Devices, systems, and methods for controlling a link with a storage server
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTaichi Watanabe
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Abstract
A device communicably connected to one or more storage servers via a network includes circuitry. The circuitry acquires storage setting information including a setting relating to at least one storage server to be used by a user who is identified through a user authentication process. The circuitry acquires application operation information including a setting relating to operation of an application that operates on the device, the application operation information being associated with identification information of the user. The circuitry communicates with one storage server that is set by the application operation information, based on the setting relating to the at least one storage server included in the storage setting information.
Claims20
A device communicably connected to one or more storage servers via a network, the device comprising:
- circuitry configured to,
- acquire storage setting information including a setting relating to at least one storage server among the one or more storage servers, the at least one storage server to be used by a user identified through a user authentication process, the acquisition of the storage setting information including configuring the setting relating to the at least one storage server in response to determining the setting relating to the at least one storage server is not included in the storage setting information,
- acquire application operation information including a setting relating to operation of an application that operates on the device, the application operation information being associated with identification information of the user, and
- communicate with one storage server that is set by the application operation information based on the setting relating to the at least one storage server included in the storage setting information, the communication including at least one of sending a file to the one storage server for storage thereon or receiving the file from the one storage server.
A method for controlling a link between one or more storage servers and a device on which an application operates, the method being performed by the device in accordance the application, comprising:
- acquiring storage setting information including a setting relating to at least one storage server to be used by a user identified through a user authentication process, the acquiring the storage setting information including configuring the setting relating to the at least one storage server in response to determining the setting relating to the at least one storage server is not included in the storage setting information;
- acquiring application operation information including a setting relating to operation of the application, the application operation information being associated with identification information of the user;
- and
- communicating with one storage server that is set by the application operation information based on the setting relating to the at least one storage server included in the storage setting information, the communicating including at least one of sending a file to the one storage server for storage thereon or receiving the file from the one storage server.
A device coordination system comprising a device on which an application operates and an information processing apparatus that provides a device coordination service for controlling a link between the device and one or more storage servers, the system comprising:
- circuitry configured to:
- store storage setting information including a setting relating to at least one storage server to be used by a user identified through a user authentication process, the storage of the storage setting information including configuring the setting relating to the at least one storage server in response to determining the setting relating to the at least one storage server is not included in the storage setting information,
- store application operation information including a setting relating to operation of the application, the application operation information being associated with identification information of the user, and
- control a link between the device and at least one storage server that is set by the application operation information based on the setting relating to the at least one storage server included in the storage setting information, the link being configured for use by the device for at least one of sending a file to the one storage server for storage thereon or receiving the file from the one storage server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.