Patent ID: 8443055

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a computer program causing a computer to execute a process comprising: receiving, via a network, a device control service request for controlling a group of electronic devices; obtaining a list of operable electronic devices, the list associating an owner of each electronic device with identification information of electronic devices of which a sender of the service request received has operating authority; determining whether an owner associated with identification information of the group of electronic devices is identical to the sender of the service request by referring to the obtained list; requesting, when the sender of the service request is identical to the owner of the group of electronic devices, issuance of operating authority transfer certificates for the electronic devices; receiving an operating authority transfer certificate that is issued by a server when all of the electronic devices in the group are operable by the sender of the service request; and transmitting the received operating authority transfer certificate and a plurality of requests to execute device control processes to respective device control servers for controlling an operation of the electronic devices in the group based on the service request.