Abstract: A service providing system includes a login information publishing apparatus that publishes login information when a user logs in the login information publishing apparatus and a service providing apparatus that provides service to the user based on the login information being published. The service providing apparatus includes circuitry that manages the login information being published and setting information used when the user utilizes the service being provided, associated with an account created for the user to utilize the service being provided and manages the login information being published associated with default setting information, the default setting information being the setting information that is firstly applied when the user utilizes the service based on the login information being published.

Abstract: A service providing system includes a login information publishing apparatus that publishes login information when a user logs in the login information publishing apparatus and a service providing apparatus that provides service to the user based on the login information being published. The service providing apparatus includes circuitry that manages the login information being published and setting information used when the user utilizes the service being provided, associated with an account created for the user to utilize the service being provided and manages the login information being published associated with default setting information, the default setting information being the setting information that is firstly applied when the user utilizes the service based on the login information being published.

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 processing device includes a plurality of input units configured to input a process request; a plurality of processing units configured to execute a process corresponding to the process request input by the plurality of input units; a power control unit configured to transfer the processing device into a power saving state and to transfer the processing device back to a regular state from the power saving state; and an operation suppression control unit configured to send an operation suppression request to the plurality of input units and the plurality of processing units before the power control unit transfers the processing device into the power saving state, and to send an operation suppression release request to the plurality of input units and the plurality of processing units when the power control unit transfers the processing device back to the regular state from the power saving state.

Abstract: A server connectable to an apparatus providing contents and an image display apparatus includes an index information processing part configured to provide the image display apparatus with index information for causing a list of information items associated with the contents to be displayed by the image display apparatus, an image data processing part configured to provide the image display apparatus with image data for causing a content associated with an information item selected from the list to be displayed by the image display apparatus, and an apparatus authentication part configured to cause the index information processing part and the image data processing part to execute respective processes when the identification information of the image display apparatus that has requested to obtain the content associated with the selected information item by using access authority information regarding authority to access the content is managed in correlation with the access authority information.

Abstract: A server connectable to an apparatus providing contents and an image display apparatus includes an index information processing part configured to provide the image display apparatus with index information for causing a list of information items associated with the contents to be displayed by the image display apparatus, an image data processing part configured to provide the image display apparatus with image data for causing a content associated with an information item selected from the list to be displayed by the image display apparatus, and an apparatus authentication part configured to cause the index information processing part and the image data processing part to execute respective processes when the identification information of the image display apparatus that has requested to obtain the content associated with the selected information item by using access authority information regarding authority to access the content is managed in correlation with the access authority information.

Abstract: A server apparatus capable of connecting to a content providing apparatus which provides content and an image display apparatus via a network, includes an index data processing unit which provides index data to the image display apparatus, based on content to be provided by the content providing apparatus, for having the image display apparatus display a list screen including information of the content; and an image data processing unit which provides image data to the image display apparatus for having the image display apparatus display a content display screen using information of the content selected from the list screen by an operator.

Abstract: A processing device includes a plurality of input units configured to input a process request; a plurality of processing units configured to execute a process corresponding to the process request input by the plurality of input units; a power control unit configured to transfer the processing device into a power saving state and to transfer the processing device back to a regular state from the power saving state; and an operation suppression control unit configured to send an operation suppression request to the plurality of input units and the plurality of processing units before the power control unit transfers the processing device into the power saving state, and to send an operation suppression release request to the plurality of input units and the plurality of processing units when the power control unit transfers the processing device back to the regular state from the power saving state.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a processing unit which manages an association processing network formed by image processing devices. The processing unit includes a service evaluation content generating unit which acquires requirement performance information of a service to be stored from a service requirement performance managing unit and generates an evaluation content to be evaluated for the service by including the requirement performance information in an evaluation object, a service evaluation unit which evaluates the evaluation content of the service according to a predetermined requirement, and an association object managing unit which registers the service as a new association object the evaluation content of the service the predetermined requirement of which has been met by the evaluation of the service evaluation unit.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a processing unit which manages an association processing network formed by image processing devices. The processing unit includes a service evaluation content generating unit which acquires requirement performance information of a service to be stored from a service requirement performance managing unit and generates an evaluation content to be evaluated for the service by including the requirement performance information in an evaluation object, a service evaluation unit which evaluates the evaluation content of the service according to a predetermined requirement, and an association object managing unit which registers the service as a new association object the evaluation content of the service the predetermined requirement of which has been met by the evaluation of the service evaluation unit.