# US 11,444,942 B2 · Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing 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 11,444,942 B2 - Document ID: US11444942B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/846,777 - Filed: 2020-04-13 - Published: 2020-10-29 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-04-26 - Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Applicants: Yukinari Toyota; Shigeo Araki - Inventors: Yukinari Toyota; Shigeo Araki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11444942B2 ## CPC - H04L 63/0861: {using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231)} - G06F 3/1454: {involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay} - G06Q 10/1093: Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups - H04L 12/1818: {Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties} - H04L 63/083: {using passwords (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226)} - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G09G 2358/00: Arrangements for display data security - H04L 51/08: Annexed information, e.g. attachments - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract An information processing apparatus includes circuitry to: in response to detection of information identifying a user, acquire schedule information on the user from an external service, using external service setting information associated with the information identifying the user; when the user is to set a schedule for using the information processing apparatus, suggest the user with a schedule for using the information processing apparatus based on a current time, to cause the user to set the schedule for using the information processing apparatus; obtain information on an expected attendee registered for the schedule for using the information processing apparatus set by the user, based on the schedule information on the user; and transmit image data of an image being displayed on a display to the expected attendee. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus comprising circuitry configured to: in response to detection of information identifying a user, acquire schedule information on the user from an external service, using external service setting information associated with the information identifying the user; when the user is to set a schedule for using the information processing apparatus, suggest the user with a schedule for using the information processing apparatus based on a current time, to cause the user to set the schedule for using the information processing, apparatus; obtain information on an expected attendee registered for the schedule for using the information processing apparatus set by the user, based on the schedule information on the user; and transmit image data of an image being displayed on a display to the expected attendee, wherein, in response to detecting that there are two or more schedules of the user, each of the two or more schedules of the user being provided with an expected start time and an expected end time such that the current time is within a time period from a predetermined time before the expected start time to the expected end time, the circuitry determines, as the schedule for using the information processing apparatus for suggestion, a schedule of the user with a largest ratio of a number of expected attendees with identifying information currently detected by the circuitry, the expected attendees with the identifying information being registered for the schedule of the user, to a total number of expected attendees registered for the schedule of the user. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry compares the expected start time and the expected end time of each of the two or more schedules of the user with the current time, and determines the schedule for using the information processing apparatus for suggestion based on a result of comparison. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry determines the schedule for using the information processing apparatus for suggestion, in response to acceptance of an operation from the user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry transmits the image data of the image to the external service to cause the external service to store the image data as information additional to the schedule information on the user. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information identifying the user includes identification information read from a recording medium possessed by the user or information based on authentication using an image of a face of the user captured. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry sets the user firstly detected and identified as an organizer and acquires the schedule information on the user set as the organizer. ### Claim 7 An information processing system including an information processing apparatus, comprising circuitry configured to: in response to detection of information identifying a user, acquire schedule information on the user from an external service, using external service setting information associated with the information identifying the user; when the user is to set a schedule for using the information processing apparatus, suggest the user with a schedule for using the information processing apparatus based on a current time, to cause the user to set the schedule for using the information processing apparatus; obtain information on an expected attendee registered for the schedule for using the information processing apparatus set by the user, based on the schedule information on the user; and transmit image data of an image being displayed on a display to the expected attendee, wherein, in response to detecting that there are two or more schedules of the user, each of the two or more schedules of the user being provided with an expected start time and an expected end time such that the current time is within a time period from a predetermined time before the expected start time to the expected end time, the circuitry determines, as the schedule for using the information processing apparatus for suggestion, a schedule of the user with a largest ratio of a number of expected attendees with identifying information currently detected by the circuitry, the expected attendees with the identifying information being registered for the schedule of the user, to a total number of expected attendees registered for the schedule of the user. ### Claim 8 An information processing, method executed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising: detecting information identifying a user; acquiring schedule information on the user from an external service, using external service setting information associated with the information identifying the user; suggesting the user with a schedule for using an information processing apparatus based on a current time, when the user is to set a schedule for using the information processing apparatus, to cause the user to set the schedule for using the information processing apparatus; obtaining information on an expected attendee registered for the schedule for using the information processing apparatus set by the user, based on the schedule information on the user; and transmitting image data of an image being displayed on a display to the expected attendee, wherein, in, response to detecting that there are two or more schedules of the user, each of the two or more schedules of the user being provided with an expected start time and an expected end time such that the current time is within a time period from a predetermined time before the expected start time to the expected end time, the information processing apparatus determines, as the schedule for using the information processing apparatus for suggestion, a schedule of the user with a largest ratio of a number of expected attendees with identifying information currently detected by the circuitry, the expected attendees with the identifying information being registered for the schedule of the user, to a total number of expected attendees registered for the schedule of the user.