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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2015
Applicants:
Naoki Umehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Asai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Hinohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04B 7/14 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/14 (2013.01); H04B 7/14 (2013.01); H04L 12/1818 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04N 7/152 (2013.01);
Abstract
A plurality of control apparatuses each stores, in a memory, relay device identification information for identifying one or more relay devices of a plurality of relay devices available for selection by the control apparatus, and selects, in response to connection of a first communication terminal to the control apparatus, one of the one or more relay devices having the relay device identification information stored in the memory as a first relay device to be connected to the first communication terminal to relay content data for the first communication terminal under control of the control apparatus.