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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
May. 16, 2016
Atsuhiro Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinaga Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Kasatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsuhiro Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinaga Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Kasatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
While using a communication system in which groups of destinations on a network are managed, and any one of the groups can be specified as a destination, if a group needs to be changed, added, or deleted, updating the system on the network is required, which increases load of maintenance. To address such a problem, an operation input receiving unit of a terminal receives selection of a group including destination information that represents destination candidates of communication. A destination management unit of the terminal determines a destination among the destination candidates represented by the destination information included in the selected group. A sending and receiving unit of the terminal makes a request for starting communication with the determined destination, to a management system.