Patent ID: 11916914
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. A permission granting method performed by at least one information processing apparatus for providing a service to a user having a permission to use the service, the method comprising:
generating a list of users on a screen in response to a request from a first user who has a first management permission enabling assignment of the permission to use the service,
receiving a selection made by the first user on the screen to select a second user from the list of users,
granting the first management permission to the second user,
assigning the permission to use the service to a third user in response to a request from the second user who is granted to the first management permission, wherein
one or more services are granted under a contract with a provider of the one or more services,
the permission granting method further includes
determining whether a second management permission is granted to the first user, the second management permission enabling assignment of a permission to use the one or more services under the contract,
generating home screen information of a home screen having a link to the screen, in response to determining that the second management permission is granted to the first user, and
transmitting the home screen information of the home screen to a teiminal apparatus to display the home screen.