# US 10,503,676 B2 · Transmission terminal, non-transitory recording medium, transmission method, and transmission system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,503,676 B2 - Document ID: US10503676B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/277,069 - Filed: 2016-09-27 - Published: 2017-01-19 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2014-03-31 - Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Applicants: Yoshinaga Kato - Inventors: Yoshinaga Kato - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10503676B2 ## CPC - G06F 13/36: for access to common bus or bus system - G06F 13/4068: {Electrical coupling} - H04N 7/15: Conference systems - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A transmission terminal includes at least one processor configured to transmit a terminal information request to request the number of transmission terminals under transmission to a transmission management apparatus connected via a network; and display image data received from one or more of the transmission terminals under transmission on a display device, and display the number of the transmission terminals under transmission received from the transmission management apparatus in response to the terminal information request on the display device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A transmission terminal comprising: at least one processor configured to transmit a terminal information request to request the number of transmission terminals under transmission to a transmission management apparatus, managing a plurality of transmission terminals, connected via a network; display a screen page including at least a list of at least names or identification information of the transmission terminals and a screen page that does not include the list and includes image data received from one or more of the transmission terminals under transmission and the number of the transmission terminals under transmission received from the transmission management apparatus in response to the terminal information request on a display device; and when a number of transmission terminals that are participating in a video conference is greater than a maximum number of transmission terminals that can be displayed on the display device, the maximum number being greater than 1, display, on the display device, image data of the maximum number of transmission terminals that can be displayed on the display device and display, on the display device, the total number of transmission terminals that are participating in the video conference. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The transmission terminal according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display the image data of the maximum number of the transmission terminals that can be displayed on the display device based on arrangement information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The transmission terminal according to claim 2, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit an arrangement information request to request the arrangement information to an apparatus other than the plurality of transmission terminals connected to the network, and display the image data of the maximum number of the transmission terminals on the display device according to the arrangement information received in response to the arrangement information request. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The transmission terminal according to claim 2, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to acquire position information of a position where the arrangement information is stored in the network from the transmission management apparatus, and transmit an arrangement information request to request the arrangement information stored in the position indicated by the position information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The transmission terminal according to claim 2, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to store the arrangement information received in response to an arrangement information request, and display the number of the transmission terminals under transmission on the display device according to the stored arrangement information, in case of displaying the number of the transmission terminals under transmission on the display device after a state where the number of the transmission terminals under transmission is displayed on the display device is changed into a state where the number of the transmission terminals under transmission is not displayed on the display device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The transmission terminal according to claim 5, wherein the stored arrangement information is cleared when power in the transmission terminal is turned off. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The transmission terminal according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to not display the number of the transmission terminals under transmission on the display device if a certain period of time has elapsed from when the at least one processor displays the number of the transmission terminals under transmission on the display device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The transmission terminal according to claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display the number of the transmission terminals under transmission on the display device received from the transmission management apparatus, when the at least one processor has received the number of the transmission terminals under transmission from the transmission management apparatus in a state where the at least one processor does not display the number of the transmission terminals under transmission. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The transmission terminal according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: receive a user's operation, and display the number of the transmission terminals under transmission on the display device if the at least one processor has received the user's operation for displaying the number of the transmission terminals under transmission. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The transmission terminal according to claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to not display the number of the transmission terminals under transmission on the display device if the at least one processor has received the user's operation for not displaying the number of the transmission terminals under transmission. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The transmission terminal according to claim 10, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display information of transmission statuses including the number of the transmission terminals under transmission in a manner of occupying a second area of a screen page of the display device, in response to receiving a predetermined user's operation when the at least one processor displays the information of transmission statuses including the number of the transmission terminals under transmission in a manner of occupying a first area of the screen page of the display device different from the second area. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The transmission terminal according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display identification information of the transmission terminal on the display device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The transmission terminal according to claim 12, wherein the identification information is such that another transmission terminal will receive an input of the identification information to participate in the same conference as the transmission terminal. ### Claim 14 A transmission method comprising: carrying out, by at least one processor, transmission with at least one of a plurality of transmission terminals managed by a transmission management apparatus; transmitting, by at least one processor, a terminal information request to request the number of transmission terminals under transmission to the transmission management apparatus via a network; displaying, by at least one processor, a screen page including at least a list of at least names or identification information of the transmission terminals and a screen page that does not include the list and includes image data received from one or more of the transmission terminals under transmission and the number of the transmission terminals under transmission received from the transmission management apparatus in response to the terminal information request on a display device; and when a number of transmission terminals that are participating in a video conference is greater than a maximum number of transmission terminals that can be displayed on the display device, the maximum number being greater than 1, displaying, on the display device, image data of the maximum number of transmission terminals that can be displayed on the display device, and displaying, on the display device, the total number of transmission terminals that are participating in the video conference. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) A non-transitory recording medium storing a program causing an information processing apparatus that is connected to a transmission management apparatus, managing a plurality of transmission terminals, via a network, and carries out transmission with at least one transmission terminal to carry out the transmission method according to claim 14. ### Claim 16 A transmission system comprising: a transmission management apparatus including at least one processor configured to manage a plurality of transmission terminals; calculate the number of transmission terminals under transmission from among the plurality of transmission terminals, and transmit the calculated number of the transmission terminals under transmission to a transmission terminal of the plurality of transmission terminals; and the transmission terminal communicatable with the transmission management apparatus via a network and including at least one processor configured to carry out transmission with at least one of other transmission terminals; transmit a terminal information request to request the number of the transmission terminals under transmission to the transmission management apparatus; display a screen page including at least a list of at least names or identification information of the transmission terminals and a screen page that does not include the list and includes image data received from one or more of the transmission terminals under transmission and the number of the transmission terminals under transmission received from the transmission management apparatus in response to the terminal information request on a display device; and when a number of transmission terminals that are participating in a video conference is greater than a maximum number of transmission terminals that can be displayed on the display device, the maximum number being greater than 1, display, on the display device, image data of the maximum number of transmission terminals that can be displayed on the display device, and display, on the display device, the total number of transmission terminals that are participating in the video conference. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The transmission terminal according to claim 1, wherein an area on the display device where the image data is displayed when the screen page including the image data is displayed on the display device overlaps with an area on the display device where the list is displayed when the screen page including the list is displayed on the display device. ### Claim 18 A transmission terminal comprising: at least one processor configured to connect via a network with a transmission management apparatus that manages a plurality of transmission terminals and carry out transmission with at least one of the transmission terminals, display a screen page including at least a list of at least names or identification information of the transmission terminals and a screen page that does not include the list and includes image data received from one or more of the transmission terminals under transmission and the number of the transmission terminals connected with the transmission terminal on a display device; and when a number of transmission terminals that are participating in a video conference is greater than a maximum number of transmission terminals that can be displayed on the display device, the maximum number being greater than 1, display, on the display device, image data of the maximum number of transmission terminals that can be displayed on the display device, and display, on the display device, the total number of transmission terminals that are participating in the video conference. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The transmission terminal according to claim 18, wherein an area on the display device where the image data is displayed when the screen page including the image data is displayed on the display device overlaps with an area on the display device where the list is displayed when the screen page including the list is displayed on the display device.