Information processing apparatus and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8931066-B2
Application number	US-201313952988-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2013
Priority date	Sep 26, 2012
Publication date	Jan 6, 2015
Grant date	Jan 6, 2015

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to determine a location in which a terminal is located, and create a folder to which access authority is given to the terminal, the folder being associated with the location. A control method of an information processing apparatus includes determining a location in which a terminal is located, and creating, using a processor, a folder to which access authority is given to the terminal, the folder being associated with the location.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a memory; and
a processor, configured to execute a program stored in the memory to cause the processor to:
determine a location in which a terminal is located, and
create a folder to which access authority is given to the terminal, the folder being associated with the location.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine whether a folder is associated with a location to which the terminal has moved based on a correspondence relation between a location and a folder, and
create a folder associated with the location to which the terminal has moved when the folder is not associated with the location to which the terminal has moved.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine whether another terminal is associated with a location from which the terminal has moved based on a correspondence relation between a location and a terminal, and
delete a folder associated with the location from which the terminal has moved when the other terminal is not associated with the location from which the terminal has moved.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine whether to create the folder based on a type of a location to which the terminal has moved.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine a combined location including a plurality of locations in which a plurality of terminals are located, and
create a folder to which access authority is given to the terminals in the combined location.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
calculate a coordinate of the terminal when the terminal has transmitted distance information, and
create a folder to which access authority is given to the terminal and another terminal in a given distance range around the coordinate of the terminal, the given distance range being corresponding to the distance information.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
calculate a distance between a terminal and another terminal based on a location of the terminal and another location of the other terminal, and
create a folder to which access authority is given to the terminal and the other terminal when the distance is within a given distance.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine a logical location specified by a terminal, and
create a folder to which access authority is given to the terminal in the logical location.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:
create a list of a terminal checking in the logical location, and
transmit the list to the terminal.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
request a terminal in a first location to lend access authority associated with the first location, and
give the access authority to another terminal in a second location when the terminal accepts to lend the access authority.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine a folder associated with a first location upon receiving a move request transmitted from the terminal in the first location, and
change a location to be associated with the folder from the first location to a second location upon receiving a move cancel request transmitted from the terminal after the terminal has moved to the second location.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine a folder associated a first location upon receiving a copy request transmitted from the terminal in the first location, and
associate a second location with the folder upon receiving a copy cancel request transmitted from the terminal after the terminal has moved to the second location.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
reserve creation of a folder associated with a location when the location is specified by the terminal, and
copy a file stored in a local folder of the terminal into the folder associated with the location upon recognizing that the terminal has entered the location.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
set identifiers different from each other to folders which are associated with the location.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the processor is configured to:
set identifiers different for each meeting held in the location to the folders which are associated with the location.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to:
record, in a list, a location in which a first meeting has ended and a second meeting subsequent to the first meeting is not started, and
create a folder associated with the location to which the terminal has moved and delete, from the list, the location to which the terminal has moved when the location to which the terminal has moved is recorded in the list and a folder is not associated with the location to which the terminal has moved.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine whether another terminal is associated with a location from which the terminal has moved based on a correspondence relation between a location and a terminal, and
record, in the list, the location from which the terminal has moved when the other terminal is not associated with the location from which the terminal has moved and the location from which the terminal has moved is not recorded in the list.

18. A control method of an information processing apparatus, the control method comprising:
determining a location in which a terminal is located; and
creating, using a processor, a folder to which access authority is given to the terminal, the folder being associated with the location.

19. A non-transitory medium that stores a control program of an information processing apparatus, the control program causing the information processing apparatus to execute a procedure, the procedure comprising:
determining a location in which a terminal is located, and
creating a folder to which access authority is given to the terminal, the folder being associated with the location.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Sakamoto Takuya

Classifications

• G06F2221/2111

  Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS · CPC title

• G06F21/45 Primary

  Structures or tools for the administration of authentication · CPC title

• G06F2221/2137

  Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data · CPC title

• G06F21/604 Primary

  Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems · CPC title