# US 2021/0243273 A1 · Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method and recording medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0243273 A1 - Document ID: US20210243273A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/237,270 - Filed: 2021-04-22 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-12 - Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Inventors: Mitsuo ANDO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210243273A1 ## CPC - G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management - G06F 3/14: Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} - H04L 67/60: Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources (admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70) - H04N 1/00185: {Image output (for details of particular output arrangements see the relevant sub-class, e.g. B41J, G03B, G09G, G11B)} - H04N 1/00474: {outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print} - G06F 9/5005: {to service a request} - G06F 2209/5015: Service provider selection - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - H04N 1/00137: {Transmission} - H04N 1/2166: {for mass storage, e.g. in document filing systems (information retrieval G06F16/00)} - H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract An information processing apparatus communicably connected with an intermediary device capable of communicating with at least one device, the information processing apparatus including: circuitry configured to receive, from a terminal operated by a user, identification information that the terminal has acquired from the extraneous source; and transmit a request for execution of a process associated with the acquired identification information to the intermediary device, the request for execution causing the intermediary device to execute the process according to the request for execution to control the device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus communicably connected with an intermediary device capable of communicating with at least one device, the information processing apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to receive, from a terminal operated by a user, identification information that the terminal has acquired from the extraneous source; and transmit a request for execution of a process associated with the acquired identification information to the intermediary device, the request for execution causing the intermediary device to execute the process according to the request for execution to control the device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry identifies an intermediary device associated with the acquired identification information, and transmits the request for execution to the identified intermediary device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: receive image data from the terminal; and transmit the received image data to the intermediary device, wherein the request for execution causes the intermediary device to execute the process according to the request for execution on the transmitted image data to control the device. ### Claim 4 An information processing system comprising: an information processing apparatus comprising first circuitry; and an intermediary device communicably connected with the information processing apparatus and configured to communicate with at least one device, the intermediary device comprising second circuitry, the second circuitry being configured to: receive, from a terminal operated by a user, identification information that the terminal has acquired from the extraneous source; and transmit a request for execution of a process associated with the acquired identification information to the intermediary device, the first circuitry being configured to: executes the process according to the request for execution transmitted from the information processing apparatus to control the device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The information processing system according to claim 4, wherein the second circuitry of the intermediary device further receives image data transmitted from the terminal, from the information processing apparatus, and executes the process according to the request for execution on the received image data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The information processing system according to claim 5, wherein the second circuitry of the intermediary device causes the device to output an image based on the received image data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The information processing system according to claim 4, further comprising the terminal, wherein the terminal acquires the identification information from the extraneous source via near field communication. ### Claim 8 An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus communicably connected with an intermediary device capable of communicating with at least one device, the method comprising: receiving, from a terminal operated by a user, identification information acquired that the terminal has acquired from the extraneous source; and transmitting a request for execution of a process associated with the acquired identification information to the intermediary device, the request for execution causing the intermediary device to execute the process according to the request for execution to control the device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The information processing method according to claim 8, wherein the transmitting includes: identifying an intermediary device associated with the acquired identification information; and transmitting the request for execution to the identified intermediary device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The information processing method according to claim 8, further comprising: receiving image data from the terminal; and transmitting the received image data to the intermediary device, the request for execution causes the intermediary device to execute the process according to the request for execution on the transmitted image data to control the device.