An information processing method executed in a system, the system including one or more first information processing apparatuses configured to relay communication between equipment and a second information processing apparatus coupled to the one or more first information processing apparatuses through a network, the network further comprising an arbitration server, the method comprising: receiving, at the one or more first information processing apparatuses, a beacon from one or more equipment for which given operation is executed by a user among a plurality of equipment, the beacon including first identification information whose value is common to the plurality of equipment, each of the plurality of equipment being configured to transmit the beacon; first transmitting, by each first information processing apparatus, the first identification information and second identification information identifying the one or more equipment, included in the received beacon, to the second information processing apparatus, and forwarding the same by the second information processing apparatus to the arbitration server; executing processing, by the arbitration server, of generating a list of first identification information for one or more first information processing apparatuses having a common value, as an arbitration result, and transmitting the arbitration result to the second information processing apparatus; second transmitting by the second information processing apparatus, to the one or more first information processing apparatuses identified in the list, a list of second identification information received in relation to first identification information with a common value, and information that is stored in association with each of second identification information included in the list, the information indicating whether or not access is permitted regarding each interface of equipment; and controlling the communication between the equipment based on the information. receiving, at the one or more first information processing apparatuses, a beacon from one or more equipment for which given operation is executed by a user among a plurality of equipment, the beacon including first identification information whose value is common to the plurality of equipment, each of the plurality of equipment being configured to transmit the beacon; first transmitting, by each first information processing apparatus, the first identification information and second identification information identifying the one or more equipment, included in the received beacon, to the second information processing apparatus, and forwarding the same by the second information processing apparatus to the arbitration server; executing processing, by the arbitration server, of generating a list of first identification information for one or more first information processing apparatuses having a common value, as an arbitration result, and transmitting the arbitration result to the second information processing apparatus; second transmitting by the second information processing apparatus, to the one or more first information processing apparatuses identified in the list, a list of second identification information received in relation to first identification information with a common value, and information that is stored in association with each of second identification information included in the list, the information indicating whether or not access is permitted regarding each interface of equipment; and controlling the communication between the equipment based on the information.