Peripheral device, information processing system, and display control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021406211-A1
Application number	US-202117326875-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 21, 2021
Priority date	Jun 24, 2020
Publication date	Dec 30, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A display control method for a peripheral device shared by a plurality of user terminals includes: storing a connection history of a user terminal for connecting the peripheral device; storing settings information specifying an operation of the peripheral device, the settings information being associated with identification information of the user terminal; selecting settings information stored in the storing settings information or identification information of a user terminal on the basis of the connection history stored in the storing a connection history; and displaying settings information or identification information selected in the selecting.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A peripheral device shared by a plurality of user terminals, comprising:
a memory; a non-volatile memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the non-volatile memory, the processor configured to: store a connection history of a user terminal to the peripheral device, into the non-volatile memory; store settings information specifying an operation of the peripheral device, in association with identification information of the user terminal, into the non-volatile memory; and select the settings information or the identification information of the user terminal stored in the non-volatile memory, based on the connection history stored in the non-volatile memory.

2 . The peripheral device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a display device; and the processor is further configured to: display the selected settings information or the identification information of the user terminal, on the display device, and not display information relating to another user terminal.

3 . The peripheral device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:
when the peripheral device is activated, select settings information or identification information of a user terminal that connected last to the peripheral device, based on the connection history stored in the non-volatile memory; and when the peripheral device is activated, display the settings information or the identification information of the user terminal that connected last on the display device.

4 . The peripheral device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine whether or not to connect to a user terminal; and select the settings information or the identification information of a user terminal, based on the connection history stored in the non-volatile memory and a result of the determination.

5 . The peripheral device according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
detect a switch operation of a user terminal using the peripheral device; and in a case where a switch operation is detected, display identification information of the plurality of user terminals as selections on the display device and display the settings information of a selected user terminal on the display device.

6 . The peripheral device according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to:
in a case where a switch operation is detected, display the identification information of a user terminal stored in the non-volatile memory as a switch selection.

7 . The peripheral device according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to:
display a switch selection arranged in order of the connection history.

8 . A peripheral device shared by a plurality of user terminals, comprising:
a volatile memory; a non-volatile memory; and a processor coupled to the volatile memory and the non-volatile memory, the processor configured to: set an exclusivity state in which a user exclusively uses the peripheral device; acquire settings information relating to the peripheral device for the user; and display the settings information acquired.

9 . The peripheral device according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
in a case where an exclusivity state of the peripheral device is cancelled, delete the settings information acquired.

10 . The peripheral device according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to:
acquire settings information of a new user when an exclusivity state is switched to another user; and delete settings information of a previous user when an exclusivity state is switched to another user.

11 . The peripheral device according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
switch between a first operation mode in which settings information of a user is recorded only in the volatile memory and a second operation mode in which settings information of a user is recorded in the non-volatile memory; and display the acquired settings information, in a case where the first operation mode is set.

12 . The peripheral device according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to:
in a case where the first operation mode is set, each time the peripheral device is connected to user terminals, acquires settings information and records the settings information into the volatile memory, and displays the settings information recorded in the volatile memory; and in a case where the second operation mode is set, displays settings information recorded in the non-volatile memory.

13 . A display control method for a peripheral device shared by a plurality of user terminals, comprising the steps of:
storing a connection history of a user terminal for connecting the peripheral device; storing settings information specifying an operation of the peripheral device, the settings information being associated with identification information of the user terminal; selecting settings information stored in the non-volatile memory or identification information of the user terminal, based on the connection history stored in the non-volatile memory; and displaying settings information or identification information selected.

Assignees

• Pfu Ltd

Inventors

• Maeda Yasutaka
• Miyakawa Osamu
• Matsuo Hitoshi
• Shichino Nobuyuki

Classifications

• H04N1/00509 Primary

  Personalising for a particular user or group of users, e.g. a workgroup or company · CPC title

• G06F11/3051

  Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the configuration of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring the presence of processing resources, peripherals, I/O links, software programs (verification or detection of system hardware configuration G06F11/2247) · CPC title

• G06F2213/0052

  Assignment of addresses or identifiers to the modules of a bus system · CPC title

• G06F13/385 Primary

  for adaptation of a particular data processing system to different peripheral devices · CPC title

• G06F13/4022

  using switching circuits, e.g. switching matrix, connection or expansion network (G06F13/4009 takes precedence) · CPC title