Patent ID: 9164747
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a computer connected via a network to one or more devices and a terminal, the method comprising: allowing the terminal to select a service to be used; identifying a program necessary to use the selected service; querying the terminal whether to allow installation of the identified program in a device that uses the selected service and is to be selected from the devices; requesting the terminal to select the device that uses the selected service from the devices; when receiving a service identifier of the selected service and a device identifier of the selected device, storing configuration information in a relationship information storage, wherein the configuration information associates the received service identifier, the received device identifier, and a program identifier of the program with each other, and the program identifier is stored in a service information storage in association with the service identifier; and sending an installation request to install the program to the device corresponding to the device identifier that is associated by the configuration information with the program identifier, wherein the one or more devices, the terminal, and the computer are distinct from each other; and wherein the received service identifier, the received device identifier, and the program identifier are distinct from each other.