Management system, image forming apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium

摘要

A management system that can appropriately manage a list of functions that can be provided by an image forming apparatus configured to provide a function to a client apparatus by utilizing a function provided by a function provision apparatus. An image forming apparatus is configured, if the function list transmission request is received from the management apparatus, to issue an inquiry, to a function provision apparatus which provides a part of the functions provided by the image forming apparatus to the client apparatus to the image forming apparatus, about operation of the function, and if a reply to the inquiry is received from the function provision apparatus, configured to generate and transmit to the management apparatus a function list of functions provided by the image forming apparatus to the client apparatus according to information about a function, among the functions provided by the function provision apparatus included in the reply, which can be provided to the image forming apparatus and according to information about the function that can be provided by the image forming apparatus to the client apparatus. The management apparatus is configured to display the function list when the function list is received from the image forming apparatus.

主权项

1. A management system including an image forming apparatus having a scan function and a management apparatus configured to manage the image forming apparatus,
wherein the management apparatus is configured to transmit, to the image forming apparatus, a function list acquisition request for acquiring a function list of functions provided by the image forming apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus comprises: one or more memory devices storing instructions for execution by one or more processors; and the one or more processors, operable when executing the instructions to: if the function list acquisition request is received from the management apparatus, issue a first inquiry, to a function provision apparatus on an Internet about an operation status of a function provided by the function provision apparatus, wherein the function provided by the function provision apparatus is a part of the functions provided by the image forming apparatus and a function for a conversion process of data read by the scan function of the image forming apparatus; if a reply to the first inquiry is received from the function provision apparatus via the Internet, generate a function list based on both information about the function which the function provision apparatus can provide to the image forming apparatus according to the operation status included in the reply to the first inquiry and information about the scan function provided by the image forming apparatus without the function provision apparatus; and transmit the generated function list to the management apparatus, and wherein the management apparatus is configured to control display of a first function corresponding to the scan function of the image forming apparatus and second functions provided by the image forming apparatus via a function provision on the Internet, based on the function list when the function list is received from the image forming apparatus.