Communication terminal, communication system, communication method, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9807812-B2
Application number	US-201615086792-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2016
Priority date	Mar 31, 2015
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

A communication terminal, installed with a plurality of types of communication application, receives first terminal identification information for identifying the first communication terminal from a second mobile terminal, after the second mobile terminal has received the first terminal identification information from a first mobile terminal, the first mobile terminal being a mobile terminal that has obtained the first terminal identification information from the first communication terminal through a first communication session. The communication terminal activates one of the plurality of types of communication application based on the first terminal identification information, and starts communicating with the first communication terminal through a second communication session using the activated communication application.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A communication terminal, comprising:
a memory to store a plurality of types of communication application;
a receiver to receive first terminal identification information for identifying a first communication terminal from a second mobile terminal, after the second mobile terminal has received the first terminal identification information from a first mobile terminal, the first mobile terminal being a mobile terminal that has obtained the first terminal identification information from the first communication terminal through a first communication session; and
circuitry to activate one of the plurality of types of communication application based on the first terminal identification information, and start communicating with the first communication terminal through a second communication session using the activated communication application, wherein the first terminal identification information is relayed from the first communication terminal to the communication terminal at least via the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal not involved in the second communication session.

2. The communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry selects the communication application to be used for communicating with the first communication terminal, based on a description format of the first terminal identification information.

3. The communication terminal of claim 2 , wherein the description format of the first terminal identification information indicates whether the first terminal identification information is one of a terminal identifier identifying the first communication terminal, an IP address to be used for accessing the first communication terminal, and an email address assigned to the first communication terminal.

4. The communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of types of communication application use different communication protocols in communicating with a counterpart communication terminal.

5. The communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first communication session is established through a first communication network, and the second communication session is established through a second communication network.

6. The communication terminal of claim 5 , wherein the first communication network is a mobile communication network, and the second communication network is the Internet.

7. A communication system, comprising:
a. first communication terminal including:
a memory to store first terminal identification information identifying the first communication terminal; and
circuitry to provide the first terminal identification information read out from the memory to a first mobile terminal; and
a second communication terminal installed with a plurality of types of communication application, the second communication terminal including:
a receiver to receive the first terminal identification information from a second mobile terminal, after the second mobile terminal has received the first terminal identification information from the first mobile terminal through a first communication session; and
circuitry to activate one of the plurality of types of communication application based on the first terminal identification information, and start communicating with the first communication terminal through a second communication session using the activated communication application, wherein the first terminal identification information is relayed from the first communication terminal to the second communication terminal at least via the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal not involved in the second communication session.

8. The communication system of claim 7 , wherein
the first communication terminal provides the first terminal identification information to the first mobile terminal by near-distance wireless communication, and
the second communication terminal obtains the first terminal identification information from the second mobile terminal by near-distance wireless communication.

9. The communication system of claim 8 , wherein the near-distance wireless communication includes one of near-field communication (NFC) and Bluetooth.

10. The communication system of claim 7 , wherein
the first communication terminal provides the first terminal identification information to the first mobile terminal by wired network, and
the second communication terminal obtains the first terminal identification information from the second mobile terminal by wired network.

11. The communication system of claim 10 , wherein the wired network includes a USB cable.

12. The communication system of claim 7 , wherein the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal is one of a videoconference terminal and an electronic whiteboard.

13. The communication system of claim 7 , wherein the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal includes at least one of a smart phone, a smart watch, a mobile phone, and a portable game machine.

14. A method of communicating with a counterpart communication terminal, the method comprising:
storing in a memory a plurality of types of communication application;
receiving first terminal identification information for identifying a first communication terminal from a second mobile terminal, after the second mobile terminal has received the first terminal identification information from a first mobile terminal, the first mobile terminal being a mobile terminal that has obtained the first terminal identification information from the first communication terminal through a first communication session;
activating one of the plurality of types of communication application based on the first terminal identification information; and
starting communicating with the first communication terminal through a second communication session using the activated communication application, wherein the first terminal identification information is relayed from the first communication terminal to the counterpart communication terminal at least via the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal not involved in the second communication session.

Assignees

• Kato Yoshinaga
• Higashi Haruomi
• Itoh Atsushi
• Ide Kazunori
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kato Yoshinaga
• Higashi Haruomi
• Itoh Atsushi
• Ide Kazunori

Classifications

• H04L67/125

  involving control of end-device applications over a network · CPC title

• H04W4/025

  using location based information parameters · CPC title

• H04W4/008

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L65/1069

  Session establishment or de-establishment · CPC title

• H04L65/403

  Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15) · CPC title