CLIENT SERVER SYSTEM AND CONNECTION METHOD

• US 20110083080A1
• Filed: 12/15/2010
• Published: 04/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Kubota, Mitsuru
• Granted Patent: US 8,185,641 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/741
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

In at least one embodiment of the disclosure, a computing device comprises a network interface that receives terminal information corresponding to a terminal connected to a network. A storage device stores profile information defining that the terminal is permitted to connect to the computing device. A central processing unit refers to the received terminal information and the stored profile information and determines that the terminal is permitted to connect to the computing device. A display displays a participant display area. The display area shows a client name that corresponds to the terminal. An input mechanism accepts a user operation selecting the client name displayed in the participant display area to designate the terminal. The terminal provides image data to the computing device. The computing device supplies the image data provided by the terminal to an image display apparatus connected to the network.

Claims

1. A computing device, comprising:

a network interface that receives terminal information corresponding to a terminal connected to a network, the terminal information being received from the terminal;

a storage device that stores profile information defining that the terminal is permitted to connect to the computing device;

a central processing unit that;

refers to the received terminal information and the stored profile information, and

determines that the terminal is permitted to connect to the computing device;

a display that displays a participant display area, the participant display area displaying a client name that corresponds to the terminal; and

an input mechanism that accepts a user operation selecting the client name displayed in the participant display area to designate the terminal,

wherein;

the terminal provides image data to the computing device, and

the computing device supplies the image data provided by the terminal to an image display apparatus connected to the network.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein:

the display displays a display operation sub-window, and

the display operation sub-window comprises a plurality of split sub-windows respectively including user display parts, at least one of the user display parts displaying the selected client name.

3. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the layout of the split sub-windows in the display operation sub-window corresponds to the layout of a split display screen dividing a screen on which an image from the image display apparatus is shown.

4. The computing device of claim 2, wherein each of the split sub-windows includes a display button, a stop button, and a full-screen display button.

5. The computing device of claim 2, wherein:

the input mechanism includes a mouse, and

the participant display area and the display operation sub-windows accept drag and drop operations of the client name to designate the terminal as the supplier of the image data.

6. A method for controlling a computing device, the method comprising:

receiving terminal information corresponding to a terminal connected to a network, the terminal information being received from the terminal;

storing profile information on a storage device, the profile information defining that the terminal is permitted to connect to the computing device;

referring to the received terminal information and the stored profile information;

determining that the terminal is permitted to connect to the computing device;

displaying, on a display, a participant display area that displays a client name that corresponds to the terminal;

accepting a user operation selecting the client name displayed in the participant display area to designate the terminal;

receiving image data from the computing device; and

supplying, to an image display apparatus connected to the network, the image data provided by the terminal.

7. A computer program product stored on a storage device and executable by a computing device, the computer program product allowing the computer to execute a process comprising:

receiving terminal information corresponding to a terminal connected to a network, the terminal information being received from the terminal;

storing profile information on a storage device, the profile information defining that the terminal is permitted to connect to the computing device;

referring to the received terminal information and the stored profile information;

determining that the terminal is permitted to connect to the computing device;

displaying, on a display, a participant display area that displays a client name that corresponds to the terminal;

accepting a user operation selecting the client name displayed in the participant display area to designate the terminal;

receiving image data from the computing device; and

supplying, to an image display apparatus connected to the network, the image data provided by the terminal.