CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This patent application is based on and claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) to Japanese Patent Application No. 2019-085983, filed on Apr. 26, 2019, in the Japan Patent Office, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

BACKGROUND

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium.

Description of the Related Art

In the background teleconference systems, a plurality of remotely-located sites is connected via a network to cooperate with each other. For example, such teleconference system generates a graphical user interface (GUI) screen of each site, which is having a conference or a teleconference.

SUMMARY

Example embodiments include an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and an information processing method, each of which: in response to detection of information identifying a user, acquires schedule information on the user from an external service, using external service setting information associated with the information identifying the user; when the user is to set a schedule for using the information processing apparatus, suggests the user with a schedule for using the information processing apparatus based on a current time, to cause the user to set the schedule for using the information processing apparatus; obtains information on an expected attendee registered for the schedule for using the information processing apparatus set by the user, based on the schedule information on the user; and transmits image data of an image being displayed on a display to the expected attendee.

