Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Kenji Niimura

Jiang Hong

Senthil K Selvaraj

Tsutomu Ohishi

Taku Ikawa

Approaches are provided for processing scan data based on a scan process definition (SPD) that defines a set of instructions for acquiring image data based on one or more printed documents. An SPD may include extension data that is used to store additional data in association with the scan data. An SPD may include rights management data that is used to provide security to the scan data that is generated based on the SPD. An SPD may be used as a print process definition for dictating how print operations are to be performed. An SPD may be associated with data that identifies one or more scan devices that are prohibited from using the SPD. An SPD may be associated with access delegation data that indicates one or more users who have been delegated access to the SPD.

Rights management in a distributed image capture system

Approaches are provided for identifying, in a particular scan process definition that corresponds to the particular user interface object: scan settings data, processing settings data, and service tracking information; generating metadata that includes at least a portion of the scan settings data; and transmitting the scan data, the metadata, the processing settings data and the service tracking information to the scan server for processing, wherein processing of the tracking information by the scan server causes the scan server to generate service tracking data that includes at least a portion of the metadata and specifies processing of the scan data by a plurality of network services that are separate from both the scan device and the scan server.

Usage tracking in a distributed scan system

A MFP includes a Web application and an encoded data generator that is configured to generate encoded access data for the Web application. The encoded access data is generated based upon access data that specifies data for accessing the Web application over a network. The generation of the encoded access data may be initiated in response to installation of the Web application on the MFP, in response to a change in configuration of the MFP or the Web application, or in response to the satisfaction of other criteria. Encoded access data may also be re-generated in response to a change to the access data for a Web application, a change to the configuration of an MFP, or in response to satisfaction of other criteria. The encoded access data for the Web application may be made available to users via a user interface of the MFP, printed by the MFP on a printed medium or transmitted to a client device of a user.

Managing web applications on multi-function peripherals

An apparatus includes a monitoring unit configured to monitor memory usage of a process in which multiple application programs are running, and a control unit configured to terminate one or more of the application programs when the memory usage of the process exceeds a first threshold.

Controlling application programs based on memory usage of a process and right of application programs to use display unit

Approaches are provided for managing scope of and access to network services. In one approach, a source device and a target device are each provisioned with a service connector that is configured to communicate with a service manager that executes on a device that is different than the source and target devices. Using its service connector, the source device is able to discover a network service hosted by the target device even though the source device and target device are in different subnets or networks. In another approach, a service manager limits which network services are visible to a source device even though the network services are hosted on target devices that are on the same subnet as the source device. In this approach, the source device uses a service connector to discover the service manager and receive a list of registered services hosted on one or more target devices.

Managing access of network services

Metadata support in a distributed scan system

Managing scope of network services

Distributed print management

Rights management in a distributed scan system

A technique involves receiving a request for certain data to be processed by a device and determining, based on an attribute of the device, whether to allow an operation to be performed on the data; after allowing the operation to be performed on the data: sending, to the device, a request for one or more characteristics of the device; in response to the request, receiving the one or more characteristics from the device; storing, based on the one or more characteristics, a second attribute that is associated with the device; after storing the second attribute: receiving a second request for second data to be processed by the device; determining, based on the second attribute of the device, whether to allow an operation to be performed on the second data; determining to not allow the second operation to be performed, wherein the device is capable of processing the second data.

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Santa Clara, CA, United States of America

Kenji Niimura