Patent ID: 8451483
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus processing information of an optional function related to a function used in an image forming apparatus, comprising: a receiving device receiving use history information related to a function of the image forming apparatus used by a user; a storage storing said received use history information; a collecting device collecting functions having high frequency of use based on said stored use history information; an extracting device extracting, from optional functions prepared for said image forming apparatus, an optional function related to a function having high frequency of use; and a transmitting device transmitting information related to said function of high frequency of use and related to said extracted optional function, to be presented to the user on said image forming apparatus, to said image forming apparatus, wherein said collecting device includes a collecting unit collecting functions having high frequency of use by category distinguished based on output rate of image forming apparatuses; said extracting device includes an extracting unit for extracting, by the category, an optional function related to a function having high frequency of use; and said transmitting device includes a transmitting unit for transmitting information related to the function having high frequency of use and related to said extracted optional function, to an image forming apparatus belonging to the same category.