INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE THAT REDUCES TIME AND LABOR FOR INPUTTING LICENSE-RELATED DATA TO VALIDATE OPTIONAL FUNCTIONS OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

The information processing device includes: a display part; an operational input part; an MFP selection part for presenting to an administrator a list of MFP candidates for activation of an optional function and then accepting a selection of the MFP via the operational input part; an optional function selection part for presenting to the administrator a list of optional function candidates to be activated on the selected MFP and then accepting a selection of the optional function via the operational input part; a license key acquisition part for acquiring a license key for activation of the selected optional function; and an optional function activation part for issuing to the selected MFP an instruction for activating the selected optional function on the selected MFP.

主权项

1. An information processing device comprising:
a display part; an operational input part; an image forming apparatus selection part for presenting to an administrator, via the display part, a list of image forming apparatus candidates for activation of an optional function and then accepting a selection of an image forming apparatus by the administrator via the operational input part; an optional function selection part for presenting to the administrator, via the display part, a list of optional function candidates to be activated on the selected image forming apparatus and then accepting a selection of the optional function by the administrator via the operational input part; a license key acquisition part for acquiring a license key for activation of the selected optional function on the selected image forming apparatus; and an optional function activation part for issuing to the selected image forming apparatus an instruction for activating the selected optional function on the selected image forming apparatus with use of the acquired license key.