Network System
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Abstract
A network system including a management device with both a status managing unit for collecting status information on a terminal status and a terminal instructing unit for transmitting a shift start message to the terminal to make transfer data to the server on the basis of the status information collected by the status managing unit. The terminal includes a determining unit for determining data transfer in response to the shift start message, a data transferring unit for transferring the data to the server when the determining unit determines the data transfer, a storage device control unit for erasing the data from a storage device after completion of data transfer, and a thin client shifting unit for causing the terminal to function as a thin client after erasure of data.
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25 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a computer program thereon for shifting a designated terminal, from a non-thin client state to a thin client state, within a network system including a management device, a sever and a plurality of terminals including the designated terminal, the computer program effecting operations comprising:
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judging, at the designated terminal, in response to receiving of a shift start message, whether or not data having been stored in the designated terminal can be transferred to the server, transferring, by a data transferring unit having been provided within the designated terminal, the data stored in the designated terminal toward the server in response to the judging determining that the data can be transferred, erasing the data stored in the storage device of the designated terminal after completion of transferring of the data, and causing the designated terminal to function as a thin client by indicating on a screen that the data are transferred. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A terminal-state shifting device for shifting a designated terminal, from a non-thin client state to a thin client state, within a network system including a management device, a sever and a plurality of terminals including the designated terminal, the terminal-state shifting device effecting operations comprising:
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judging, at the designated terminal, in response to receiving of a shift start message, whether or not data having been stored in the designated terminal can be transferred to the server, transferring, by a data transferring unit having been provided within the designated terminal, the data stored in the designated terminal toward the server in response to the judging determining that the data can be transferred, erasing the data stored in the storage device of the designated terminal after completion of transferring of the data, and causing the designated terminal to function as a thin client by indicating on a screen that the data are transferred. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a computer program thereon for a management device adapted to be provided in a system having a server and a plurality of terminals including a designated terminal to be shifted from a non-thin client state to a thin client state, the computer program effecting operations comprising:
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collecting, at the management device, information on a status of each of the plurality of terminals, designating, at the management device upon referring to the information collected, a designated terminal which is to be made operable as a thin client terminal, and transmitting, at a terminal instructing unit having been provided within the management device, a shift start message toward the designated terminal for demanding an execution start to cause the designated terminal to shift from a non-thin client state to a thin client state. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A management device adapted to be provided in a system having a server and a plurality of terminals including a designated terminal to be shifted from a non-thin client state to a thin client state, the computer program effecting operations comprising:
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collecting, at the management device, information on a status of each of the plurality of terminals, designating, at the management device upon referring to the information collected, a designated terminal which is to be made operable as a thin client terminal, and transmitting, at a terminal instructing unit having been provided within the management device, a shift start message toward the designated terminal for demanding an execution start to cause the designated terminal to shift from a non-thin client state to a thin client state. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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