INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

摘要

An information processing apparatus which manages identification information of a first user and device identification information of a device of the first user in association with each other, manages identification information of a second user and device identification information of a plurality of devices of the second user in association with each other, and controls data transmission and reception between the devices of the first user and the second user. The apparatus receives a request to the second user from the first user, transmits the request from the first user to the plurality of devices of the second user, and notifies a device other than the device that transmitted the permission information among the plurality of devices of the second user of cancellation of the request.

主权项

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a first information management unit configured to manage identification information of a first user and device identification information of a device owned by the first user in association with each other; a second information management unit configured to manage identification information of a second user and device identification information of a plurality of devices owned by the second user in association with each other; and a control unit configured to control data transmission and reception between the device owned by the first user and the devices owned by the second user by associating the identification information of the first user and the identification information of the second user with each other, wherein the control unit is configured to: receive a request to the second user issued from the first user; transmit the request from the first user to the plurality of devices owned by the second user; associate the first user and the second user with each other in response to receiving permission information from one of the devices owned by the second user as a result of the second user performing a permission operation on the device; and notify a device other than the device that transmitted the permission information among the plurality of devices owned by the second user of cancellation of the request.