Seiko Epson Corporation

Shinya Taniguchi

Naruhide Kitada

Yoshiki Fukui

Mikio Aoki

Akihito Fukao

Senichi Mokuya

Reiji Kobayashi

Joji Onishi

Koki Go

Toru Takahashi

Yusuke Takahashi

Taro Ishige

Hozumi Mori

From among identical modules stored on a module storageand a module storage, an authenticated printing management moduleselects the module with higher level information. For example, an ID authentication moduleis stored in both the module storageof an MFPand the module storageof a network interface card. The authenticated printing management moduleselects the ID authentication module of the network interface card, in accordance with level information that represents an ID authentication module selection hierarchy. By so doing, where modules necessary for executing authenticated printing are included on both the MFPand the network interface card, modules present on either the MFPor the network interface card 11 are able to be selected appropriately for use.

Function-providing system

A print job management system includes a job maintaining unit, a user default storing unit, a determining unit, and a job providing unit. The job maintaining unit stores a print job, ID information on an owner user of the print job, and model information on a job handling printer in association with each other, the job handling printer being a printing device corresponding to the print job. The user default storing unit stores ID information on a user and information on a user default printer in association with each other, the user default printer being a printing device selected as the job handling printer by default when a print job of the user is generated. The determining unit determines a specific printing device as the user default printer corresponding to a user and updates data stored in the user default storing unit when ID information on the user is input using an input device associated with the specific printing device. The job providing unit provides a print job stored in the job maintaining unit to a job handling printer corresponding to the print job.

Print job management system and default printer determining apparatus

A device controller is connected with multiple terminals and with at least one input-output device via a network. The device controller has: a reception controller configured to perform first authentication according to data input from a first terminal and to cause the first terminal to obtain information on a specified series of processing based on a result of the first authentication; and an input-output controller configured to perform second authentication according to data input from a second terminal and to cause a specific input-output device selected out of the at least one input-output device to perform the specified series of processing, based on a result of the second authentication. The input-output controller allows the specific input-output device to perform the specified series of processing when the second terminal is selected in advance for the specific input-output device.

Device controller, system, and method for authenticated printing

A resource management system that manages a resource that a first function module and a plurality of second function modules that necessitates the first function module in execution thereof use. The system includes: a first resource limiting unit that limits a volume of resource that an entirety of the first function module and the plurality of second function modules uses; a resource limiting information acquisition unit that acquires resource limiting information that shows a limiting condition of the resource; and a second resource limiting unit that limits, based on the resource limiting information acquired at the resource limiting information acquisition unit, a volume of the resource that at least one of the plurality of second function modules uses.

System for limiting resource usage by function modules based on limiting conditions and measured usage

The invention provides a data output system which can control a printer in accordance with the position of a user without providing a mobile terminal and the printer with special devices, which can reduce the processing load on the mobile terminal, which can ensure the convenience of the user when using the printer, and which avoids inconvenience as a result of incorrect settings by the user. The invention can include a print control terminal that obtains mobile terminal position information from a relay station. When the distance between the mobile terminal position specified by the obtained mobile terminal position information and the printer position specified by printer position information from a storage device is less than a predetermined value, a print command and corresponding print data are transmitted to a printer PR in response to a request from a mobile terminal.

Data output system, output control terminal, program to be applied to output control terminal, and data output method

An information providing system can include a registration terminal having a guidance information registration database which stores information groups, which are correlated with reference position information. When portable terminal position information for specifying the position of a portable terminal is received together with a transmission request for the guidance information, the guidance information is automatically selected from an information group in accordance with the received transmission request on the basis of the position relationship between the reference position which is specified by the reference position information corresponding to the information group in accordance with the received transmission request, and the position which is specified by the received portable terminal position information, and the selected guidance information is transmitted to the portable terminal.

System and method for providing information to a portable terminal

The invention provides a data output control apparatus which allows detailed information on a network to be readily obtained, which is advantageous with respect to cost, and which is suitable for specifically notifying the user of the service charge. A data output control terminal is communicatively connected via the Internet to a portable terminal carried by a user, printing apparatuses provided at various locations, and WWW servers. The data output control terminal obtains from a WWW server data associated with a data print request from the portable terminal, selects one of the plurality of printing apparatuses, and outputs the obtained data to the selected printing apparatus. Billing is executed in accordance with the result of use by the portable terminal of the print service provided by the data output control terminal. The billing is executed by summing the service charge and the call charge of the portable terminal.

Data output control apparatus

The invention provides a service providing system in which it is determined whether users have use authority to utilize a service providing apparatus, such as a projector, so that only users having the use authority can utilize the service providing apparatus. The invention also provides a service providing system and a service providing apparatus. In accordance with the invention, users are allowed to have use authority to utilize the service providing apparatus through entrance into an arbitrary place, or the like so that the service providing apparatus can be conveniently utilized. A service providing system includes an instruction apparatus to give operation instructions to a projector, a virtual object management apparatus to control operations related to virtual objects, such as the setting of the virtual objects, a use authority management unit to manage determination of the presence of use authority which a system user needs in order to utilize a service, the projector to display an image on a display unit in response to the contents of the instructions issued from the system user, and a network to perform data communication among the respective apparatuses.

Service providing system and service providing device that provides a specific service in response to user authority determination based on positional relationships of virtual objects

A display-service providing system is provided in which an image display apparatus, such as a projector, simultaneously displays a plurality of image data on a display section and the display sizes of the image data can be controlled. A display-service providing system is formed of instructing apparatuses to provide operation instructions to a projector serving as a service providing apparatus; a virtual-object management apparatus to control operations related to virtual objects, such as setting the virtual objects and giving the instructing apparatuses a right of instructing the projector; the projector to display images corresponding to the contents of instructions sent from the instructing apparatuses, on a display section; and a network to allow data communications to be performed between the above-mentioned apparatuses.

Display-service providing system and image display apparatus

The invention provides a service providing system which allows the user to easily receive service, which allows the user to receive not only information providing service but a variety of services, and which can flexibly handle a change in condition. The invention can include a virtual-object management apparatus that associates object information related to the shape and the location of a virtual object with service information and stores them, and sends the object information and the service information stored in a virtual-object management database to a digital camera in response to a transmission request sent from the digital camera. When the digital camera determines, from the obtained location information and the received object information, that the digital camera is disposed in the inside area of the virtual object identified by the shape and location of the virtual object, it can execute an action corresponding to the virtual object, according to the received service information.

Service providing system, management terminal, mobile member, service providing program, and service providing method

A file operation limiting system limiting a file operation for a file stored in a storage unit. The storage unit including a file storage area. The file operation limiting system including: a file storage area limiting unit limiting the file operation per file storage area; a total file number obtaining unit obtaining a total file number of a file storage area not limited; a file number limiting unit limiting the file operation when the total file number exceeds a predetermined upper-limit value; a total file capacity obtaining unit obtaining total file capacity of a file storage area not limited by the file storage area limiting unit; and a file capacity limiting unit for limiting the file operation when the total file capacity after the file operation exceeds a predetermined upper-limit value.

File operation limiting system, file operation limiting program, file operation limiting method, electronics and printing apparatus

The invention provides a service provision support system that can reduce the economic expenses imposed on a service recipient due to the provision of a service, and that can provide a service for an unspecified, large number of persons. A charge bundle includes: a usage status detection process, to detect the usage state of a charge bundle compatible device; a charge calculation process, to calculate the usage charge based on the usage status detected during the usage status detection process; and a charge notification process, to notify a charge bundle management server of the usage charge obtained by the charge calculation process. The charge bundle management server generates a charge bundle in accordance with a request received from the service provision terminal, and transmits the generated charge bundle to the charge bundle compatible device. Further, the charge bundle management server performs the charge process to charge the service provider the usage charge acquired during the charge notification process. When the charge bundle compatible device receives the charge bundle, it constitutes the usage status detection process, the charge calculation process, and the charge notification process based on the received charge bundle.

Service provision support system, bundle management terminal, terminal program, bundle data structure, service provision support method, and bundle generation method

The object is to provide a data output control apparatus which allows detailed information on a network to be readily obtained, which is advantageous with respect to cost, and which is suitable for specifically notifying the user of the service charge. A data output control terminalis communicatively connected via the Internetto a portable terminalcarried by a user, printing apparatuses PRto PRprovided at various locations, and WWW servers DSto DS. The data output control terminalobtains from a WWW server DS data associated with a data print request from the portable terminal, selects one of the plurality of printing apparatuses PR, and outputs the obtained data to the selected printing apparatus. Billing is executed in accordance with the result of use by the portable terminalof the print service provided by the data output control terminal. The billing is executed by summing the service charge and the call charge of the portable terminal

The present invention provides a display control system suitable to flexible and smooth presentation. The invention can include a projector that stores page data included in projector display data in a stack area by a stack system in which the page data corresponding to the last page is at the head and projects the pages by a projecting device based on the page data read from the stack area. Further, when another projector display data is received during projection, the projector additionally stores the page data included in the other received projector display data in the stack area by the stack system.

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Shinya Taniguchi