US 10,652,178 B2Granted

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.

InventorsNaoki Takishima, Yoshiharu Tojo, Daisuke Koya, Kiriko Chosokabe, Hiroya Uruta

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Abstract

An information processing system includes circuitry that acquires input information input to a terminal apparatus, the terminal apparatus operating a message exchange program, determines, based on the input information being acquired, whether or not a condition as a trigger for calling an information processing service is satisfied, changes, based on the determination that the condition as the trigger for calling the information processing service is satisfied, a status of the message exchange program into a status that exchanges a message with the information processing service, acquires, based on the message to the information processing service, electronic information used for information processing, and requests an information apparatus to execute the information processing using the electronic information being acquired.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An information processing system, comprising:

circuitry configured to
acquire first input information input to a first terminal apparatus, the first terminal apparatus executing an information exchange program, and the first input information being sent to a second terminal apparatus that exchanges information with the first terminal apparatus via the information exchange program;
determine, based on the first input information input to the first terminal apparatus, whether or not a condition corresponding to an image processing service is satisfied;
change, based on the determination that the condition is satisfied, a first status of the information exchange program into a second status in which the first input information input to the first terminal apparatus is sent to the image processing service corresponding to the condition, the image processing service being different than the second terminal apparatus to which the first input information input to the first terminal apparatus is sent when the information exchange program is in the first status;
and
request a particular image processing apparatus to execute image processing corresponding to the image processing service, the particular image processing apparatus being determined from among a plurality of image processing apparatuses based on second input information sent to the image processing service when the information exchange program is in the second status, the second input information being different than the first input information.

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An information processing method, comprising:

acquiring first input information input to a first terminal apparatus, the first terminal apparatus executing an information exchange program, and the first input information being sent to a second terminal apparatus that exchanges information with the first terminal apparatus via the information exchange program;
determining, based on the first input information input to the first terminal apparatus, whether or not a condition corresponding to an image processing service is satisfied;
changing, based on the determination that the condition is satisfied, a first status of the information exchange program into a second status in which the first input information input to the first terminal apparatus is sent to the image processing service corresponding to the condition, the image processing service being different than the second terminal apparatus to which the first input information input to the first terminal apparatus is sent when the information exchange program is in the first status;
and
requesting a particular image processing apparatus to execute image processing corresponding to the image processing service, the particular image processing apparatus being determined from among a plurality of image processing apparatuses based on second input information sent to the image processing service when the information exchange program is in the second status, the second input information being different than the first input information.

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A terminal apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to
acquire first input information input to the terminal apparatus, the terminal apparatus executing an information exchange program, and the first input information being sent to another terminal apparatus that exchanges information with the terminal apparatus via the information exchange program;
determine, based on the first input information input to the terminal apparatus, whether or not a condition corresponding to an image processing service is satisfied,
change, based on the determination that the condition is satisfied, a first status of the information exchange program into a second status in which the first input information input to the terminal apparatus is sent to the image processing service corresponding to the condition, the image processing service being different than the another terminal apparatus to which the first input information input to the terminal apparatus is sent when the information exchange program is in the first status;
and
request a particular image processing apparatus to execute image processing corresponding to the mince processing service, the particular image processing apparatus being determined from among a plurality of image processing apparatuses based on second input information sent to the image processing service when the information exchange program is in the second status, the second input information being different than the first input information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/846,970Filed 19 Dec 2017
Priority: JP 2017-0212898 Feb 2017
Published: US 2018/0227251 A19 Aug 2018
Granted: 12 May 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

H04L 51/046
Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]: interoperability with other network applications or services
G06F 3/1204
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic…
G06F 3/1205
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings,…
G06F 3/1225
Client or server resources management: software update, e.g. print driver, modules, plug-ins, fonts