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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2014
Taro Okuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiko Aono, Kanagawa, JP;
Taro Okuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiko Aono, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transmission terminal includes: a memory to store, for each one of a plurality of candidate counterpart terminals that the transmission terminal is capable of communicating, address information indicating at least a location of the candidate counterpart terminal on a network; a user interface to receive a user input of address information of a counterpart terminal, and a communication start request that requests to start communication with the counterpart terminal; a processing circuitry to store the address information of the counterpart terminal received at the user interface in the memory, to register the counterpart terminal as a candidate counterpart terminal for the terminal; and a transmitter to send a request to start communication with the counterpart terminal using the address information of the counterpart terminal that is received at the user interface.