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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2020
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinaga Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Taro Okuyama, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transmission management apparatus manages transmission states of a plurality of transmission terminals including a first transmission terminal and a second transmission terminal. The apparatus includes a terminal management table storage unit configured to store therein a terminal management table in which terminal information including an identifier and an identification name of each transmission terminal is managed; a receiving unit configured to receive a terminal information request signal from the first transmission terminal, the terminal information request signal indicating a request for information for identifying the second transmission terminal, the first and second transmission terminals being in transmission therebetween; a terminal state acquisition unit configured to acquire the information for identifying the second transmission terminal from the terminal management table in response to the terminal information request signal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the information acquired by the terminal state acquisition unit to the first transmission terminal.