Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016165088-A1
Application number	US-201514958040-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 3, 2015
Priority date	Dec 9, 2014
Publication date	Jun 9, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An information processing apparatus connectable to a device includes: an acquiring unit to acquire, from the device, a display request including destination information indicating a country or an area where the device is used and indicating information for requesting an application list screen for providing an application; a specifying unit to specify, based on application compatibility information in which application identification information identifying an application available for the device is associated with the destination information, the application identification information associated with the destination information included in the display request; and a first transmitting unit to transmit, to the device, the application list screen for providing the application identified by the application identification information. The device includes: a second transmitting unit to transmit the display request to the apparatus; a receiving unit to receive the application list screen from the apparatus; and a display controller to display the application list screen.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An information processing system comprising:
one or more devices; and an information processing apparatus connectable to the device through a network, the information processing apparatus comprising:
an acquiring unit configured to acquire, from the device, a display request that includes destination information indicating a country or an area where the device is used, and indicates information for requesting an application list screen for providing an application;
a specifying unit configured to specify, based on application compatibility information in which application identification information for identifying an application available for the device is associated with each piece of the destination information, the application identification information that is associated with the destination information included in the display request acquired by the acquiring unit; and
a first transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the device, the application list screen for providing the application that is identified by the application identification information specified by the specifying unit as a response to the display request acquired by the acquiring unit,
the device comprising:
a second transmitting unit configured to transmit the display request to the information processing apparatus;
a receiving unit configured to receive the application list screen from the information processing apparatus as a response to the display request; and
a display controller configured to perform control of displaying the application list screen received by the receiving unit.

2 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the display request further includes device specifying information for uniquely specifying the device, and the application compatibility information is information in which each combination of the device specifying information and the destination information is associated with the application identification information for identifying an application available for the combination.

3 . The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein
the specifying unit specifies, based on the application compatibility information, the application identification information that is associated with the combination of the destination information and the device specifying information included in the display request acquired by the acquiring unit, and the first transmitting unit transmits the application list screen for providing the application that is identified by the application identification information specified by the specifying unit to the device that is specified by the device specifying information included in the display request acquired by the acquiring unit.

4 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the display request further includes device specifying information for uniquely specifying the device, and the application compatibility information includes:
first compatibility information in which each piece of group identification information for identifying a group to which the one or more devices belongs is associated with the device specifying information for specifying the device belonging to the group identified by the group identification information; and
second compatibility information in which each combination of the group identification information and the destination information is associated with the application identification information for identifying the application available for the combination.

5 . The information processing system according to claim 4 , wherein
the specifying unit specifies, based on the first compatibility information, the group identification information that is associated with the device specifying information included in the display request acquired by the acquiring unit, and specifies, based on the second compatibility information, the application identification information that is associated with the combination of the specified group identification information and the destination information included in the display request acquired by the acquiring unit, and the first transmitting unit transmits the application list screen for providing the application that is identified by the application identification information specified by the specifying unit to the device that is specified by the device specifying information included in the display request acquired by the acquiring unit.

6 . An information processing apparatus connectable to one or more devices through a network, the information processing apparatus comprising:
an acquiring unit configured to acquire, from the device, a display request that includes destination information indicating a country or an area where the device is used, and indicates information for requesting an application list screen for providing an application; a specifying unit configured to specify, based on application compatibility information in which application identification information for identifying an application available for the device is associated with each piece of the destination information, the application identification information that is associated with the destination information included in the display request acquired by the acquiring unit; and a first transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the device, the application list screen for providing the application that is identified by the application identification information specified by the specifying unit as a response to the display request acquired by the acquiring unit.

7 . An information processing method performed by an information processing system that comprises one or more devices and an information processing apparatus connectable to the device through a network, the information processing method comprising:
by the information processing apparatus:
acquiring, from the device, a display request that includes destination information indicating a country or an area where the device is used, and that indicates information for requesting an application list screen for providing an application;
specifying, based on application compatibility information in which application identification information for identifying an application available for the device is associated with each piece of the destination information, the application identification information that is associated with the destination information included in the display request acquired at the acquiring; and
transmitting, to the device, the application list screen for providing the application that is identified by the application identification information specified at the specifying as a response to the display request acquired at the acquiring, and
by the device:
transmitting the display request to the information processing apparatus;
receiving the application list screen as a response to the display request from the information processing apparatus; and
performing control of displaying the application list screen received at the receiving.

Assignees

• Saitoh Atsuhisa
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Saitoh Atsuhisa

Classifications

• H04N1/00938 Primary

  Software related arrangements, e.g. loading applications (program loading in general G06F9/445) · CPC title

• H04N1/0097

  Storage of instructions or parameters, e.g. customised instructions or different parameters for different user IDs · CPC title

• H04W4/025

  using location based information parameters · CPC title

• G06F21/123

  by using dedicated hardware, e.g. dongles, smart cards, cryptographic processors, global positioning systems [GPS] devices · CPC title

• H04N1/00498

  Multi-lingual facilities · CPC title