Resource management apparatus, resource management system, and non-transitory computer-executable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11496604-B2
Application number	US-202117337676-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 3, 2021
Priority date	Jun 12, 2020
Publication date	Nov 8, 2022
Grant date	Nov 8, 2022

Abstract

A resource management apparatus is communicable with a communication terminal that displays usage states of a plurality of resources. The resource management apparatus includes circuitry configured to transmit a request for reservation information indicating reservation contents of the plurality of resources to a reservation management apparatus that manages reservations of the plurality of resources, receive the reservation information relating to the plurality of resources transmitted by the reservation management apparatus, and transmit, to the communication terminal, image information of the plurality of resources, location information indicating locations of the plurality of resources, and usage states of the plurality of resources, and the received reservation information relating to the plurality of resources, the image information, the location information, and the usage states being managed by the resource management apparatus.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A resource management apparatus communicable with a communication terminal that displays usage states of a plurality of resources, the resource management apparatus comprising circuitry configured to
transmit a request for reservation information indicating reservation contents of the plurality of resources to a reservation management apparatus that manages reservations of the plurality of resources,
receive the reservation information relating to the plurality of resources transmitted by the reservation management apparatus, the received reservation information including a reservation time and user information, and
transmit, for the communication terminal to display an image including areas respectively indicating a location of each resource among the plurality of resources, the image including (i) a mark indicating a usage state, (ii) a reservation time, and (iii) user information, in each of the areas, to the communication terminal, image information of the plurality of resources, location information indicating locations of the plurality of resources, usage states of the plurality of resources, and the received reservation information including the reservation time and the user information, the image information, the location information, and the usage states being managed by the resource management apparatus.

2. The resource management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the circuitry
receives an acquisition request for acquiring the location information, the usage states of the plurality of resources, and the reservation information relating to the plurality of resources, and
transmits, to the reservation management apparatus, resource identification information identifying the plurality of resources corresponding to the received acquisition request.

3. The resource management apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising a memory that stores a resource management table storing information items included in the acquisition request and the resource identification information in association with each other,
wherein the circuitry transmits, to the reservation management apparatus, one or more particular resource identification information that is associated with the acquisition request and is read from the resource management table.

4. The resource management apparatus of claim 3 , wherein
the memory further stores a resource state management table storing the resource identification information and the usage states of the plurality of resources in association with each other, and
the circuitry transmits, to the communication terminal, the usage states of one or more resources corresponding to the one or more particular resource identification information read from the resource state management table.

5. The resource management apparatus of claim 3 , wherein
the memory further stores a map information management table storing the resource identification information and the location information in association with each other, and
the circuitry
reads one or more location information associated with the one or more particular resource identification information in the map information management table, and
transmits the read one or more location information to the communication terminal.

6. The resource management apparatus of claim 5 , wherein
the circuitry
receives a map image registration request for registering the location information from an administrator terminal that receives an operation of registering the location information, and
registers images of the plurality of resources in the map information management table in response to the received map image registration request.

7. The resource management apparatus of claim 6 , wherein
the circuitry
receives a location registration request for registering locations of the plurality of resources from the administrator terminal, and
registers the locations of the plurality of resources in the map information management table in response to the received location registration request.

8. The resource management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to receive a location registration request for registering locations of the plurality of resources from an administrator terminal, the location registration request including a set of two coordinates for each resource among the plurality of resources; each set of two coordinates indicating a position of a respective resource on an image map; wherein each of the coordinates is expressed with a pixel value as a unit of distance.

9. A resource management system comprising:
a resource management apparatus including first circuitry;
a reservation management apparatus;
and a communication terminal including second circuitry, wherein
the first circuitry of the resource management apparatus is configured to
transmit a request for reservation information indicating reservation contents of the plurality of resources to the reservation management apparatus that manages reservations of the plurality of resources,
receive the reservation information relating to the plurality of resources transmitted by the reservation management apparatus, the received reservation information including a reservation time and user information, and
transmit, to the communication terminal, image information of the plurality of resources, location information indicating locations of the plurality of resources, usage states of the plurality of resources, and the received reservation information including the reservation time and the user information the image information, the location information, and the usage states being managed by the resource management apparatus; and

the second circuitry of the resource management apparatus is configured to display an image including areas respectively indicating a location of each resource among the plurality of resources, the displayed image including (i) a mark, indicating a usage state, (ii) a reservation time, and (iii) user information, in each of the areas.

10. The resource management system of claim 9 , wherein
the communication terminal comprises a memory to store a mark management table storing marks in association with the usage states of the plurality of resources transmitted by the resource management apparatus, and
the second circuitry of the communication terminal displays, on the communication terminal, the marks corresponding the usage states of the plurality of resources, the marks being combined with images represented by image information of the plurality of resources.

11. The resource management system of claim 10 , wherein the second circuitry of the communication terminal switches, at a predetermined time interval, between a screen displaying a floor map and a screen displaying a list of the reservation statuses of the resources.

12. A non-transitory computer-executable medium storing a program that causes a resource management apparatus communicable with a communication terminal that displays usage states of a plurality of resources to perform a method comprising:
transmitting a request for reservation information indicating reservation contents of the plurality of resources to a reservation management apparatus that manages reservations of the plurality of resources; and
receiving the reservation information relating to the plurality of resources transmitted by the reservation management apparatus, the received reservation information including a reservation time and user information,
transmitting, for the communication terminal to display an image including areas respectively indicating a location of each resource among the plurality of resources, the image including (i) a

Assignees

• Suzuki Ryo
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Suzuki Ryo

Classifications

• H04L63/08

  for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32) · CPC title

• H04L41/0896

  Bandwidth or capacity management, i.e. automatically increasing or decreasing capacities (flow or congestion control using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation, H04L47/76) · CPC title

• H04L67/52

  specially adapted for the location of the user terminal · CPC title

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• H04L63/02 Primary

  for separating internal from external traffic, e.g. firewalls · CPC title