Seiko Epson Corporation

Tsuyoshi Kameda

Hitoshi Yamakado

Hiroyuki Kuramoto

Yusuke Nakajima

A providing apparatus includes a communication unit performs communication with a network that uses a blockchain, and a processing unit that controls the communication unit. The processing unit generates a transaction for registering with the blockchain a service providing processing program for performing service providing processing on electronic equipment that is a management target, and issues the generated transaction to the network through the communication unit. The service providing processing program performs processing that makes a request to a service provider, which is indicated by information on the service provider stored in the blockchain, for a service.

Providing apparatus and processing system

A providing device includes: a communication unit communicating with a network using a blockchain; and a processing unit controlling the communication unit. The processing unit generates a transaction for registering, into the blockchain, a charging processing program for performing charging processing according to a status of use of an electronic apparatus that is a management target, and issues the generated transaction to the network via the communication unit.

Providing device, processing system, and communication method

A processing system includes a storage unit that receives and stores information on electronic equipment from an equipment control unit, and a command relay unit that receives a control command from an information processing unit that performs processing which is based on the information stored in the storage unit. The command relay unit transmits the control command along a second communication path that is different from a first communication path that is a communication path between the information processing unit and the equipment control unit with the storage unit in between, and thus performs relay of the control command between the information processing unit and the equipment control unit.

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Tokyo, Japan

Tsuyoshi Kameda