TRANSMISSION TERMINAL, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROGRAM

• US 20150249695A1
• Filed: 02/18/2015
• Published: 09/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Takahiro Asai, Tatsuya Nagase
• Inventors: NAGASE, Tatsuya, ASAI, Takahiro
• Application Number:
  US14/625,276
• Publication Number:
  US 20150249695A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A transmission terminal capable of communicating with a counterpart transmission terminal includes a memory that stores first data type information indicating one or more data types that can be processed by the transmission terminal, a receiver that receives second data type information indicating one or more data types that can be processed by a candidate counterpart terminal through a network, processing circuitry that determines one or more common data types that are common to the first data type information and the second data type information to obtain the common data types of the candidate counterpart terminal that can be processed by the transmission terminal, and causes a display to display the common data types of the candidate counterpart terminal differently than other data types of the candidate counterpart terminal that cannot be processed by the transmission terminal.

Claims

1. A transmission terminal configured to communicate with a counterpart transmission terminal, comprising:

a memory that stores first data type information indicating one or more data types that can be processed by the transmission terminal;

a receiver that receives second data type information indicating one or more data types that can be processed by a candidate counterpart terminal through a network; and

processing circuitry that determines one or more common data types that are common to the first data type information and the second data type information to obtain the common data types of the candidate counterpart terminal that can be processed by the transmission terminal, and causes a display to display the common data types of the candidate counterpart terminal differently than other data types of the candidate counterpart terminal that cannot be processed by the transmission terminal.

2. The transmission terminal of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry displays, on the display, the common data types of the candidate counterpart terminal for each one of one or more candidate counterpart terminals that the transmission terminal is capable of starting communication, as a part of a candidate list that lists the one or more candidate counterpart terminals from which the counterpart transmission terminal is selected.

3. The transmission terminal of claim 2, further comprising:

a transmitter that transmits a request for sending the candidate list to a relay system through the network,

wherein the receiver receives the second data type information for each one of the one or more candidate counterpart terminals from the relay system in response to the request.

4. The transmission terminal of claim 2, wherein

the candidate list additionally includes, for each one of the one or more candidate counterpart terminals, at least one of a terminal name of the candidate counterpart terminal, operation state information indicating an operation state of the candidate counterpart terminal, and identification information for identifying the candidate counterpart terminal or a user at the candidate counterpart terminal, and

the processing circuitry displays, on the display, the common data types of the candidate counterpart terminal, in association with the at least one of the terminal name, the operation state information, and the identification information of the candidate counterpart terminal.

5. The transmission terminal of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry displays, on the display, the common data types of the candidate counterpart terminal for a selected candidate counterpart terminal that is selected, to be the counterpart transmission terminal, from a candidate list that lists one or more candidate counterpart terminals that the transmission terminal is capable of starting communication.

6. The transmission terminal of claim 5, further comprising:

a transmitter that transmits a request for sending the second type information of the selected candidate counterpart terminal to a relay system through the network,

wherein the receiver receives the second data type information of the selected candidate counterpart terminal from the relay system in response to the request.

7. The transmission terminal of claim 6, wherein

the processing circuitry further displays, on the display, a communication start key that causes the transmission terminal to start communication with the selected candidate counterpart terminal, in addition to the common data types of the selected candidate counterpart terminal.

8. The transmission terminal of claim 1, wherein the common data types of the candidate counterpart terminal are displayed in display format different than that of the other data types of the candidate counterpart terminal.

9. The transmission terminal of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry further displays, on the display, only the common data types of the candidate counterpart terminal.

10. A transmission system comprising:

the transmission terminal of claim 1; and

a relay system configured to communicate with the transmission terminal through the network, the relay system including;

a memory that stores, for each one of a plurality of transmission terminals managed by the relay system, the second data type information indicating one or more data types that can be processed by the transmission terminal; and

a memory that stores, for each one of the plurality of transmission terminals managed by the relay system, a candidate list indicating one or more candidate counterpart terminals that the transmission terminal is capable of starting communication,

wherein the relay system transmits the second data type information of the candidate counterpart terminal that is registered for the transmission terminal, to the transmission terminal through the network.

11. A transmission system comprising:

the transmission terminal of claim 1; and

a display connected to the transmission terminal to display information regarding the candidate counterpart terminal for the transmission terminal, the information displaying the common data types of the candidate counterpart terminal differently than other data types of the candidate counterpart terminal that cannot be processed by the transmission terminal.

12. A method of communicating with a counterpart transmission terminal, performed by a transmission terminal, the method comprising:

storing, in a memory, first data type information indicating one or more data types that can be processed by the transmission terminal;

receiving second data type information indicating one or more data types that can be processed by a candidate counterpart terminal through a network;

determining one or more common data types that are common to the first data type information and the second data type information to obtain the common data types of the candidate counterpart terminal that can be processed by the transmission terminal; and

displaying, on a display, the common data types of the candidate counterpart terminal differently than other data types of the candidate counterpart terminal that cannot be processed by the transmission terminal.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the displaying displays the common data types of the candidate counterpart terminal for each one of one or more candidate counterpart terminals that the transmission terminal is capable of starting communication, as a part of a candidate list that lists the one or more candidate counterpart terminals from which the counterpart transmission terminal is selected.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

transmitting a request for sending the candidate list to a relay system through the network,

wherein the receiving receives the second data type information for each one of the one or more candidate counterpart terminals from the relay system in response to the request.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein

the candidate list additionally includes, for each one of the one or more candidate counterpart terminals, at least one of a terminal name of the candidate counterpart terminal, operation state information indicating an operation state of the candidate counterpart terminal, and identification information for identifying the candidate counterpart terminal or a user at the candidate counterpart terminal, and

the displaying displays the common data types of the candidate counterpart terminal, in association with the at least one of the terminal name, the operation state information, and the identification information of the candidate counterpart terminal.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein

the displaying displays the common data types of the candidate counterpart terminal for a selected candidate counterpart terminal that is selected, to be the counterpart transmission terminal, from a candidate list that lists one or more candidate counterpart terminals that the transmission terminal is capable of starting communication.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

transmitting a request for sending the second type information of the selected candidate counterpart terminal to a relay system through the network,

wherein the receiving receives the second data type information of the selected candidate counterpart terminal from the relay system in response to the request.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

displaying, on the display, a communication start key that causes the transmission terminal to start communication with the selected candidate counterpart terminal, together with the common data types of the selected candidate counterpart terminal.

19. A non-transitory recording medium which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform a method of communicating with a counterpart transmission terminal, performed by a transmission terminal, the method comprising:

storing first data type information indicating one or more data types that can be processed by the transmission terminal;

receiving second data type information indicating one or more data types that can be processed by a candidate counterpart terminal through a network;

determining one or more common data types that are common to the first data type information and the second data type information to obtain the common data types of the candidate counterpart terminal that can be processed by the transmission terminal; and

displaying, on a display, the common data types of the candidate counterpart terminal differently than other data types of the candidate counterpart terminal that cannot be processed by the transmission terminal.