Information processing apparatus, information processing apparatus control method, information processing program, and network system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasanori Aritomi
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus communicable with a peripheral device and a terminal is provided. The information processing apparatus receives information about the peripheral device from the peripheral device and saves the information, counts the sharing rate of each peripheral device by counting, for each peripheral device, message information transmitted/received between the terminal and the peripheral device, receives, from the terminal, a request message to request the information about the peripheral device, and transmits, to the terminal, information about a peripheral device selected in accordance with a sharing rate of each peripheral device when the request message is received.
Claims9
An information processing apparatus communicable with a plurality of peripheral devices and a terminal, comprising:
- a saving unit which receives information about each peripheral device of the plurality of peripheral devices from each peripheral device of the plurality of peripheral devices and saves the information;
- a deciding unit which decides a sharing rate indicating use frequency of each of the plurality of peripheral devices based on at least one of (1) a number of terminals which have accessed the peripheral device, (2) a number of messages that each of the plurality of peripheral devices has received and (3) an amount of data that each of the plurality of peripheral devices has received;
- a reception unit which receives, from the terminal, a request message to request the information about the peripheral device, which is held by said saving unit;
- and
- a response unit which transmits, to the terminal, information about the peripheral device selected in accordance with the sharing rate of each of the plurality of peripheral devices decided by said deciding unit when said reception unit receives the request message, wherein the selected peripheral device is displayed in order in accordance with the sharing rate in the terminal.
A control method of an information processing apparatus communicable with a plurality of peripheral devices and a terminal, comprising the steps of:
- receiving information about each peripheral device of the plurality of peripheral devices from each peripheral device of the plurality of peripheral devices and saving the information;
- deciding a sharing rate indicating use frequency of each of the plurality of peripheral devices based on at least one of (1) a number of terminals which have accessed the peripheral device, a number of messages that each of the plurality of peripheral devices has received and (3) an amount of data that each of the plurality of peripheral devices has received;
- receiving, from the terminal, a request message to request the information about the peripheral device, which is held in the saving step;
- and
- transmitting, to the terminal, information about the peripheral device selected in accordance with the sharing rate of each of the plurality of peripheral devices decided in the deciding step when the request message is received in the message receiving step, wherein the selected peripheral device is displayed in order in accordance with the sharing rate in the terminal.
A computer-readable recording medium on which is recorded a control program executable by an information processing apparatus communicable with a plurality of peripheral devices and a terminal, the control program causing a computer to execute an information processing method comprising the steps of:
- receiving information about each peripheral device of the plurality of peripheral devices from each peripheral device of the plurality of peripheral devices and saving the information;
- deciding a sharing rate indicating use frequency of each of the plurality of peripheral devices based on at least one of (1) a number of terminals which have accessed the peripheral device, (2) a number of messages that each of the plurality of peripheral devices has received and (3) an amount of data that each of the plurality of peripheral devices has received;
- receiving, from the terminal, a request message to request the information about the peripheral device, which is held in the saving step;
- and
- transmitting, to the terminal, information about the peripheral device selected in accordance with the sharing rate of each of the plurality of peripheral devices decided in the counting step when the request message is received in the message receiving step, wherein the selected peripheral device is displayed in order in accordance with the sharing rate in the terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.