the displayed image information.