Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Takeru Inoue

Yoshinaga Kato

Atsuhiro Fujii

Takeshi Koyama

Taro Okuyama

Tatsuyuki Oikawa

A shared terminal, includes circuitry to control a display to display an image to a plurality of users, the plurality of users sharing a use of the shared terminal; and a network interface to communicate with a terminal management server and a destination management server through a network. The circuitry obtains, from a first privately-owned terminal owned by a first user, first terminal identification information for identifying the first privately-owned terminal. Under control of the circuitry, the network interface transmits the first terminal identification information to a terminal management server; receives first user identification information from a terminal management server; transmits the first user identification information to the destination management server; receives a first email address of the first user from the destination management server; and transmits an email whose sender email address is the first email address.

Shared terminal and image transmission method

An electronic whiteboard to display visual information including handwritten data superimposed with a display image, includes a unit to authenticate a user; a unit to obtain user identification information for identifying the user in case where authentication of the user has succeeded; a unit to store the visual information associated with the user identification information; a unit to read the visual information associated with the user identification information; a unit to display the visual information; a unit to set a mail address of the electronic whiteboard as a transmission source, and to transmit the visual information to a specified destination by an e-mail; a unit to store the mail address of the user associated with the user identification information; and a unit to replace the transmission source by using the specified mail address of the user if the authentication of the user has succeeded.

Electronic whiteboard, method for displaying data, and image processing system

An information processing terminal includes: circuitry to receive from a management system via a network, a candidate identifier of each one of one or more candidate counterpart information processing terminals that are previously registered for the information processing terminal; and to determine, in response to acceptance of an identifier that has been input, whether the accepted identifier matches any one of the candidate identifiers being received. Based on a determination indicating that the accepted identifier matches any one of the candidate identifiers, the circuitry transmits to the management system first request information requesting to start communication with the candidate counterpart information processing terminal identified with the accepted identifier. Based on a determination indicating that the accepted identifier does not match any one of the candidate identifiers, transmit to the management system second request information requesting to start communication with a counterpart information processing terminal identified with the accepted identifier, the circuitry transmits the second request information including destination information that differs from destination information included in the first request information.

Information processing terminal, management system, communication system, information processing method, and recording medium

A control system includes a receiver configured to receive information relating to starting or ending a call between a first communications terminal and a second communications terminal while a session, which is for sending content data between the first communications terminal and the second communications terminal, is established; and a transmitter configured to send, to the first communications terminal, control information for starting output of content based on content data sent from the second communications terminal, in response to receiving the information relating to starting the call by the receiver, and to send, to the first communications terminal, the control information for stopping output of the content based on the content data sent from the second communications terminal, in response to receiving the information relating to ending the call by the receiver.

Control system, communications terminal, communications system, control method, and recording medium

An information processing apparatus includes: a transmitter to transmit content data to one or more counterpart information processing apparatuses through a network to have a communication with the one or more counterpart information processing apparatuses, the content data being at least one of image data and audio data; a receiver to receive, from a first information processing apparatus of the one or more counterpart information processing apparatuses, a recording start notification indicating that the first counterpart information processing apparatus starts recording or is recording the content data that is transmitted from the information processing apparatus, the recording start notification being transmitted with first identification information of the first counterpart information processing apparatus that is recording; and circuitry to output, based on the recording start notification, notification information indicating that recording of the communication is being performed, in association with information regarding the first counterpart information processing apparatus.

Information processing apparatus, communication system, and information processing method

Disclosed is a transmission system to manage sessions established between a plurality of terminals for performing voice communications. The transmission system includes an acquisition part configured to receive a user's request from a user of a first terminal when a session start request is transmitted from a first terminal to a second terminal, a first sender configured to send the received user's request together with the session start request, a second sender configured to send to the second terminal the session start request from the first terminal by attaching the user's request to the session start request when the second terminal is in a communication capable status, and a presenting part configured to present the user's request to the second terminal at an arrival of an incoming call from the first terminal to the second terminal.

Transmission system, transmission management apparatus, and recording medium

An information processing apparatus for communication with an information processing device via a network disclosed. The information processing apparatus includes a display controlling unit configured to perform display control on a first screen that displays image data transmitted from the information processing device or on a second screen that displays information about the information processing device; and a first instruction receiving unit configured to receive a switching instruction to switch the first screen to the second screen. The display controlling unit performs the display control in a case where the first instruction receiving unit receives the switching instruction, such that auxiliary information about communication with the information processing device, the auxiliary information being displayed on the first screen, is not displayed on the second screen.

Information processing apparatus, recording medium and information processing method

A communication management system starts transmission of first image data captured at a first communication terminal to a second communication terminal through a communication session for display at the second communication terminal, and in response to receiving a communication start request for starting communication with the second communication terminal from the first communication terminal, starts transmission of second image data and second audio data respectively captured at the second communication terminal to the first communication terminal, and first audio data captured at the first communication terminal to the second communication terminal, through the communication session, to enable communication between the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal.

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

A transmission system for managing communication between a first terminal and a second terminal includes a reception unit configured to receive request information from the first terminal, the request information indicating a category of a request of a first user of the first terminal; and a transmission unit configured to transmit an output request to the second terminal. The second terminal outputs image data to be displayed on the first terminal according to the category of the request of the first user of the first terminal upon receiving the output request.

Transmission system, method and program

A transmission terminal is connected to a management device via a network. The transmission terminal includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a communication state of another transmission terminal from the management device; a selection accepting unit configured to accept a selection of the another transmission terminal from a user to participate in an established session that has been already established for the another transmission terminal; a participation determination unit configured to determine that it is not possible to participate in the established session when the communication state of the another transmission terminal whose selection has been accepted indicates participation restriction; and a communication unit configured not to transmit a participation request to the management device when it is determined that the participation is not possible.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Takeru Inoue