Server system, server apparatus, terminal apparatus and method for connection acknowledgement
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorTakashi Ueda
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Abstract
A server system is provided with a server apparatus and a terminal apparatus capable of logging in a predetermined mode of the server apparatus. The terminal apparatus comprises a transmitter for transmitting a connection acknowledgment signal at intervals of time to the server apparatus while remaining in a log-in state to the predetermined mode of the server apparatus. The server apparatus comprises a monitor for monitoring a presence of the connection acknowledgment signal received from the terminal apparatus and a controller for performing a forcible log-out processing when the connection acknowledgment signal is not detected for the predetermined length of time.
Claims15
A server system, comprising a server apparatus and a terminal apparatus capable of logging in a predetermined mode of the server apparatus,
- wherein the terminal apparatus comprises a transmitter for transmitting a connection acknowledgment signal at intervals of time to the server apparatus while remaining at a logged-in state to the predetermined mode of the server apparatus, and
- the server apparatus comprises a monitor for monitoring a presence of the connection acknowledgment signal transmitted from the terminal apparatus and a controller for forcibly performing a forcible log-out processing when the connection acknowledgment signal is not detected for a predetermined length of time.
A server apparatus comprising:
- a monitor for monitoring a presence of a connection acknowledgment signal transmitted at intervals of time from a terminal apparatus which has logged in a predetermined mode of the server apparatus;
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- a controller for forcibly performing a forcible log-out processing when the connection acknowledgment signal is not detected for a predetermined length of time.
A terminal apparatus being capable of logging in a predetermined mode of a server apparatus, comprising:
- a transmitter for transmitting a connection acknowledgment signal at intervals of time to the server apparatus while remaining in a logged-in state to the predetermined mode of the server apparatus.
A method for acknowledging a connection between a server apparatus and a terminal apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- transmitting a connection acknowledgment signal at intervals of time from the terminal apparatus to the server apparatus while the terminal apparatus remaining at a logged-in state to a predetermined mode of the server apparatus,
- monitoring a presence of the connection acknowledgment signal transmitted from the terminal apparatus at the server apparatus, and
- performing a forcible log-out processing against the terminal apparatus when the connection acknowledgment signal is not detected for a predetermined length of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.