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

Claim 7:
8. A control method for an information processing system including
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 service provider server configured to provide a service based on the status information,
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,
the method comprising:
in each of the plurality management servers,
receiving a connection notification including identification information of the image printing apparatus from the corresponding relay server;
instructing, 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
transmitting, in a case where service registration request is received from a service provider server, service information to the relay server stored in association with the image printing apparatus in the database server.