Patent ID: 8645522

Claim:
A service registration system, comprising: a server configured to provide a service through a network; a peripheral device configured to communicate with the server and to use the service; and a terminal device configured to communicate with the server and the peripheral device, the terminal device being physically different from the peripheral device and the server; wherein the terminal device comprises: a terminal device communication unit configured to communicate with the server and the peripheral device, wherein the terminal device is capable of communicating with the server independently of the peripheral device; and an input device configured to receive, from a user, a registration request including registration requesting information for requesting the server to allow a registration, wherein registration enables the peripheral device to use the service provided by the server and wherein the registration requesting information includes a user ID, wherein the terminal device communication unit is further configured to transmit the registration requesting information, including the user ID, to the server without use of the peripheral device, wherein the server comprises: a server communication unit enabling the server to communicate with the peripheral device and the terminal device, wherein the server communication unit is configured to: receive the registration requesting information, including the user ID, from the terminal device without use of the peripheral device, and transmit, to the terminal device without use of the peripheral device, service information required for the peripheral device to use the service in response to receiving the registration requesting information, including the user ID, from the terminal without use of the peripheral device, wherein the service is different from the registration, and wherein the service information includes the user ID, wherein the terminal device is further configured to: receive a forward instruction from the user, and forward the service information, including the user ID, to the peripheral device only upon the terminal device receiving the forward instruction from the user after receiving the service information, including the user ID, from the server without use of the peripheral device, and wherein the peripheral device comprises: a peripheral device communicating unit enabling communication with the server and the terminal device; and an information storage for storing the service information, when the peripheral device receives the service information, including the user ID, from the terminal device, wherein the peripheral device is configured to operate in a mode where the service is usable by transmitting the user ID included in the service information to the server.