Konica Minolta, Inc.

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Minolta Company, Ltd.

Masato Fujii

Kei Nakahara

Kouichi Tomita

Shinya Satomi

Hideki Nagata

Kazuhiko Ishimaru

Yasumasa Sawai

Yoshiyuki Tamai

Takehisa Yamaguchi

Hiroshi Hatano

Yasuaki Serita

Toshiki Honma

Akira Kawabata

Mitsunori Nakatsuka

Kiyoshi Miyake

An intermediate server acting as a relay between an information processing apparatus and an external server includes a first registration control unit that transmits registration information regarding an application software service of the external server to the information processing apparatus, and causes the information processing apparatus to execute a registration operation of pre-registering information for receiving the application software service; a storage unit that stores a template for re-registration information for re-registering the application software service; a detection unit that detects a change in network identification information regarding the intermediate server; and a second registration control unit that, when the change is detected, generates re-registration information that includes changed new network identification information regarding the intermediate server on the basis of the template, transmits the re-registration information to the information processing apparatus, and causes the information processing apparatus to execute a re-registration operation of re-registering the application software service.

Information communication system, intermediate server, and recording medium

An information processing system comprises an information processing device and a portable information terminal that allow communication therebetween. The portable information terminal includes: an application detection part for detecting a running application; a management part for detecting a cloud service to which the application connects and managing the application and the cloud service; a destination information generation part for generating destination information required for the information processing device to use the cloud service; and a transmission part for sending the destination information to the information processing device. The information processing device includes: a destination setting part for automatically configuring the destination to connect to the cloud service the same as that used by the running application on the portable information terminal in accordance with the destination information; and a data processing part for connecting to the cloud service to send and receive data.

Information processing system, portable information terminal, information processing device, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium

A communication relay device that relays communication performed between an image processing device and an application server via a network includes: an exchange key generating unit that generates an exchange key, and transmits the exchange key to the image processing device and a license server; a relay information generating unit that generates relay information used for relaying the communication; a storage unit that stores the relay information; a communication relay unit that relays the communication; a backup unit that transmits the relay information to a backup server connected to the network; an exchange key authenticating unit that determines whether or not an exchange sequence start condition is satisfied, and, when satisfied, acquires the exchange key and transmits the exchange key to the license server; and a setting reflecting unit that acquires the relay information from the backup server, and stores the relay information in the storage unit.

Information processing system, communication relay device, license server, program, and data recovery method

An image processing system includes: a cloud server that provides a service after identifying a user from first user information; an image processing device that executes a job after identifying the user from second user information, and execute the job; and a user terminal storing the second user information beforehand, wherein the cloud server includes: an access sensing processor that senses access from the user terminal; a user information validating processor that validates the first user information; and a job execution instructing processor that causes the user terminal to transmit a job containing the first and second user information to the image processing device, and the image processing device includes: a job receiving processor that receives the job transmitted; and a user information extracting processor that extracts the first and second user information from the job, and generate user reference information.

User terminal, image processing device and cloud server to identify plural user information to execute an image processing job upon validating an user information

A printing system includes a distribution apparatus, print servers, and an image forming apparatus. Upon each reception of print data, the distribution apparatus distributes the print data to one print server, the print server creates a print job from the print data and transmits the print job to the image forming apparatus, and the image forming apparatus executes the print job. Each print server includes an identifier addition unit adding identifier of the print server to a created print job, the image forming apparatus includes an exception event determination unit, upon reception of a print job from one print server, determining whether exception event has occurred in the print server based on identifier added to the print job, and the distribution apparatus includes an exclusion unit, when exception event has occurred in one print server, excluding the print server from candidates for distribution destination of a subsequent print job.

Printing system and image forming apparatus

A network system includes a first device for performing specific processing; a second device for causing the first device to perform the specific processing; and a server for supporting the second device in having access to the first device. The first device includes a first session establishing portion which has access to the server and to establish a first session between the first device and the server. The second device includes an address information transmission portion which sends address information indicating an address of the second device to the server, and a transfer portion which transfers the address information through the first session to the first device. The first device further includes a second session establishing portion which has access to the second device based on the address information and to establish a second session between the first device and the second device.

Network system, access-support server, processing device, and communication agent device

A mobile information terminal includes a normal setting data storage portion configured to store temporary setting data in advance as normal setting data that is related to settings; a separate setting data storage portion configured to store, for each user, separate setting data that is related to individual settings in association with an identifier of each user; a control portion configured to perform specific processing based on the normal setting data stored in the normal setting data storage portion; a receiving portion configured to receive the identifier; and a replacement portion configured to perform replacement processing for moving the temporary setting data to a save storage portion and storing into the normal setting data storage portion, as the normal setting data, the separate setting data stored in association with the identifier received by the receiving portion.

Mobile information terminal has replacement portion performing replacement processing for moving temporary setting data to storage device

An intermediate server used outside a network having one or more printing devices and a distributing server for distributing data to each of said one or more printing devices is provided. The intermediate server includes a receiving portion for receiving job data for execution of a print job and designation data indicating an identifier of each executing printing device that is to execute the print job among the printing devices; a first transmission portion for sending, to the distributing server, the job data and the designation data received; a saving portion for saving the job data when the job data cannot be transferred to the distributing server; and a second transmission portion for sending, in response to a request from any one of the printing devices, the job data saved in the saving portion to the printing device as a request source.

Printing system, intermediate server, printing device, job system, method for executing print job, and computer-readable storage medium for computer program

An address book central administration apparatus connected to a plurality of image processing apparatuses via a network includes: a data collector under control of a CPU of the address book central administration apparatus that collects, from the plurality of image processing apparatuses administered by the address book central administration apparatus, at least transmission histories of a plurality of transmission users including a particular user and other users, the transmission histories including records proving that the transmission users have conducted data transmission from the image processing apparatuses, a destination data extractor that extracts destination data from the transmission histories collected by the data collector, and an importance level calculator that performs a calculation to calculate levels of importance of the destination data extracted by the destination data extractor.

Address book central administration apparatus, address book creation method thereof and recording medium

An image search apparatus capable of communicating with an image scanning apparatus includes: a common area extraction portion to compare a plurality of registration images stored in the storage portion and to extract a common area including an identical or similar image among a plurality of registration images; a search area determination portion to determine a non-common area excluding the common area, as a search area; a transmission request portion to request transmission of a document image if, as a result of comparison by the comparison portion, a registration image in which the reference image is identical or similar to the partial image does not exist in the plurality of registration images; and a registration portion to, in response to a request by the transmission request portion, store a document image received from the image scanning apparatus as a registration image into the storage portion.

Image search apparatus, image scanning apparatus, image search system, database creation method, and database creation program

A job including image data to be subjected to printing is transmitted from a user PC to an image forming apparatus. Upon execution of printing in the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus notifies the user PC of completion of printing. The image forming apparatus also saves the job subjected to printing after assigning an ID for saving to the job. A screen appears on the user PC to give notification of completion, with a button for giving an instruction for re-outputting. The user PC gives an instruction to re-output the job by pressing the button, so that the image forming apparatus does reprinting.

Image forming apparatus with high operability

Print time management program product capable of calculating and indicating to the user the printing completion time with accuracy by causing a computer to execute processing including a step of transmitting to an external apparatus a request for transmission for print processing time information for jobs in a print queue, a step of receiving the print processing time information transmitted from the external apparatus in response to the request for transmission of the print processing time information and a step of displaying printing completion time for print data to be processed based on the received print processing time information.

Print time management, program, print management apparatus, print time management apparatus and print time management method

When an error occurs in an image processor, error information including a performer of the job having been processed upon occurrence of the error, the type of the job, and the type of the error is transmitted to a host. In the host, a transmission destination of support information is determined based on the type of the job having been processed upon the occurrence of the error, and the support information is retrieved from a knowledge base, based on the type of the error in the job, and transmitted to the transmission destination.

Error notification device notifying of occurrence of error

Broadcasting waves transmitted from a broadcasting device include operation control information for operating peripheral devices on a receiver side in accordance with the contents of a broadcast program in addition to broadcast data about said broadcast program. The receiver outputs the broadcast data to a display device, and transmits an operation command signal dependent on the operation control information to the peripheral devices to operate the peripheral devices in accordance with the contents of the broadcast program. As a result, an air conditioner raises or lowers room temperature and an illumination device blinks according to the progress of the program.

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Nagaokakyo, Japan

Masato Fujii