Service providing system

Abstract

A service providing system includes input / output devices, a service providing device configured to provide services by driving the input / output devices, and a preparation device, in response to receipt of a provision command for a service, configured to selectively place the input / output devices, for providing the service, which are in a non-standby state, into a standby state. In a multi-function device system including input / output devices, a method of providing a service includes receiving a provision command for a service, and selectively placing the input / output devices for providing theservice into a standby state in response to the provision command.

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service delivery system technical field The illustrative embodiment of the present invention relates to a service providing system that provides various services to users. Background technique In a conventional service providing system, a server device owned by a user and an image processor cooperate with each other to provide various services, or an image processor of the user alone provides various services to the user. Known services provided to the user may be, for example, contents such as news or weather forecasts; translation services, wherein data input from the user's image processor to the server device undergoes translation processing, and the resulting data is provided through the image processor to the user; and image registration in the library, in which data such as image data input from the user's image processor to the server device is registered in the library and made available. The image processor may be, for example, a personal computer or a persona...

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