According to a first exemplary embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a method performed by an information processing system, the method comprising: identifying a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of elements located remotely from the information processing system based on stored functional information indicating a capability of each of the plurality of elements; and transmitting information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the information processing system. According to another exemplary embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a computer readable medium including computer program instructions, which when executed by an information processing system, cause the information processing system to perform the method discussed above.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure described above, it is possible to realize a function by causing hardware or software to perform a linkage operation to respond to various demands from users.
Note that the effects described above are not necessarily limited, and along with or instead of the effects, any effect that is desired to be introduced in the present specification or other effects that can be expected from the present specification may be exhibited.