Control system, control method, and communication device

• US 10,116,768 B2
• Filed: 11/23/2015
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Hatada, Koki
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Philip B
• Application Number:
  US14/948,926
• Publication Number:
  US 20160191669A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,072 Days
• Field of Search: 709220, 709224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0813 characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0853 by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0873 Checking configuration conflicts between network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A control system comprising: a server and a plurality of communication devices, wherein the server stores first mode information for each user, the first mode information being associated with a mode of an application and selected from among a plurality pieces of mode information of the mode, and transmits the first mode information of a first user to the plurality of communication devices operated by the first user, and the plurality of communication devices receive the first mode information, obtain second mode information set to the mode of the application installed to the communication device, record an operation content related to mode information change performed on the communication device, and determine whether the second mode information set to the mode of the application is switched to the first mode information, based on the operation content, the first mode information, and the second mode information.

Claims

1. A control system comprising:

a server including a first processor and a first memory; and

a plurality of communication devices including a second processor, respectively,

wherein

the first memory is configured to store first mode information for each user,

the first mode information is associated with a mode of an application, the first mode information being selected from among a plurality pieces of mode information of the mode for distinguishing a function executed by same operation from another function for the application,

the first processor is configured to transmit a respective first mode information of a user to the plurality of communication devices operated by the user, and

the second processor is configured to;

receive the first mode information,

obtain second mode information set to the mode of the application installed to a communication device among the plurality of communication devices,

record an operation content related to mode information change performed on the communication device, and

determine whether the second mode information set to the mode of the application is switched to the first mode information, based on the operation content, the first mode information, and the second mode information.

2. A control method executed by a communication device, the control method comprising:

receiving, from a server, first mode information of a user of the communication device, the first mode information being associated with a mode of an application installed in the communication device and the first mode information being selected from among a plurality pieces of mode information of the mode for distinguishing a function executed by same operation from another function for the application;

obtaining second mode information set to the mode of the application;

recording an operation content related to mode information change performed on the communication device; and

determining whether the second mode information set to the mode of the application is switched to the first mode information, based on the operation content, the first mode information, and the second mode information.

3. The control method according to claim 2, further comprising:

storing, in a memory, a table in which the first mode information and the second mode information are associated with each other.

4. The control method according to claim 2, further comprising:

displaying, on a display, a screen used to accept selection of whether switching to the first mode information is performed.

5. The control method according to claim 4, wherein

the operation content indicates whether the user has previously performed an operation in which the switching is approved.

6. The control method according to claim 2, wherein

the determining is executed, when the communication device operated by the user is changed or setting of the mode is changed from the first mode information to the second mode information.

7. The control method according to claim 2, further comprising:

determining whether the first mode information set to the server is changed to the second mode information; and

transmitting the second mode information associated with the mode of the application to the server when the first mode information is changed to the second mode information.

8. A communication device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to;

receive, from a server, first mode information of a user of the communication device, the first mode information being associated with a mode of an application installed in the communication device and the first mode information being selected from among a plurality pieces of mode information for distinguishing a function executed by same operation from another function for the application,

obtain second mode information set to the mode of the application,

record an operation content related to mode change performed on the communication device, and

determine whether the second mode information set to the mode of the application is switched to the first mode information, based on the operation content, the first mode information, and the second mode information.

9. The communication device according to claim 8, wherein

the processor is configured to store, into the memory, a table in which the first mode information and the second mode information are associated with each other.

10. The communication device according to claim 8, wherein

the processor is configured to display, on a display, a screen used to accept selection of whether switching to the first mode information is performed.

11. The communication device according to claim 10, wherein

the operation content indicates whether the user has previously performed an operation in which the switching is approved.

12. The communication device according to claim 8, wherein

the processor is configured to determine whether the second mode information set to the mode of the application is switched to the first mode information, when the communication device operated by the user is changed or setting of the mode is changed from the first mode information to the second mode information.

13. The communication device according to claim 8, wherein

the processor is configured to:

determine whether the first mode information set to the server is changed to the second mode information, and

transmit the second mode information associated with the mode of the application to the server when the first mode information is changed to the second mode information.