Patent ID: 11886553
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A service providing system comprising:
an information processing system including an information processing apparatus including a memory and a processor; and
a terminal device including a processor and configured to receive an execution request for a first application from a user, and send the execution request to the processor of the information processing apparatus,
wherein the processor of the information processing apparatus is configured to store information on one or more applications for which the user has a license,
in response to the execution request for the first application, identify a second application associated with the first application,
determine whether the user who sent the execution request for the first application has a license for the identified second application,
in response to determining that the user has a license for the identified second application, display functions of the second application on the screen of the first application,
in response to determining that the user does not have the license for the second application, prevent displaying functions of the second application on the screen of the first application,
store a setting specifying whether the second application accepts an automatic linkage from the first application, and
in response to determining that the setting is set to accept the automatic linkage, even the user has the license of the second application, prevent displaying functions of the second application on the screen of the first application.