Patent ID: 11880616
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An information processing system comprising:
an image printing apparatus;
a plurality of relay servers each configured to manage status information to be transmitted from the image printing apparatus via a network;
a plurality of management servers corresponding to the plurality of relay servers and each configured to register service information in the corresponding relay server; and
a database server configured to store information from the plurality of management servers,
wherein each of the plurality management servers includes
at least one processor circuit with a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor circuit, cause the at least one processor circuit to function as:
a receiving unit configured to receive a connection notification including identification information of the image printing apparatus from the corresponding relay server;
a storing instruction unit configured to instruct, in a case where the connection notification is received, the database server to store the corresponding relay server in association with the image printing apparatus, and
a transmitting unit configured to transmit, in a case where service registration request is received from a service provider server configured to provide a service based on the status information, service information to the relay server stored in association with the image printing apparatus in the database server.