Storage medium storing conference setting program and conference setting method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10033726-B2
Application number	US-201514955088-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2015
Priority date	Dec 1, 2014
Publication date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018

Abstract

A conference setting method includes: displaying a first setting screen on a particular terminal configured to perform a setting operation of a teleconference, the first setting screen being switchable between: a first setting method having a plurality of password setting fields in which a password is set to each of at least three authorities having different numbers of executable functions; and a second setting method having a common authority setting field in which one of the at least three authorities is set as a common authority and having a common authority password setting field in which a password is set to the common authority; and storing, in a storage, passwords set in the password setting fields in association with respective ones of the at least three authorities; and storing, in the storage, a common authority password set in the common authority password setting field in association with the common authority.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a conference setting program for setting a teleconference conducted among a plurality of terminal apparatuses through a network, the conference setting program being executable on a computer of a setting apparatus configured to receive a setting operation of the teleconference, the conference setting program causing, when executed, the setting apparatus to perform operations comprising:
a display controlling operation of controlling displaying of an authentication method setting field configured to receive an operation to select either one of;
displaying a setting screen of a first setting method having a plurality of password setting fields in which a password is set to each of at least three authorities having different numbers of executable functions in the teleconference, the at least three authorities including a first level authority, a second level authority, and a third level authority, the first level authority being a higher level authority than the second level authority and the third level authority, the second level authority being a higher level authority than the third level authority; and
displaying a setting screen of a second setting method having a common authority setting field in which one of the at least three authorities is set as a common authority and having a common authority password setting field in which a password is set to the common authority set in the common authority setting field;

a determining operation of determining whether it is set that the setting screen of the first setting method is displayed in the authentication method setting field displayed by the display controlling operation;
a first display controlling operation of displaying the setting screen of the first setting method, in response to determining by the determining operation that it is set that the setting screen of the first setting method is displayed; and
a second display controlling operation of displaying the setting screen of the second setting method, in response to determining by the determining operation that it is not set that the setting screen of the first setting method is displayed.

2. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a conference setting program for setting a teleconference conducted among a plurality of terminal apparatuses through a network, the conference setting program being executable on a computer of a setting apparatus configured to receive a setting operation of the teleconference, the conference setting program causing, when executed, the setting apparatus to perform operations comprising:
a display controlling operation of displaying one of a first setting screen and a second setting screen on a display of a particular terminal configured to perform a setting operation of the teleconference,
the first setting screen being a setting screen that is switchable between:
a first setting method having a plurality of password setting fields in which a password is set to each of at least three authorities having different numbers of executable functions in the teleconference, the at least three authorities including a first level authority, a second level authority, and a third level authority, the first level authority being a higher level authority than the second level authority and the third level authority, the second level authority being a higher level authority than the third level authority; and
a second setting method having a common authority setting field in which one of the at least three authorities is set as a common authority and having a common authority password setting field in which a password is set to the common authority set in the common authority setting field,

the second setting screen being a setting screen for executing a third setting method having an authority setting field in which one of the at least three authorities is set, an additional password setting field in which a password is set to the authority set in the authority setting field, and an additional display button configured to receive an operation to additionally display the authority setting field and the additional password setting field; and

a storage controlling operation of:
storing, in a storage, passwords set in the plurality of password setting fields in the first setting screen of the first setting method, in association with respective ones of the at least three authorities, the passwords being in one-to-one correspondence with the respective ones of the at least three authorities;
storing, in the storage, a common authority password set in the common authority password setting field in the first setting screen of the second setting method, in association with the common authority set in the common authority setting field; and
storing, in the storage, the password set in the additional password setting field in the second setting screen, in association with the authority set in the authority setting field.

3. The storage medium according to claim 2 , wherein the display controlling operation comprises, when displaying the first setting screen of the second setting method, displaying, on the first setting screen, an authority change password setting field for setting a password to change the authority given to a conference participant of the teleconference to a specific authority during the teleconference, the specific authority being one of the at least three authorities and different from the common authority; and
wherein the storage controlling operation comprises storing, in the storage, a password set in the authority change password setting field in association with the specific authority.

4. The storage medium according to claim 3 , wherein the display controlling operation comprises:
an extracting operation of extracting the common authority set in the common authority setting field; and
a first restricting operation of restricting setting of a password in the authority change password setting field corresponding to the specific authority having a smaller number of executable functions than the common authority extracted in the extracting operation.

5. The storage medium according to claim 3 , wherein the display controlling operation comprises:
an extracting operation of extracting the common authority set in the common authority setting field; and
a first restricting operation of restricting setting of a password in the authority change password setting field corresponding to the common authority and a password in the authority change password setting field corresponding to the specific authority having a smaller number of executable functions than the common authority.

6. The storage medium according to claim 2 , wherein the display controlling operation comprises displaying, on the first setting screen, a highest authority password setting field for setting a password for highest authority that is authority having a largest number of executable functions of the at least three authorities in the second setting method, in addition to the common authority password setting field.

7. The storage medium according to claim 6 , wherein the display controlling operation comprises:
a determining operation of determining whether the authority set in the common authority setting field in the second setting method is the highest authority; and
a second restricting operation of, in response to determining in the determining operation that the authority set in the common authority setting field is the highest authority, restricting setting of a password in the highest authority password setting field.

8. The storage medium according to claim 2 , wherein the storage controlling operation comprises storing, in the stor

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Arai Kentaro

Classifications

• H04L65/403

  Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15) · CPC title

• H04L12/1818

  Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties · CPC title

• H04L63/104

  Grouping of entities · CPC title

• H04L12/18

  for broadcast or conference {, e.g. multicast} · CPC title

• H04L63/083 Primary

  using passwords (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226) · CPC title