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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2016
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Naoto Shiraga, Nagoya, JP;
Takao Yasuda, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A relay apparatus executes: a first receiving process of receiving service requesting information and first identification information from an image forming apparatus through a communicator, the service requesting information being information requesting a service provided by the service providing apparatus; a first read-out process of reading out, from the memory, the first authentication information identified by the first identification information; a first transmitting process of transmitting, to the service providing apparatus through the communicator, the service requesting information and the first authentication information; a second receiving process of receiving service information corresponding to the service requesting information from the service providing apparatus through the communicator, the service information being information provided by the service providing apparatus in response to the service requesting information; and a second transmitting process of transmitting the service information to the image forming apparatus through the communicator.