Patent ID: 8745640
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An integration and management apparatus that is connected, by using a predetermined data transmission path, to an information processing apparatus in which one or plural pieces of software operates, which one or plural pieces of software has a program interface opened to an outside and realizes a function, the integration and management apparatus comprising: an obtaining part that obtains, by an application executed by a processor of the integration and management apparatus, from the software, a linkage software component including setting information and an extended program for a linkage of the function realized by the one or plural pieces of software; a display part; an analyzing part that analyzes the linkage software component further including a linkage setting file and apparatus list information, obtained by the obtaining part, and obtains and displays an analyzing result on the display part, the analyzing result including contents of an apparatus list and a plug-in flow method; and an executing part that executes, in response to a function providing request, the extended program, and carries out the linkage of the function by using the program interface provided by the software, based on the analyzing result obtained by the analyzing part.