Patent ID: 8934110
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An administrating device configured to be connected with a plurality of devices via a network and configured to administrate the plurality of devices, the administrating device comprising: one or more processors; and an instruction memory that stores computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, causing the administrating device to perform: storing, a device group table and a combination table, receiving specific identification information from a specific device among the plurality of devices, the specific identification information including specific device identification information for identifying the specific device, specific user identification information for identifying a specific user, or a combination thereof; in response to receiving the specific identification information, extracting one or more items of specific function information from the combination table by using the specific identification information; determining whether two or more items of specific information are extracted, wherein in a case where it is determined that two or more items of the specific function information are extracted, with one of the two or more items of specific function information indicating that the specific user is allowed to use a specific function and another of the two or more items of specific function information indicating that the specific user is not allowed to use the specific function, determining which one of a first setting or a second setting is currently set in the administrating device, where in a case where it is determined that the first setting is currently set in the administrating device, obtaining using the specific function information, first usage information indicating that the specific user is allowed to use the specific function in the specific device, and in a case where it is determined that the second setting is currently set in the administrating device, obtaining using the specific function information, the first usage information indicating that the specific user is not allowed to use the specific function in the specific device; and sending first usage information to the specific device, the first usage information indicating which type of function among the two or more types of functions the specific user is allowed to use in the specific device.