An information processing apparatus that can be connected to information terminals and a data storage device through a network, and includes: a storage request receiver that receives conference identification information, information terminal identification information for a user participating in the conference, conference material data, and a storage request of the conference material data; an authentication program generator that generates an authentication program for determining whether the conference material data is capable of being transmitted to any of the information terminals when the conference material data is transmitted to the information terminal based on correspondence information in which pieces of the information terminal identification information are at least correlated with respective pieces of conference identification information, in accordance with the storage request; and a storage controller that stores the conference material data contained in the storage request and the authentication program in the data storage device in a correlated manner.

An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire registration information which is stored in a master database; a registration information storage configured to store the registration information; a rule storage configured to store rule information representing an update method for synchronizing the registration information which is stored in the registration information storage with the registration information which is stored in the master database; and a synchronous processing unit configured to update the registration information which is stored in the registration information storage based on the acquired registration information and the acquired rule information which are stored in the master database.

An image processing device including a reception unit, an acquisition unit, an image reading unit, and a transmission unit. The reception unit receives a processing identifier associated with image reading processing. The acquisition unit acquires processing information associated with the processing identifier, the processing information including at least information regarding a storing location. The image reading unit reads an image on the basis of the processing information. The transmission unit transmits data of the read image to the storing location according to the processing information.

An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit and a display controller. The obtaining unit obtains identification information for identifying a target device to be used. The display controller controls display of a function that the target device identified by the identification information has and that is available to a target user.

A device includes a first requester, an acquirer, a transmitter, a storage controller, a second requester, and an executor. The first requester is configured to issue a request for launching a program to a server. The acquirer is configured to acquire identifying information from the server in response to the launching request and identifies the program. The transmitter is configured to transmit device information that identifies the device to the server in response to a transmission request transmitted from the server. The storage controller is configured to store, in association with the identifying information, request information which allows accessing the server and the device information in a storage unit. The second requester is configured to transmit the request information to the server. The executor is configured to execute the program which is launched in the server and associated with the request information.

A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a communication program for causing a computer to execute a process for performing a function, the process including: verifying, when detected that a type of a target communication device is changed, setting details which are previously prepared by changing setting of a communication protocol based on the setting details which are previously prepared for the type of the target communication device and communicating with the target communication device; and applying the changed setting of the communication protocol when verified that no communication error is detected during the verification.

A server includes: a storage; and a control device which determines whether the server is permitted to collect data of the image forming device when receiving inquiry information; transmits to the image forming device first permission information for checking whether a user permits data collection; transmits active information when receiving second permission information representing that data collection is permitted; when the server receives device identification information for identifying the image forming device of which data collecting function is activated, stores the received device identification information in the storage, and transmits instruction information for instructing the image forming device to transmit the data which should be collected, to the image forming device; and when receiving the collection data for generating the notification data from the image forming device, stores the received collection data in the storage in association with the device identification information.

An image processing apparatus reads an image depicted on paper to create image data of the image and saves the image data in a storage; selects an intermediary from among one or more servers based on an e-mail address designated; sends location data indicating a saving location of the image data or the image data to the intermediary in order to provide a terminal with the image data via the intermediary; sends, to the e-mail address, an message including access information for accessing the location data or the image data saved to the intermediary; and sends, when the intermediary is accessed by the terminal based on the access information and requests the image data, and further, when data corresponding to the access information is the location data, the image data to the requesting server.

A data processing apparatus includes a first limit unit, an acquisition unit, a registration unit, and a second limit unit. If user authentication has been performed for a user by using acquired account information, the first limit unit limits a service to be provided, in accordance with a use limit that is preset for each of authenticated users. If the user authentication has not been performed for the user, the acquisition unit acquires biological information of the user. The registration unit registers the acquired biological information and a use status of the service in association with each other in a database. The second limit unit limits the service to be provided, in accordance with the use status corresponding to the acquired biological information.

Provided herein is a user authentication method in a monitoring system that communicates with electronic equipment and monitors the electronic equipment. The monitoring system performs processes including: demanding a user to perform predetermined authentication operation that gives rise to a change in running status of the electronic equipment; acquiring, from the electronic equipment, running information that indicates the running status of the electronic equipment, the running status having changed due to the authentication operation; detecting, on a basis of the running information, that the authentication operation has been performed in response to the demand; and permitting, upon detection, the user to access the running information acquired from the electronic equipment.