Apparatus and system for assisting sharing of resource, and communication terminal
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorMasaaki KAGAWA
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method for assisting sharing of resources among a plurality of users, each of which: calculates a first time period before an end time of a current scheduled time period for using a resource is reached, the first time period being a period of time from a reference time of the current scheduled time period for using the resource to a start time of a next scheduled time period for using the resource; and when the first time period is equal to or greater than a first predetermined time period, transmits, to a communication terminal used by a user who currently uses the resource, information indicating that the current scheduled time period for using the resource is extendable.
Claims18
A server apparatus for assisting sharing of resources among a plurality of users, the server apparatus comprising circuitry configured to:
- before an end time of a current scheduled time period for using a resource is reached, calculate a first time period, the first time period being a period of time from a reference time of the current scheduled time period for using the resource to a start time of a next scheduled time period for using the resource;
- and
- when the first time period is equal to or greater than a first predetermined time period, transmit, to a communication terminal used by a user who currently uses the resource, information indicating that the current scheduled time period for using the resource is extendable.
A system for assisting sharing of resources among a plurality of users, the system comprising circuitry configured to:
- before an end time of a current scheduled time period for using a resource is reached, calculate a first time period, the first time period being a period of time from a reference time of the current scheduled time period for using the resource to a start time of a next scheduled time period for using the resource;
- and
- when the first time period is equal to or greater than a first predetermined time period, transmit, to a communication terminal used by a user who currently uses the resource, information indicating that the current scheduled time period for using the resource is extendable.
A communication terminal for controlling display of information in cooperation with a server apparatus for assisting sharing of resources among a plurality of users, the communication terminal comprising circuitry configured to:
- transmit, to the server apparatus, information of a user who currently uses a resource at a start of a current scheduled time period for using the resource;
- and
- before an end time of a current scheduled time period for using the resource is reached, receive, from the server apparatus, information indicating that the current scheduled time period for using the resource is extendable,
- the information being transmitted from the server apparatus based on a determination that a first time period is equal to or greater than a first predetermined time period, the first time period being a period of time from a reference time of the current scheduled time period for using the resource to a start time of a next scheduled time period for using the resource;
- and
- control a display to display screen data based on the received information indicating that the current scheduled time period for using the resource is extendable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.