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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2017
Mitsuo Ando, Fukuoka, JP;
Mitsuo Ando, Fukuoka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus coupled to multiple external apparatuses respectively receiving a request through mutually different interfaces, wherein the apparatus includes a first transmission unit sending a first request to the information processing apparatus upon receipt of the first request through a unified interface unified relative to interfaces of the multiple external apparatuses from a first program included in the apparatus, and the information processing apparatus includes a second transmission unit sending a second request corresponding to the first request to the external apparatus through an interface of the external apparatus designated in the first request from among the multiple external apparatuses upon receipt of the first request.