Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Takao Saka

Tami Isobe

Yasuyuki Nakamura

An apparatus management system managing an apparatus through an information terminal includes a transmission part configured to transmit terminal information identifying the information terminal and apparatus information identifying the apparatus, a reception part configured to receive the terminal information and the apparatus information, an authentication part configured to determine whether the received terminal information and apparatus information match one of registered combinations of terminal information and apparatus information, and a notification part configured to transmit apparatus management information to the information terminal when the authentication part determines that the received terminal information and apparatus information match one of the registered combinations of terminal information and apparatus information.

Apparatus management system, information terminal, apparatus management apparatus, and apparatus management method

An authentication server receives user information from an MFP, and acquires information on a service available for the user. The authentication server creates information on a menu screen having a selection function of selecting the service available for the user based on the acquired service information. The MFP receives the customized menu screen provided from the authentication server, and displays the menu screen on a display device.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Takao Saka