INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM

• US 20130246506A1
• Filed: 10/10/2012
• Published: 09/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: SUZUKI, Takayuki
• Granted Patent: US 9,300,631 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/606 by securing the transmission between two devices or processes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/608 Secure printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1291 Pool of printer devices: self-managing printing devices in a network, e.g. without a server
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0209 Architectural arrangements, e.g. perimeter networks or demilitarized zones
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/029 Firewall traversal, e.g. tunnelling or, creating pinholes

Abstract

An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus, a first apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus with a firewall interposed therebetween, and a second apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus with the firewall interposed therebetween and is connected to the first apparatus within the firewall. The information processing apparatus includes a first receiving unit receiving a communication from the first apparatus and a first transmitting unit that transmits an instruction to request the second apparatus to transmit information to the first apparatus. The first apparatus includes a second receiving unit receiving a communication from the first transmitting unit and a second transmitting unit that transmits an instruction to the second apparatus. The second apparatus includes a third receiving unit receiving a communication from the second transmitting unit and a third transmitting unit that transmits information to the information processing apparatus.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising:

an information processing apparatus;

a first apparatus that is connected to the information processing apparatus with a firewall interposed therebetween; and

a second apparatus that is connected to the information processing apparatus with the firewall interposed therebetween and is connected to the first apparatus within the firewall,

wherein the information processing apparatus includes;

a first receiving unit that receives a communication from the first apparatus, and

a first transmitting unit that transmits, to the first apparatus, an instruction to request the second apparatus, which is another apparatus in the firewall including the first apparatus, to transmit information stored in the second apparatus when the first receiving unit receives the communication from the first apparatus,

the first apparatus includes;

a second receiving unit that receives a communication from the first transmitting unit, and

a second transmitting unit that, when the communication received by the second receiving unit includes the instruction to request the second apparatus to transmit the information stored in the second apparatus, transmits the instruction to the second apparatus, and

the second apparatus includes;

a third receiving unit that receives a communication from the second transmitting unit, and

a third transmitting unit that, when the communication received by the third receiving unit includes an instruction to request a host apparatus to transmit information stored in the host apparatus, transmits the information to the information processing apparatus.

2. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit that receives a communication from a first apparatus which is connected to the information processing apparatus with a firewall interposed therebetween; and

a transmitting unit that transmits, to the first apparatus, an instruction to request a second apparatus, which is another apparatus in the firewall including the first apparatus, to transmit information stored in the second apparatus when the receiving unit receives the communication from the first apparatus.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a plan making unit that, when there are a plurality of second apparatuses that request the transmission of information, makes a plan for a transmission order or a transmission date and time,

wherein the transmitting unit transmits the instruction to the first apparatus on the basis of the plan made by the plan making unit.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the plan making unit makes the plan on the basis of a communication allowable range of the firewall and a capacity of information transmitted by the apparatus.

3. An apparatus comprising:

a first receiving unit that receives a communication from a transmitting unit of an information processing apparatus which is connected to the apparatus with a firewall interposed therebetween;

a first transmitting unit that, when the communication received by the first receiving unit includes an instruction to request another apparatus which is connected within the firewall to transmit information stored in the another apparatus, transmits the instruction to the another apparatus;

a second receiving unit that receives a communication from the another apparatus; and

a second transmitting unit that, when the communication received by the second receiving unit includes an instruction to request a host apparatus to transmit information stored in the host apparatus, transmits the information to the information processing apparatus.

6. The apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a third transmitting unit,

wherein, when the first receiving unit receives a plan for a transmission order or a transmission date and time from the information processing apparatus, the first transmitting unit transmits, to an apparatus in the plan, an instruction to request the apparatus in the plan to transmit information stored in the apparatus in the plan to the information processing apparatus on the basis of the plan, and

the third transmitting unit transmits a notice indicating that the second transmitting unit has transmitted the information stored in the host apparatus to the information processing apparatus to the apparatus which has transmitted the instruction.

7. The apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a third transmitting unit,

wherein, when the first receiving unit receives a plan for a transmission order or a transmission date and time from the information processing apparatus, the first transmitting unit transmits the plan to an apparatus in the plan, and

after the second transmitting unit transmits the information stored in the host apparatus to the information processing apparatus, the third transmitting unit transmits at least a portion of the plan which is not executed to the next apparatus which is a transmission target in the plan.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an information processing program that causes a computer to function as:

a receiving unit that receives a communication from a first apparatus which is connected through a firewall; and

a transmitting unit that transmits, to the first apparatus, an instruction to request a second apparatus, which is another apparatus in the firewall including the first apparatus, to transmit information stored in the second apparatus when the receiving unit receives the communication from the first apparatus.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an information processing program that causes a computer to function as:

a first receiving unit that receives a communication from a transmitting unit of an information processing apparatus which is connected through a firewall;

a first transmitting unit that, when the communication received by the first receiving unit includes an instruction to request another apparatus which is connected within the firewall to transmit information stored in the another apparatus, transmits the instruction to the another apparatus;

a second receiving unit that receives a communication from the another apparatus; and

a second transmitting unit that, when the communication received by the second receiving unit includes an instruction to request a host apparatus to transmit information stored in the host apparatus, transmits the information to the information processing apparatus.