Intermediary terminal, communication system, and intermediation control method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorMitsuo Ando
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Abstract
An intermediary terminal for mediating a communication between a data generation device that generates target data, and a server that controls service content usable with the data generation device, includes circuitry configured to acquire, from the data generation device, device identification information identifying the data generation device; transmit the acquired device identification information to the server via a communication network; receive, from the server, service content information indicating a service content associated with the device identification information; and execute processing on the target data input from the data generation device in accordance with the service content indicated by the service content information.
Claims20
An intermediary terminal for mediating a communication between a data generator that generates target data, and a server that controls service content usable with the data generator, the intermediary terminal comprising:
- circuitry configured to
- acquire, from the data generator, device identification information identifying the data generator;
- transmit the acquired device identification information to the server via a communication network;
- transmit a request of a service list including service content associated with the intermediary terminal by a pre-registration processing to the server;
- receive, from the server, service content information indicating a service content associated with the device identification information, which is among the service list including the service content associated with the intermediary terminal;
- and
- execute processing on the target data input from the data generator in accordance with the service content associated with the device identification information indicated by the service content information,
- wherein the service content associated with the intermediary terminal includes one or more programs corresponding to an application to be executed to implement a service associated with the intermediary terminal.
A communication system comprising:
- a server that controls service contents usable with a data generator that generates target data;
- and
- an intermediary terminal that mediates a communication between the data generator and the server,
- wherein the server includes circuitry configured to
- transmit, to the intermediary terminal, service content information indicating a service content associated with device identification information identifying the data generator received from the intermediary terminal,
- wherein the intermediary terminal includes another circuitry configured to
- acquire, from the data generation device, the device identification information identifying the data generator,
- transmit the acquired device identification information to the server via a communication network,
- transmit a request of a service list including service content associated with the intermediary terminal by a pre-registration processing to the server;
- receive, from the server, the service content information indicating the service content associated with the device identification information, which is among the service list including the service content associated with the intermediary terminal, and
- execute processing on the target data input from the data generator in accordance with the service content associated with the device identification information indicated by the service content information,
- wherein the service content associated with the intermediary terminal includes one or more programs corresponding to an application to be executed to implement a service associated with the intermediary terminal.
A method of controlling a communication between a data generator, which generates target data, and a server, which controls service content usable with the data generator, using an intermediary terminal, the method comprising:
- acquiring, from the data generator, device identification information identifying the data generator;
- transmitting the acquired device identification information to the server via a communication network;
- transmitting a request of a service list including service content associated with the intermediary terminal by a pre-registration processing to the server;
- receiving, from the server, service content information indicating a service content associated with the device identification information, which is among the service list including the service content associated with the intermediary terminal;
- and
- executing processing on the target data input from the data generator in accordance with the service content associated with the device identification information indicated by the service content information,
- wherein the service content associated with the intermediary terminal includes one or more programs corresponding to an application to be executed to implement a service associated with the intermediary terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.