Terminal apparatus, information processing system, and output method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9612788-B2
Application number	US-201514983964-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2015
Priority date	Jan 6, 2015
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

A terminal apparatus connected to another terminal apparatus and an output apparatus via a network includes a proxy output request receiver unit receiving a proxy output request for data specifying a proxy user, a connecting information acquisition unit acquiring information for connecting to the other terminal apparatus in association with the proxy user from a management apparatus managing the information for connecting to the other terminal apparatus in association with the proxy user, a storing unit storing the data for which the proxy output request is received, a document information registration request unit transmitting a registering request to register document information relating to the proxy output request for the data using the information, and a data provider unit receiving an acquisition request for the data for which the proxy output request is received, and provide the output apparatus with the data for which the proxy output request is received.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A terminal apparatus connected to another terminal apparatus and an output apparatus via a network, the terminal apparatus comprising a processor and being configured by software execution by the processor to perform a method comprising:
receiving a proxy output request delegating output of data at the output apparatus to a proxy user, the proxy user being designated by a requesting user sending the proxy output request;
acquiring information for connecting to the other terminal apparatus in association with the proxy user designated by the requesting user, from a management apparatus configured to manage the information for connecting to the other terminal apparatus in association with the proxy user;
storing the data to be output at the output apparatus in response to receiving the proxy output request;
transmitting, based on the acquired information, to the other terminal apparatus document metadata relating to the proxy output request; and
receiving, from the proxy user that operates the output apparatus, an acquisition request, based on the document metadata in the other terminal apparatus, for outputting the stored data at the output apparatus, and providing the stored data in response to receiving the acquisition request.

2. The terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method performed by the terminal apparatus further comprises:
receiving a deleting request from the output apparatus that has finished outputting of the stored data; and
deleting the stored data.

3. The terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method performed by the terminal apparatus further comprises:
storing the document metadata relating to the proxy output request; and
determining, when receiving an acquisition request from the output apparatus, whether information for connecting to a storing apparatus is set, the storing apparatus being configured to provide the output apparatus with the stored data and the document metadata relating to the proxy output request,
wherein when the information for connecting to the storing apparatus is set, (i) the data for which the proxy output request is received and (ii) the document metadata relating to the proxy output request are stored in the storing apparatus.

4. An information processing system comprising:
a first terminal apparatus of a request user configured to transmit a proxy output request;
a second terminal apparatus of a proxy user configured to receive the proxy output request from the request user, the proxy user being designated by a requesting user that requests the proxy output request; and
an output apparatus configured to output data, the first terminal apparatus, the second terminal apparatus, and the output apparatus being connected via a network,
wherein the first terminal apparatus comprises a processor and is configured by software execution by the processor to perform a method comprising:
receiving the proxy output request delegating output of data at the output apparatus to the proxy user;
acquiring information for connecting to the second terminal apparatus in association with the proxy user designated by the requesting user, from a management apparatus configured to manage the information for connecting to the second terminal apparatus in association with the proxy user;
storing the data to be output at the output apparatus in response to receiving the proxy output request;
transmitting, based on the acquired information, to the second terminal apparatus document metadata relating to the proxy output request; and
receiving, from the proxy user that operates the output apparatus, an acquisition request, based on the document metadata in the other terminal apparatus, for outputting the stored data at the output apparatus, and provide the stored data in response to receiving the acquisition request,
wherein the second terminal apparatus is configured by software execution to perform a method comprising:
storing document metadata relating to the proxy output request transmitted from the first terminal, based on the acquired information; and
providing the document metadata relating to the proxy output request to the output apparatus upon receiving a request from the output apparatus, and wherein
the output apparatus is configured by software execution to perform a method comprising:
acquiring document metadata relating to the proxy output request from the second terminal apparatus by using information for connecting to the second terminal apparatus in association with the proxy user acquired from the management apparatus;
acquiring the data for which the proxy output request is received, from the first terminal apparatus by using the acquired document metadata; and
outputting the data based on the acquired document metadata.

5. The information processing system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the method performed by the first terminal apparatus further includes
receiving a deleting request from the output apparatus that has finished outputting of the data for which the proxy output request is received, and
deleting the data for which the proxy output request is received.

6. The information processing system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the method performed by the first terminal apparatus further includes
storing the document metadata relating to the proxy output request, and
determining, when receiving an acquisition request from the output apparatus, whether information for connecting to a storing apparatus is set, the storing apparatus being configured to provide the output apparatus with the stored data and the document metadata relating to the proxy output request,
wherein when the information for connecting to the storing apparatus is set, (i) the data for which the proxy output request is received and (ii) the document metadata relating to the proxy output request are stored in the storing apparatus.

7. An output method executed in an information processing system, the information processing system having a first terminal apparatus configured to transmit a proxy output request, a second terminal apparatus of a proxy user configured to receive the proxy output request from the request user, the proxy user being designated by a requesting user that requests the proxy output request, and an output apparatus configured to output data, the first terminal apparatus, the second terminal apparatus, and the output apparatus being connected via a network, the output method comprising:
causing the first terminal apparatus to receive the proxy output request delegating output of data at the output apparatus to the proxy user;
causing the first terminal apparatus to acquire information for connecting to the second terminal apparatus in association with the proxy user designated by the requesting user, from a management apparatus configured to manage the information for connecting to the second terminal apparatus in association with the proxy user;
causing the first terminal apparatus to store the data to be output at the output apparatus in response to receiving the proxy output request;
causing the first terminal apparatus to transmit, based on the acquired information, to the second terminal apparatus document metadata relating to the proxy output request; and
causing the second terminal apparatus to store the document metadata relating to the proxy output request transmitted from the first terminal;
causing the output apparatus to acquire document metadata relating to the proxy output request from the second terminal apparatus by using the information for connecting to the second terminal apparatus in association with the proxy user acquired from the management apparatus;
causing the output apparatus to acquire the stored data from the first termi

Assignees

• Nishida Takayori
• Moroyama Munetake
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nishida Takayori
• Moroyama Munetake

Classifications

• G06F3/1288 Primary

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