Patent ID: 9467588
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A server comprising: a communication interface; a storage unit configured to store a database comprising a plurality of records, each of the plurality of records including: a unique combination of a group name identifying a group and image processing device information for identifying an image processing device associated with the group; and a controller configured to: acquire second user information from an information processing device via the communication interface; in response to the user authentication being successfully performed, establish a connection with the information processing device, via the communication interface; and extract from the database, a record from the plurality of records that includes specific first user information coincident with the second user information used for the successful user authentication; and in response to the record including the specific first user information coincident with the second user information used for the successful user authentication being successfully extracted, automatically collectively establish connections with the plurality of image processing devices identified by specific image processing device information included in the extracted record by instructing each of the plurality of image processing devices not already connected to the server to issue a sign-in request to the controller, the specific image processing device information being associated with the specific first user information coincident with the second user information used for the successful user authentication to establish the connection between the server and the information processing device, the controller additionally configured to: