METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

• US 20130318161A1
• Filed: 02/20/2013
• Published: 11/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: SAKAMOTO, Takyua
• Granted Patent: US 9,374,234 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student
• 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 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation

Abstract

A method of controlling an information processing apparatus includes obtaining user information related to users of information terminals in a place, and obtaining, by a processor, change information related to a change in the user information.

Claims

1. A method of controlling an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

obtaining user information related to users of information terminals in a place; and

obtaining, by a processor, change information related to a change in the user information.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether an event in the place is ended on a basis of the change information.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein

the determining includes determining whether the event is ended on a basis of a maximum number of users in the place and a current number of users in the place.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein

the determining includes determining whether the event is ended on a basis of change information related to a change in user information corresponding to a user who has stayed in the place for a certain period of time or more.

5. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

assigning a data region corresponding to the place with a storage, and

wherein the determining includes determining whether the event is ended on a basis of user information corresponding to a user who has stored data in the data region.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

deleting the data stored in the data region when the event is determined to be ended.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

stopping the determining on a basis of a request generated from an information terminal among the information terminals.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the obtaining user information includes:

obtaining place information for respective users on a basis of sensing information obtained from information terminals; and

obtaining the user information on a basis of the place information.

9. A medium that stores a control program for causing the information processing apparatus to execute a process comprising:

obtaining user information related to users of information terminals in a place; and

obtaining change information related to a change in the user information.

10. The medium according to claim 9, wherein the process further comprises:

determining whether an event in the place is ended on a basis of the change information.

11. The medium according to claim 10, wherein

the determining includes determining whether the event is ended on a basis of a maximum number of users in the place and a current number of users in the place.

12. The medium according to claim 10, wherein

the determining includes determining whether the event is ended on a basis of change information related to a change in user information corresponding to a user who has stayed in the place for a certain period of time or more.

13. The medium according to claim 10, wherein the process further comprises:

assigning a data region corresponding to the place with a storage, and

wherein the determining includes determining whether the event is ended on a basis of user information corresponding to a user who has stored data in the data region.

14. The medium according to claim 13, wherein the process further comprises:

deleting the data stored in the data region when the event is determined to be ended.

15. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process including;

obtaining user information related to users of information terminals in a place; and

obtaining change information related to a change in the user information.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the process further includes determining whether an event in the place is ended on a basis of the change information.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein

the determining includes determining whether the event is ended on a basis of a maximum number of users in the place and a current number of users in the place.

18. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein

the determining includes determining whether the event is ended on a basis of change information related to a change in user information corresponding to a user who has stayed in the place for a certain period of time or more.

19. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the process further includes:

assigning a data region corresponding to the place with a storage, and

wherein the determining includes determining whether the event is ended on a basis of user information corresponding to a user who has stored data in the data region.

20. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the process further includes:

deleting the data stored in the data region when the event is determined to be ended.