32 results about "Information function" patented technology

The invention discloses an information retrieval method, system and device and a computer readable storage medium, and relates to the technical field of intelligent retrieval. Determining a core judgment standard and an exclusion rule matched with the query information; according to the core judgment standard and the exclusion rule, processing the query information to obtain a system cue word; performing information retrieval based on the system cue word to obtain a target retrieval result of the query information; wherein the core judgment standard comprises a function matching standard, a field consistency standard and a context-related standard; the exclusion rules comprise a general description exclusion rule, a system boundary exclusion rule, a vocabulary overlapping exclusion rule, an indirect correlation exclusion rule and a historical version exclusion rule. According to the method, the system cue word which is matched with the novelty search information function, consistent with the field, associated with the context, free of general description, cross-system boundaries, free of overlapping words, directly associated and consistent with the latest version can be obtained, and the search precision is improved.

A configuration command lookup method, measuring instrument, test system, and program product are disclosed, relating to the field of electronic test and measurement instrument technology. The configuration command lookup method, applied to a measuring instrument, includes: acquiring pre-stored function association mapping information, which includes multiple parameter status items of the measuring instrument and their corresponding parameter identifiers; responding to a configuration operation performed by a user; acquiring parameter status items that have changed during the configuration operation, and determining the parameter identifier corresponding to the changed parameter status item based on the function association mapping information; acquiring a pre-stored parameter mapping table, which includes each parameter definition item in the measuring instrument, its corresponding configuration command, and parameter identifier, wherein the parameter identifier corresponding to the parameter definition item corresponds one-to-one with the parameter identifier of the parameter status item; searching for the parameter identifier of the changed parameter status item in the parameter mapping table, and determining the configuration command for the changed parameter status item based on the parameter identifier.

1. Name of the product in this design: Graphical User Interface for Displaying Instrument Menu and Battery Information Functions of Electronic Equipment. 2. Intended use of this design: for use in electronic devices. 3. The key design feature of this product is its graphical user interface. 4. The image or photograph that best illustrates the design's key points: the front view. 5. Purpose of the graphical user interface: Used for displaying battery information in the instrument menu. 6. Description of changes in the graphical user interface: Clicking "Battery Information" in the main view displays the change status graph.

The invention discloses a problem work order generation method and device for vehicle testing, a server and a terminal, and belongs to the field of vehicle testing. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring original description information of a first problem of a vehicle in a test process; inputting text information corresponding to the original description information into an artificial intelligence marking model, and determining filling information corresponding to the first question through the artificial intelligence marking model based on an internally integrated marking rule and the input text information; wherein the filling information comprises at least one of problem summary information, problem probability information, problem grade information, problem category information, function information and ECU number information; the marking rule comprises a determination rule of each piece of filling information; and sending filling information to the user terminal, wherein the filling information is used for the user terminal to generate a first question work order of the first question. The efficiency of obtaining the problem work order is improved.

The present application relates to nuclear power engineering drawing semi-structured and search method, device and electronic equipment, including: the drawing to be processed is detected, and the symbol, identification and position information of all objects in the drawing are obtained; the figure text association is carried out; the identification of the figure text association is identified, and the text content of the identification is obtained; the type of the object is determined; the text content is compiled to generate the function position code of the object; the data table is formed based on the text content, the object type, the position information, the function position code and the drawing number of the drawing to be processed; the link relationship of the data table and the drawing, the link relationship of the data entry and the object in the drawing page are constructed, and the semi-structured of the drawing to be processed is completed. The present application greatly reduces the labor cost of engineering drawing data extraction; greatly improves the efficiency and quality of engineering drawing data extraction; also can realize the second search and second determination of the drawing, and effectively improves the efficiency and accuracy of the use of engineering drawing in the business field.

This invention discloses a method and apparatus for rapidly generating a BMS simulated front-end driver. The method includes: acquiring general configuration information configured by a preset general configuration module, command configuration information preset by a preset command configuration module, function description information preset by a preset function description module, and timing configuration information preset by a preset timing configuration module; and generating a BMS simulated front-end driver based on the general configuration information, command configuration information, function description information, and timing configuration information. The rapid generation method for BMS simulated front-end drivers provided in this application describes each module using a fixed pseudocode template and then uses a code generation module for automatic code generation, significantly shortening the development cycle and ensuring consistent development quality. Furthermore, the pseudocode review process improves review quality, thereby enhancing the overall development quality of the driver.

The invention provides a method for a relay component to execute a PD E-marker function, an information processing device and an active cable, and relates to the technical field of communication, the relay component comprises a serial communication device and a processor, and the method comprises the following steps: in response to power-on, the processor completes loading of first firmware within tVconnStable time; the processor executes the first firmware to implement a PD E-marker function by using the serial communication device, the PD E-marker function comprising: returning cable information in response to a first USB PD command; the processor loads the second firmware and executes the second firmware. According to the method, the operation firmware of the relay assembly is subjected to functional splitting, only the first firmware related to the function of returning the cable information in response to the USB PD command is loaded in the tVconnStable time, the size of the firmware loaded in the tVconnStable time is shortened, and the purpose that the relay assembly with the eMarker function can quickly return the cable information based on the USB PD protocol after being powered on is achieved.

In the present invention, a useful function suitable for the usages tatus of a medical device is recommended without burdening a user with advanced and complicated work for effectively using various functions installed int the medical device. This function recommendation system, which recommends functions that can be executed by a medical device 102 to a user, comprises an operation information recording unit 103 that stores operation information indicating the usage status of a medical device 102, a function information recording unit 104 that stores function information including usage conditions for recommending functions to be executed by the medical device 102, and a recommended function calculation unit 111 that outputs functions corresponding to the usage conditions as recommended functions on the basis of the operation information and the usage conditions.

1. The name of the design product: graphical user interface (G83E) for information operation of coffee grinder. 2. The use of the design product: the design product is used for grinding coffee. 3. The design points of the design product: the graphical user interface. 4. The picture or photo that best indicates the design points: front view. 5. The design product is a conventional design, and the rear view, left view, right view, top view, and bottom view are omitted. 6. The use of the graphical user interface: cumulative query function operation for information function of coffee grinder. 7. The human-computer interaction mode of the graphical user interface: the coffee grinder displays the front view when it is turned on; the interface changes to state diagram 1 by clicking the front view interface, enters the menu, and displays the dose, setting, and information; the information icon under the menu changes to state diagram 2 by selecting and clicking; the cumulative query, cumulative grinding weight, and cutter disc replacement record are displayed by clicking the information icon and jumping to state diagram 3; the cumulative query of day, week, and month can be selected by clicking the cumulative query icon under the information and jumping to state diagram 4.

This invention discloses a method for preparing a particle-free conductive ink, belonging to the field of electronic information functional materials technology. The particle-free conductive ink comprises, by mass percentage, silver benzoate powder precursor, organic solvent, impurity remover, and compounding agent. The specific preparation steps are as follows: Silver benzoate powder is prepared; the impurity remover is fully dissolved in the organic solvent, and silver benzoate powder is added as a precursor and an organic amine as a ligand, controlling the silver content in the ink to be 2.5%–15%; the ink is stirred under ice-water bath conditions until it becomes clear and transparent, indicating successful preparation; the prepared particle-free conductive ink is spin-coated onto a PI film, with the spin coater speed set to 50–400 RPM, divided into 2–4 sections, each section spin-coating for 5–20 seconds, and sintered at 120℃–230℃ for 15–45 minutes to obtain a silver film.

A communication device and method can be used in 802.11 series protocols, such as 802.11be and 802.11bf. The device comprises an input interface, a neural network processor and an output interface, the neural network processor storing a neural network comprising an input layer and an output layer; the input interface is configured to acquire at least one of input indication information, function indication information, output indication information or parameter indication information; the neural network processor is configured to execute a function indicated by the function indication information according to the input layer and the output layer; and the output interface is configured to output a result after the neural network processor executes the function. The input layer structure and the output layer structure of the neural network can be determined based on the information acquired by the input interface. Through the device, the function implemented by the MAC layer can be implemented based on the neural network, the complexity of the neural network is simplified, and hardware acceleration is facilitated.

1. The name of the present design product: nuclear security platform visualization graphical user interface for electronic equipment. 2. The use of the present design product: an electronic equipment. 3. The design points of the present design product: in the graphical user interface. 4. The picture or photo that best indicates the design points: design 1 front view. 5. Design 1 is designated as the basic design. 6. The use of the graphical user interface: for visualizing and interacting with nuclear security platform data such as real-time traffic profiles, regional maps, and real-time video monitoring. 7. The human-computer interaction mode of the graphical user interface: hovering over a selected resource icon in the middle region of design 1 front view to view detailed information of the selected resource and trigger the interface to change from design 1 front view to design 1 interface change state figure 1. Hovering over another selected resource icon in the middle region of design 1 interface change state figure 1 to view detailed information of the selected resource and trigger the interface to change from design 1 interface change state figure 1 to design 1 interface change state figure 2. In design 1 interface change state figure 2, clicking / touching the monitoring point position switch bar in the selected picture area in the right region to switch the monitoring point position displayed by the selected picture area and trigger the interface to change from design 1 interface change state figure 2 to design 1 interface change state figure 3. Clicking / touching the "device monitoring" function button in the middle region of design 2 front view to view the distribution of important areas and devices and trigger the interface to change from design 2 front view to design 2 interface change state figure 1. Clicking / touching a selected area in the middle region of design 2 interface change state figure 1 to view detailed information of the selected area and trigger the interface to change from design 2 interface change state figure 1 to design 2 interface change state figure 2. Clicking / touching a selected area icon in the middle region of design 2 interface change state figure 2 to view the device distribution of the selected area and trigger the interface to change from design 2 interface change state figure 2 to design 2 interface change state figure 3. Hovering over a selected device icon in the middle region of design 2 interface change state figure 3 to view detailed information of the selected device and trigger the interface to change from design 2 interface change state figure 3 to design 2 interface change state figure 4. Hovering over another selected device icon in the middle region of design 2 interface change state figure 4 to view detailed information of the selected device and trigger the interface to change from design 2 interface change state figure 4 to design 2 interface change state figure 5. Another selected device icon in the middle area of the design 2 interface change state diagram 5 can be hovered over to view detailed information of the selected device and trigger the interface to change from the design 2 interface change state diagram 5 to a design 2 interface change state diagram 6. A "region information" function button in the middle area of the design 3 main view can be clicked / touched to view information of each region and trigger the interface to change from the design 3 main view to a design 3 interface change state diagram 1. The "control area" and "protection area" function buttons in the middle area of the design 3 interface change state diagram 1 can be selected to select a selected region to be displayed and trigger the interface to change from the design 3 interface change state diagram 1 to a design 3 interface change state diagram 2. An "alarm information" function button in the middle area of the design 4 main view can be clicked / touched to view location information and prompt information of an alarm event and trigger the interface to change from the design 4 main view to a design 4 interface change state diagram 1. A selected alarm event icon in the design 4 interface change state diagram 1 can be clicked / touched to view detailed information of the alarm event and trigger the interface to change from the design 4 interface change state diagram 1 to a design 4 interface change state diagram 2. An "event information" function button in the middle area of the design 5 main view can be clicked / touched to view information of each event and trigger the interface to change from the design 5 main view to a design 5 interface change state diagram 1. The "patrol event" function button in the middle area of the design 5 interface change state diagram 1 can be selected to select a selected event to be displayed and trigger the interface to change from the design 5 interface change state diagram 1 to a design 5 interface change state diagram 2. An "instant messaging" function button in the middle area of the design 6 main view can be clicked / touched to view a contact list and trigger the interface to change from the design 6 main view to a design 6 interface change state diagram 1. A contact list drop-down button in the middle area of the design 6 interface change state diagram 1 can be clicked / touched to expand contact list data and trigger the interface to change from the design 6 interface change state diagram 1 to a design 6 interface change state diagram 2. An "intrusion mode" function button in the middle area of the design 7 main view can be clicked / touched to switch to an intrusion mode interface and trigger the interface to change from the design 7 main view to a design 7 interface change state diagram. A "nuclear emergency mode" function button in the middle area of the design 8 main view can be clicked / touched to switch to a nuclear emergency mode interface and trigger the interface to change from the design 8 main view to a design 8 interface change state diagram. The "fire mode" function button in the middle area of the design 9 main view can be clicked / touched to switch to the fire mode interface and trigger the interface to change from the design 9 main view to the design 9 interface change state diagram. The "AR panorama" function button in the middle area of the design 10 main view can be clicked / touched to view the full resource mode interface in the AR panorama state and trigger the interface to change from the design 10 main view to the design 10 interface change state diagram. 8. Other situations needing to be explained Other explanations: "X" in each view interface represents a text, number or symbol content area, and the gray area in each view interface is the variable content of the picture.

The application belongs to the technical field of data classification, and particularly relates to a text classification method based on sparse feature selection. The method is characterized in that: sample matrix and label matrix are input into a target function for iterative updating, the target function preselects a feature subset according to the sample matrix and the label matrix; the correlation between two labels is determined according to a local feature correlation function and a high-order label information function; and the iterative updating process is stopped when a set stop rule is reached, and the feature subset output according to the set order. The method combines the characteristics of high-order labels, fully utilizes and mines the hidden information behind the labels, and explicitly indicates the correlation between two labels, thereby accurately reflecting the correlation between local features, improving the classification performance of multi-label data, and improving the accuracy of the feature selection result.

A system is provided.SOLUTION: A system, comprising: means for providing information for assisting a process of raising edible bacteria raised by a user; means for sending a growth record and a picture of the edible bacteria raised by the user to a server; means for storing and analyzing the growth record and the picture received by the server; means for generating a virtual character based on an analysis result and displaying the virtual character on a terminal; means for providing a community function and sharing information between users; and means for providing a recipe and health information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The invention discloses an automatic test method and device for a target vehicle, electronic equipment and a storage medium, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining a test suite corresponding to the target vehicle in response to an automatic test instruction; analyzing the test suite to obtain suite attribute information, function set attribute information, function set execution information and case configuration information corresponding to the test case; according to the function set attribute information, generating a test class corresponding to the test function set; performing comparison processing on the function set execution information and preset function set execution information to obtain an execution information comparison result; determining a test file corresponding to the test function set according to the case configuration information corresponding to the test case, the test class and the execution information comparison result; and according to the suite attribute information and the test file, constructing a target test instance set corresponding to the target vehicle, and according to the target test instance set, performing test processing on the target vehicle. According to the invention, the automatic testing efficiency is realized and improved.

Embodiments of the present application provide a network device detection method, device, equipment, storage medium and program product, and specifically relate to the technical field of computers. The method comprises: sending a detection command generated based on a user's command input operation on a remote login client to a network device; receiving an execution result generated based on the detection command returned by the network device; in a case where a rich echo information function is in an open state, extracting key information from the execution result and obtaining associated information of the key information; and displaying the execution result and the associated information. The method is used to achieve the effect of providing rich echo information in the troubleshooting process of the network device and improving troubleshooting efficiency.

The invention discloses a dynamic overall distribution system and method for mixed flow workshop materials, and relates to the related technical field of material distribution, and the method comprises the steps: interacting workshop basic information, carrying out the information function simplification based on the material distribution, and constructing a digital workshop; carrying out material consumption simulation, determining a line-side minimum safety stock by minimizing the distribution relaxation degree, and determining distribution position groups by the station association degree; a preset delivery time window is pushed forward, and a delivery instruction is generated; determining an initialized delivery strategy in combination with the first delivery material; and transmitting the initialized distribution strategy to a material distribution system, and carrying out dynamic planning regulation and control on material distribution and co-distribution positions. The technical problem that the material distribution efficiency and flexibility are insufficient due to the fact that material supply is difficult to perform timely and accurate material distribution due to frequent switching of product models in a mixed flow production mode in existing material distribution is solved, accurate prediction of material requirements is realized, and the technical effect of improving the material distribution efficiency and flexibility is achieved.

A system is provided.SOLUTION: A chat system in which a user can access a concern about unauthorized use, comprising: means for accepting access from the user; means for transmitting an initial response message to the user; means for acquiring detailed information of specific unauthorized use from the user; means for confirming a problem and proposing an appropriate measure based on the acquired detailed information of unauthorized use; means for reporting to a department in charge and temporarily stopping use of a card for investigation of unauthorized use; and means for guiding the user to a contact address of the department in charge.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

1. The name of the design product: graphical user interface of vector retrieval type knowledge base management of electronic equipment. 2. The use of the design product: the design product is used for an electronic equipment. 3. The design points of the design product: the graphical user interface of the product. 4. The picture or photo that best shows the design points: front view. 5. The use of the graphical user interface: the graphical user interface is used for the constructor to manage the knowledge base of the individual or team, and has the function of displaying the structured storage and management of the data and information in a specific field. 6. The human-computer interaction mode of the graphical user interface: the front view is the homepage interface after the user enters the system; after clicking the "intelligent knowledge base" button at the lower left of the front view, the interface changes to state diagram 1, which is used to present the documents associated in the knowledge base; after clicking the "create knowledge base" function module at the upper left of the interface change state diagram 1, the interface changes to state diagram 2, which is used to create and upload new documents in the knowledge base; after clicking the "next step" button at the lower right of the interface change state diagram 2, the interface changes to state diagram 3, which is used to edit and set the uploaded documents, and the right side of the interface is the preview effect display after editing; after clicking the folding icon at the upper right of the "general setting" module in the interface change state diagram 3, the interface changes to state diagram 4, which is used to present the advanced settings of the uploaded documents; after clicking the "save and process" button at the lower middle of the interface change state diagram 4, the interface changes to state diagram 5, which is used to present the data processing page of the uploaded and edited documents; after clicking the "confirm" button at the lower right of the interface change state diagram 5, the interface changes to state diagram 6, which is used to present the document page after data processing is completed.

Provided is a refrigerator capable of achieving an improvement in convenience. The refrigerator of an embodiment has a cabinet, a cooling unit, an information function unit, a first power supply substrate, and a second power supply substrate. The cabinet includes a storage compartment. The cooling unit cools the storage compartment. The information function unit has an information processing function. The first power supply substrate supplies electric power to the cooling unit. The second power supply substrate, which is provided separately from the first power supply substrate, supplies electric power to the information function unit.

The invention provides a vehicle-mounted terminal control method and a vehicle-mounted terminal system based on SOA (service oriented architecture), and the method comprises the steps: enabling a function to enter a judgment stage, enabling a video entertainment domain controller to obtain a vehicle state signal through calling a standardized service interface, carrying out the precondition judgment from the dimension of a user operation scene, and obtaining a vehicle state signal; if the precondition is not met, prompt information is directly generated on a terminal interface; in the function execution link design stage, for a combined function needing cooperation of at least two other domain controllers, the audio and video entertainment domain controller sends independent action instructions to the other domain controllers respectively by calling atomization service interfaces in the standardized service interfaces in parallel; in the function memory mode design stage, the main control logic is deployed in the audio and video entertainment domain controller, data memory and calling are executed by the audio and video entertainment domain controller on setting items and position parameters changing along with user accounts, and the audio and video entertainment domain controller achieves data storage and calling by calling a parameter configuration service interface.

The application discloses a facial expression generation method, an emotion recognition method, a model training method and device, and a facial expression information generation method, which comprises the following steps: receiving a first parameter value for representing the intensity of a first emotion; and in the case that the first emotion is a first basic emotion, displaying first facial expression information which is adapted to the first parameter value of the first basic emotion. The function of creating facial expression information based on the parameter value of the basic emotion is realized. Since the parameter value is a unique value in the emotion intensity distribution range of the basic emotion, which embodies the intensity of the exclusive emotion, the electronic device can create more natural facial expression information based on the constraint information of the linear distribution interval, improve the refinement degree and scene applicability of the function implementation of the conditional controllable facial expression information, and improve the stability and accuracy of data processing when the electronic device runs the conditional controllable facial expression information function due to the service timing mechanism of the electronic device.

This application discloses a method and apparatus for adapting a device model, a readable storage medium, and a program product, applied to an Internet of Things (IoT) platform. The method includes: acquiring model information of a device model created for a target terminal to be integrated into a target application, and model information of multiple application integration models created for the target application. Different application integration models are created for different terminal categories. The model information includes attribute information, static information of function points, and dynamic information of function points. The method further involves matching the attribute information and static information of function points of the device model with those of the multiple application integration models to select a first function point from the function points included in the device model that is of the same type and matches the function point of the target application integration model. Finally, the method involves matching the dynamic information of the first function point with the dynamic information of the function points of the target application integration model to bind the first function point to the corresponding matching function point of the target application integration model, thereby adapting the device model of the target terminal to the target application.

The application discloses a computer adaptive testing method based on EAP algorithm, and mainly comprises the following steps: step one, a user starts to do the questions; step two, first layer question extraction, N questions are needed to be extracted; step three, whether N questions have been extracted is judged, if yes, step four is turned to, if not, step two is turned to; step four, i layer question extraction, Ki questions are needed to be extracted; step five, EAP algorithm is used to calculate the trait value; step six, M questions with the minimum absolute value of the difference between the difficulty value and the trait value are searched; step seven, data information of the M questions is calculated; step eight, an exposure coefficient is calculated, and the question with the minimum exposure coefficient is selected. The application can improve the detection uniformity, and meanwhile, the detection efficiency and the detection precision are considered, the performance is high, the information function value of each question does not need to be calculated through traversal, the resource of the central processing unit is greatly saved, and the average return time is 600 milliseconds when 1000 people simultaneously answer in 1 second.

The present application relates to the technical field of printing layout optimization, in particular to a dynamic layout optimization method and system for heterogeneous printing tasks, which comprises obtaining page graphic and text content and identifying structure and arrangement characteristics, inducing layout rhythm types, matching information types and style directions, judging space structure and expansion relationships, combining content modules and completing page layout optimization. The present application extracts page graphic and text sequence and jump characteristics, divides structure change areas and establishes content block relationships, combines paragraph connection forms and graphic and text nesting characteristics to induce arrangement rhythm, matches arrangement directions and style structures according to information functions, identifies regional space and blank expansion methods, completes spatial mapping of content combination, forms page layout with coordinated rhythm structure and style logic, and enhances structure coordination and content carrying stability in multi-task scenarios.

The invention belongs to the technical field of building construction quality detection, and particularly relates to a reinforcing mesh recognition system and method based on multi-source heterogeneous data fusion, and the system comprises terminal equipment and a server. The terminal device comprises an operation interface for construction acceptance personnel to operate and display related information; the function module comprises an anchor rod detection module, a steel bar detection module and a welding seam detection module, and is used for construction acceptance personnel to select corresponding detection functions; the data processing module is arranged in the terminal and is used for carrying out simple image processing on the acquired image; if the network connection is normal, the real-time transmission module transmits the acquired image data and the local processing result to the server in real time through a video stream transmission protocol; and the RE-UNet model of the server identifies and analyzes the received image data to obtain a detection result, and the detection result is stored by the data storage module.

The present application belongs to the field of Internet of Things, and particularly relates to a robust resource allocation method for a backscatter communication system for eavesdropping users, comprising: establishing a backscatter communication system for eavesdropping users; deploying an information receiver, a backscatter device and an eavesdropping user in the backscatter communication system, wherein each backscatter device has a backscatter information function, and the backscatter device is equipped with an energy collection rectifier circuit; constructing a robust resource allocation model based on channel uncertainty and maximum rate; converting the resource optimization model into a convex optimization problem based on a block coordinate descent method; solving the optimization problem by using a convex optimization toolbox to obtain a base station beamforming vector, an artificial noise vector and a backscatter device time for backscattering, i.e. obtaining a resource allocation scheme; the method can effectively curb the influence of eavesdropping users on the system while ensuring the maximization of system and throughput, and meets the service quality requirements of users.

We provide the system. [Solution] A means of recording the user's normal lifestyle data, Means for providing findings generated based on the aforementioned lifestyle data, A means of providing the aforementioned findings through an information function that presents them in an accessible manner, A means for analyzing the aforementioned lifestyle data, evaluating health status using artificial intelligence, and generating an individualized improvement plan, A means for monitoring a user's daily activities in real time using a voice recognition device and an image recognition device, and for transmitting the collected data to a server, A means of awarding a certain number of reward points based on the user's achievement status and reporting this to the user through the aforementioned information function, A system that includes this.

We provide the system. [Solution] Means of collecting information from multiple data sources, A method for extracting keywords from collected information and generating an index, A means of searching for information corresponding to the user's search query based on the generated index, A system that includes means for displaying searched information to the user.

This reduces the effort required for users to issue and register license keys for optional functions of image forming apparatuses. [Solution] The management device 2, which manages the image forming apparatus 1 via a network, includes a request unit 212 that sends second information (Product ID key) to a license key issuer that issues license keys for the type of optional function indicated by first information (Function type) to request the issuance of a license key, and a transmission unit 214 that logs in by sending fourth information (Login username, Login password) to the destination image forming apparatus indicated by third information (Device IP address), and transmits the license key issued by the license key issuer to the image forming apparatus in response to the request by the request unit, thereby registering the license key for the type of optional function indicated by first information to the image forming apparatus 1.