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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2014
Applicants:
Takayuki Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuo Miyachi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikazu Azuma, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/04 (2009.01); H04W 92/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/028 (2013.01); H04W 76/04 (2013.01); H04W 76/045 (2013.01); H04W 92/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
In the present invention, a connection controller controls opening/closing of connection between a first communication unit that communicates with a terminal device and a second communication unit that communicates via a network. A connection setting unit instructs opening/closing of the connection to the connection controller in accordance with a user input received by an input unit in accordance with first identification information output from the terminal device displayed on a display unit.