Communication system and information processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9723140-B2
Application number	US-201314021167-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2013
Priority date	Sep 14, 2012
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

A communication system with a plurality of information processing terminals and an information processing device communicating with the information processing terminals includes a positional information obtaining unit configured to obtain positional information about the information processing terminals; a converting unit configured to convert the positional information obtained by the positional information obtaining unit into alphanumeric information representing a name of a location which corresponds to the positional information; a transmitting unit configured to, when responding to a request from a first information processing terminal of the information processing terminals, transmit to the first information processing terminal the alphanumeric information obtained in conversion by the converting unit from a second information processing terminal of the information processing terminals; and the location with the alphanumeric information transmitted by the transmitting unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communication system comprising:
a plurality of information processing terminals; and
an information processing device communicating with the information processing terminals, the information processing device including circuitry configured to
obtain positional information about a potential information processing terminal to be connected, included in the information processing terminals,
convert the positional information of the potential information processing terminal to be connected that is obtained into a name of a location which corresponds to the positional information of the potential information processing terminal to be connected, and
transmit the name of the location to an information processing terminal which is different from the information processing device and the potential information processing terminal to be connected and which transmits a connection request to the potential information processing terminal after the name of the location is transmitted, wherein

the information processing terminal which transmits the connection request includes a display configured to display, before the connection request is transmitted to the potential information processing terminal, the name of the location that is transmitted.

2. The communication system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to
obtain connection information about the information processing terminals, and
transmit the connection information that is obtained as well as the name of the location to the information processing terminal which transmits the connection request.

3. The communication system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the information processing terminal which transmits the connection request includes terminal circuitry configured to
accept an input to select the name of the location displayed by the display, and
transmit the connection request to the potential information processing terminal located in the selected location using the connection information that is transmitted.

4. The communication system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the circuitry transmits the detailed information including a product name of the potential information processing terminal as well as the name of the location and the connection information.

5. The communication system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the display displays the product name as well as the name of the location.

6. The communication system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the circuitry obtains the positional information by receiving the positional information from the potential information processing terminal which obtains the positional information from a positioning signal received from a broadcasting device.

7. The communication system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the circuitry obtains the positional information by receiving the positional information from a wireless terminal attached to the potential information processing terminal which obtains the positional information from a positioning signal received from a broadcasting device.

8. The communication system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the positioning signal is constructed according to an indoor positioning process.

9. An information processing device communicating with a plurality of information processing terminals, the information processing device comprising:
circuitry configured to
obtain positional information about a potential information processing terminal to be connected, included in the information processing terminals,
convert the positional information of the potential information processing terminal to be connected that is obtained into a name of a location which corresponds to the positional information of the potential information processing terminal to be connected, and
transmit the name of the location to an information processing terminal which is different from the information processing device and the potential information processing terminal to be connected and which transmits a connection request to the potential information processing terminal after the name of the location is transmitted.

10. The information processing device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to
obtain connection information about the information processing terminals, and
transmit the connection information that is obtained as well as the name of the location to the information processing terminal which transmits the connection request.

11. The information processing device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the circuitry transmits the detailed information including a product name of the potential information processing terminal as well as the name of the location and the connection information.

12. The information processing device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the circuitry obtains the positional information by receiving the positional information from the potential information processing terminal which obtains the positional information from a positioning signal received from a broadcasting device.

13. The information processing device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the circuitry obtains the positional information by receiving the positional information from a wireless terminal attached to the potential information processing terminal which obtains the positional information from a positioning signal received from a broadcasting device.

14. The information processing device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the positioning signal is constructed according to an indoor positioning process.

15. A method for an information processing device, the method comprising:
obtaining positional information about a potential information processing terminal to be connected;
converting the positional information of the potential information processing terminal to be connected obtained by the obtaining into a name of a location which corresponds to the positional information of the potential information processing terminal to be connected; and
transmitting the name of the location to an information processing terminal which is different from the information processing device and the potential information processing terminal to be connected and which transmits a connection request to the potential information processing terminal after the name of the location is transmitted.

16. The communication system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display of the information processing terminal which transmits the connection request is further configured to display the name of the location that is transmitted along with a product name identifying a type of the potential information processing terminal.

Assignees

• Kusakari Shin
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kusakari Shin

Classifications

• H04M3/563 Primary

  User guidance or feature selection · CPC title

• H04M2242/30

  Determination of the location of a subscriber · CPC title

• H04W4/06

  Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services · CPC title

• H04W4/043

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M3/42357 Primary

  where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server · CPC title