# US 10,122,967 B2 · Control system, communications terminal, communications system, control method, and recording medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,122,967 B2 - Document ID: US10122967B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/649,174 - Filed: 2017-07-13 - Published: 2017-10-26 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-01-15 - Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Applicants: Takeru Inoue - Inventors: Takeru Inoue - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122967B2 ## CPC - H04N 7/147: {Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals (selecting H04Q)} - H04L 65/403: Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15) - H04M 3/51: Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention {, e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing} - H04M 3/5133: {Operator terminal details} - H04M 3/567: {Multimedia conference systems} - H04M 11/00: Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems - H04N 7/15: Conference systems - H04M 3/428: Arrangements for placing incoming calls on hold - H04M 3/568: {audio processing specific to telephonic conferencing, e.g. spatial distribution, mixing of participants (echo suppression in two-way loud-speaking telephone systems H04M9/02; sound field processing per se H04S7/30)} - H04M 2203/5063: Centrally initiated conference, i.e. conference server dials participants - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract A control system includes a receiver configured to receive information relating to starting or ending a call between a first communications terminal and a second communications terminal while a session, which is for sending content data between the first communications terminal and the second communications terminal, is established; and a transmitter configured to send, to the first communications terminal, control information for starting output of content based on content data sent from the second communications terminal, in response to receiving the information relating to starting the call by the receiver, and to send, to the first communications terminal, the control information for stopping output of the content based on the content data sent from the second communications terminal, in response to receiving the information relating to ending the call by the receiver. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A control system comprising: a receiver configured to receive information relating to starting or ending a call between a first communications terminal and a second communications terminal while a session, which is for sending content data between the first communications terminal and the second communications terminal, is established; a transmitter configured to send, to the first communications terminal, control information for starting output of content based on content data sent from the second communications terminal, in response to receiving the information relating to starting the call by the receiver, and to send, to the first communications terminal, the control information for stopping output of the content based on the content data sent from the second communications terminal, in response to receiving the information relating to ending the call by the receiver; and state information manager circuitry to manage state information indicating a state of the second communications terminal, wherein the transmitter does not send, to the first communications terminal, the control information for starting output of the content based on the content data sent from the second communications terminal, in a case where the state information, which is managed by the state information manager, indicates call in progress. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The control system according to claim 1, wherein the content data includes image data and sound data, and the transmitter sends, to the second communications terminal, the control information for starting output of sound based on the sound data sent from the first communications terminal, in response to receiving the information relating to starting the call by the receiver, and sends, to the second communications terminal, the control information for stopping output of the sound based on the sound data sent from the first communications terminal, in response to receiving the information relating to ending the call by the receiver. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The control system according to claim 1, further comprising: standby information manager circuitry configured to manage identification information of a communications terminal, which is on a start request source side and waiting for a call to start, wherein the transmitter sends, in response to receiving the information relating to ending the call by the receiver, to the communications terminal identified by the identification information managed by the standby information manager circuitry, the control information for starting output of the content based on the content data sent from the second communications terminal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A communications terminal comprising: a receiver configured to receive the content data sent from another communications terminal and the control information sent from the control system according to claim 1; and an output controller configured to control output of the content based on the content data received by the receiver, based on the control information received by the receiver. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A communications system comprising: the control system according to claim 1; and a communications terminal including a receiver configured to receive the content data sent from another communications terminal and the control information sent from the control system; and an output controller configured to control output of the content based on the content data received by the receiver, based on the control information received by the receiver. ### Claim 6 A control method for causing a control system for sending control information to execute processes comprising: receiving information relating to starting or ending a call between a first communications terminal and a second communications terminal while a session, which is for sending content data between the first communications terminal and the second communications terminal, is established; sending, to the first communications terminal, the control information for starting output of content based on content data sent from the second communications terminal, in response to receiving the information relating to starting the call; sending, to the first communications terminal, the control information for stopping output of the content based on the content data sent from the second communications terminal, in response to receiving the information relating to ending the call; and managing state information indicating a state of the second communications terminal, wherein neither of said sendings sends, to the first communications terminal, the control information for starting output of the content based on the content data sent from the second communications terminal, in a case where the state information, which is managed, indicates call in progress. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The control method according to claim 6, wherein the control method causes a communications terminal to execute processes comprising: receiving the content data sent from another communications terminal and the control information sent from the control system; and controlling output of the content based on the received content data, based on the received control information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute the processes of the control method according to claim 6 by the control system. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute the processes of the control method according to claim 7 by the communications terminal.