# US 11,451,677 B2 · Control device and non-transitory computer readable medium storing control program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,451,677 B2 - Document ID: US11451677B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/574,042 - Filed: 2019-09-17 - Published: 2020-03-26 - Granted: 2022-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-25 - Assignees: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. - Applicants: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. - Inventors: Nozomi Noguchi; Hideaki Sugimoto; Yu Mishima; Shigeo Miyata; Hiroyuki Mitsuhashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11451677B2 ## CPC - H04N 1/00408: {Display of information to the user, e.g. menus} - H04L 12/1895: {for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates} - H04L 51/02: using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages - H04L 51/18: Commands or executable codes - H04N 1/00204: {with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server (programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561)} - H04N 1/00477: {Indicating status, e.g. of a job (for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N2201/3219)} - H04N 1/04: Scanning arrangements {, i.e. arrangements for the displacement of active reading or reproducing elements relative to the original or reproducing medium, or vice versa}(H04N1/387 takes precedence) - H04N 1/3263: {of reading apparatus or transmitter, e.g. original jam} - H04N 1/32635: {of reproducing apparatus or receiver, e.g. out of paper} - H04N 1/32662: {remotely, e.g. to the transmitter from the receiver} - H04L 51/222: using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A control device includes an execution control unit that performs control to execute specific processing based on information posted by a user in a talk room in which each of plural participating users is able to post and view information, in which the execution control unit provides notification regarding execution of the specific processing to only some of the plural users according to predetermined conditions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A control device, comprising: a processor that performs control to execute specific processing based on information posted by a user in a talk room in which each of a plurality of participating users is able to post and view information, wherein the processor provides notification regarding execution of the specific processing to only some users of the plurality of participating users according to predetermined conditions. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The control device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined conditions are that a content of the notification is a content other than a content indicating start of execution or completion of execution of the specific processing, and the processor posts the notification to the talk room in a case where the content of the notification is the content indicating start of execution or completion of execution of the specific processing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The control device according to claim 2, wherein, in a case where there are a plurality of users of notification destinations of the notification regarding execution of the specific processing, the processor posts the notification regarding execution of the specific processing to another talk room which only the plurality of users of the notification destinations participate. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The control device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined conditions are set by a combination of a content of the notification and the some users to whom the notification is to be provided. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The control device according to claim 4, wherein the specific processing is processing executed by an external apparatus, and the predetermined conditions are that the content of the notification is a content indicating that an operation of the external apparatus is required and the some users are users satisfying a predetermined relationship with the external apparatus among the of c a users participating in the talk room. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The control device according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined relationship is that a distance from the external apparatus is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and the some users are users whose distances from the external apparatus are equal to or less than the predetermined value among the plurality of participating users. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The control device according to claim 6, wherein, in a case where there are a plurality of users of notification destinations of the notification regarding execution of the specific processing, the processor posts the notification regarding execution of the specific processing to another talk room in which only the plurality of users of the notification destinations participate. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The control device according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined relationship is that association with the external apparatus is registered in advance, and the some users are users associated with the external apparatus among the plurality of participating users. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The control device according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined conditions are that the content of the notification is a content regarding processing to be executed before processing in the external apparatus and the some users are users who post information for giving an instruction to execute the specific processing among the plurality of participating users. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The control device according to claim 5, wherein, in a case where there are a plurality of users of notification destinations of the notification regarding execution of the specific processing, the processor posts the notification regarding execution of the specific processing to another talk room in which only the plurality of users of the notification destinations participate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 4) The control device according to claim 4, wherein, in a case where there are a plurality of users of notification destinations of the notification regarding execution of the specific processing, the processor posts the notification regarding execution of the specific processing to another talk room in which only the plurality of users of the notification destinations participate. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The control device according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where there are a plurality of users of notification destinations of the notification regarding execution of the specific processing, the processor posts the notification regarding execution of the specific processing to another talk room in which only the plurality of users of the notification destinations participate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The control device according to claim 12, wherein another talk room is dynamically generated due to posting of information for giving an instruction to execute the specific processing. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The control device according to claim 1, wherein the some users are users who post information for giving an instruction to execute the specific processing among the plurality of participating users. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The control device according to claim 14, wherein the specific processing is processing executed by an external apparatus, and the processor provides notification regarding execution of the specific processing to only a user who posts information in a case where a distance from the external apparatus is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and posts notification regarding execution of the specific processing to the talk room in a case where the distance from the external apparatus is greater than the predetermined value. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The control device according to claim 14, wherein the specific processing is scanning processing for reading an image from a document, and the predetermined conditions are that a content of the notification is relevant to the scanning processing. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The control device according to claim 1, wherein the processor further provides the notification to users other than the some users among the plurality of users in a case where the notification is not checked by the some users even though a first threshold value time has passed. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The control device according to claim 17, wherein the processor further provides the notification to the users other than the some users in a case where processing corresponding to the notification is not performed by the some users even though a second threshold value time has passed. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The control device according to claim 18, wherein the second threshold value time is set to a e longer than the first threshold value time. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a control program causing a computer to function as: the control device according to claim 1.