Information processing apparatus and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9819772-B2
Application number	US-201615187240-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 20, 2016
Priority date	Jun 30, 2015
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

A disclosed information processing apparatus is provided with a camera function and has installed a general-purpose application and a special-purpose application. The information processing apparatus includes a reader configured to read a code structure imaged by the camera function to convert the code structure into a string having a first part and a second part, and a translator configured to translate the string. When the code structure is read by the general-purpose application, the first part of the string is translated as a URI via the general-purpose application to activate basic software function, and when the code structure is read by the special-purpose application, the second part of the string is translated via the special-purpose application to activate a function of the special-purpose application.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus provided with a camera function and having a general-purpose application and a special-purpose application installed therein, the information processing apparatus comprising:
a reader configured to read a code structure imaged by the camera function to convert the code structure into a string having a first part and a second part; and
a translator configured to translate the string,
wherein when the code structure is read by the general-purpose application, the first part of the string is translated as a URI via the general-purpose application to activate basic software function, and when the code structure is read by the special-purpose application, the second part of the string is translated via the special-purpose application to activate a function of the special-purpose application.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first part of the string is translated as a URL to activate Web access.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first part of the string is used as an identifier of the special-purpose application to activate the special-purpose application.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the special-purpose application is a remote conference application, and
wherein the remote conference application uses the second part of the string as a shared account address of a shared client terminal to transmit an outgoing call relay request accompanying destination information and individual account information to a transmission management system.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the special-purpose application is a remote conference application, and
wherein the second part of the string is used as a shared account address of a shared client terminal by the remote conference application to perform pairing in advance between the information processing apparatus and the shared client terminal such that the information processing apparatus receives an incoming call for attending a conference via the shared client terminal.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the special-purpose application is a remote conference application, and
wherein the remote conference application uses the second part of the string as a shared account address of a shared client terminal to transmit a conference attendance request accompanying information about a conference already started in the information processing apparatus.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program which when processed by processors, causes a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:
reading a code structure imaged by a camera function provided with an information processing apparatus to convert the read code structure into a string having a first part and a second part;
translating, when the code structure is read by a general-purpose application within the information processing apparatus, the first part of the string as a URI via the general-purpose application to activate basic software function; and
translating, when the code structure is read by a special-purpose application within the information processing apparatus, the second part of the string via the special-purpose application to activate a special-purpose application function.

Assignees

• Homma Takeshi
• Shiro Hideki
• Hasegawa Takashi
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Homma Takeshi
• Shiro Hideki
• Hasegawa Takashi

Classifications

• H04M1/2755 Primary

  by optical scanning · CPC title

• H04L67/04

  specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability · CPC title

• H04M2250/52

  including functional features of a camera · CPC title

• G06K19/06037

  multi-dimensional coding · 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