Input/output system, input/output method, and mobile terminal

An input/output method implemented in an input/output system that interconnects a mobile terminal, a cooperative processing apparatus, and a plurality of electronic devices and is configured to implement a cooperative process of prompting an electronic device corresponding to an input apparatus of the plurality of electronic devices to input electronic data and prompting an electronic device corresponding to an output apparatus of the plurality of electronic devices to output the input electronic data, the input/output method comprising:

• a step in which the mobile terminal acquires input apparatus information specifying the electronic device corresponding to the input apparatus from the electronic device corresponding to the input apparatus;
• a step of prompting the electronic device specified by the input apparatus information acquired by the mobile terminal to input electronic data;
• a step of acquiring output apparatus information specifying the electronic device corresponding to the output apparatus from the electronic device corresponding to the output apparatus;
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• a step of controlling the electronic device specified by the output apparatus information to output the input electronic data in an output format compatible with the electronic device specified by the output apparatus information in a case where the electronic device specified by the output apparatus information is capable of directly outputting the input electronic data from the mobile terminal.

A mobile terminal included in an input/output system that interconnects the mobile terminal, a cooperative processing apparatus, and a plurality of electronic devices and is configured to implement a cooperative process of prompting an electronic device corresponding to an input apparatus of the plurality of electronic devices to input electronic data and prompting an electronic device corresponding to an output apparatus of the plurality of electronic devices to output the input electronic data, the mobile terminal comprising:

• an acquisition unit that acquires input apparatus information specifying the electronic device corresponding to the input apparatus from the electronic device corresponding to the input apparatus and acquires output apparatus information specifying the electronic device corresponding to the output apparatus from the electronic device corresponding to the output apparatus;
• an input control unit that controls the electronic device specified by the input apparatus information acquired by the acquisition unit to input electronic data;
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• an output control unit that controls the electronic device specified by the output apparatus information acquired by the acquisition unit to output the electronic data input by the input control unit in an output format compatible with the electronic device specified by the output apparatus information in a case where the electronic device specified by the output apparatus information is capable of directly outputting the input electronic data from the mobile terminal.