DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20140268208A1
• Filed: 03/10/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: HIRAKATA, Satoru
• Granted Patent: US 9,065,951 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1222 Increasing security of the print job
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1238 Secure printing, e.g. user identification, user rights for device usage, unallowed content, blanking portions or fields of a page, releasing held jobs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/4095 Secure printing computer driven secure printing G06F3/1238
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00875 Inhibiting reproduction, e.g. by disabling reading or reproduction apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4406 Restricting access, e.g. according to user identity mechanisms actuated y cards, PIN or the like in apparatus for dispensing G07F7/08

Abstract

A data processing apparatus connected to a terminal device and providing a service in response to a request from the terminal device, includes a processable condition storing unit that stores one or more services providable by the data processing apparatus and a position of a terminal device to which provision of the service is permitted in correspondence with each of the services; a receiving unit that receives a service request of requesting provision of a service and positional information of the terminal device sent from the terminal device; and a control unit that controls the data processing apparatus to provide the service requested by the service request when the position indicated by the positional information received by the receiving unit is included in the position that is in correspondence with the service requested by the service request received by the receiving unit in the processable condition storing unit.

Claims

1. A data processing apparatus connected to a terminal device and providing a service in response to a request from the terminal device, comprising:

a processable condition storing unit that stores one or more services providable by the data processing apparatus and a position of a terminal device to which provision of the service is permitted in correspondence with each of the services;

a receiving unit that receives a service request of requesting provision of a service and positional information of the terminal device sent from the terminal device; and

a control unit that controls the data processing apparatus to provide the service requested by the service request when the position indicated by the positional information received by the receiving unit is included in the position that is in correspondence with the service requested by the service request received by the receiving unit in the processable condition storing unit.

2. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the service is an output service,

the processable condition storing unit stores the position of the terminal device to which the provision of the service is permitted and an output position at which an output of an output result output by the service is permitted in correspondence with each of the services,

the receiving unit receives the service request, the positional information of the device and an output position at which an output result by the service is output sent from the terminal device, and

the control unit controls the data processing apparatus to provide the service requested by the service request when

the position of the terminal device indicated by the positional information received by the receiving unit is included in the position that is in correspondence with the service requested by the service request received by the receiving unit in the processable condition storing unit, as well as

the output position received by the receiving unit is included in the output position that is in correspondence with the service requested by the service request received by the receiving unit in the processable condition storing unit.

3. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the output position includes an output apparatus that outputs the output result.

4. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the service request sent from the terminal device includes positional information of the terminal device.

5. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a sending unit that sends, when the terminal device requests a service list indicating one or more services providable by the data processing apparatus, the service list to the terminal device, and

wherein the receiving unit receives the service request including a designation of the service selected by the terminal device based on the service list sent by the sending unit.

6. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit sends a notice indicating that the service cannot be provided to the terminal device when the position indicated by the positional information received by the receiving unit is not included in the position that is in correspondence with the service requested by the service request received by the receiving unit in the processable condition storing unit.

7. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the service provided by the data processing apparatus includes a service provided by one or more electronic devices connected to the data processing apparatus.

8. A method of controlling performed by a data processing apparatus connected to a terminal device and providing a service in response to a request from the terminal device,

the data processing apparatus including a processable condition storing unit that stores one or more services providable by the data processing apparatus and a position of a terminal device to which provision of the service is permitted in correspondence with each of the services,

the method comprising:

receiving a service request of requesting provision of a service and positional information of the terminal device sent from the terminal device; and

controlling the data processing apparatus to provide the service requested by the service request when the position indicated by the positional information received by the receiving unit is included in the position that is in correspondence with the service requested by the service request received by the receiving unit in the processable condition storing unit.

9. A data processing system comprising:

a terminal device; and

a data processing apparatus connected to the terminal device and providing a service in response to a request from the terminal device,

wherein the terminal device includes

a sending unit that sends a service request of requesting the provision of the service and positional information of the terminal device, to the data processing apparatus,

the data processing apparatus includes

a processable condition storing unit that stores one or more services providable by the data processing apparatus and a position of a terminal device to which provision of the service is permitted in correspondence with each of the services,

a receiving unit that receives the service request of requesting the provision of the service and the positional information of the terminal device sent from the terminal device, and

a control unit that controls the data processing apparatus to provide the service requested by the service request when the position indicated by the positional information received by the receiving unit is included in the position that is in correspondence with the service requested by the service request received by the receiving unit in the processable condition storing unit.