INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM

• US 20150302096A1
• Filed: 04/08/2015
• Published: 10/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: IWASAKI, Ayumi
• Application Number:
  US14/681,315
• Publication Number:
  US 20150302096A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90332 Natural language query formulation or dialogue systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

An information processing system including a plurality of terminal devices and at least one information processing apparatus, wherein each of the at least one information processing apparatus includes an administrating unit that administrates information related to sharing information shared between the plurality of terminal devices, a search performing unit that searches the information related to the sharing information to find the information related to the sharing information as a search target based on a search request in which search information is designated, a search result sending unit that sends a search result to the plurality of terminal devices, wherein each of the plurality of terminal devices includes a search result receiving unit that receives the search result, and a display unit that displays information exchanged between the plurality of terminal devices and the received search result.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising a plurality of terminal devices and at least one information processing apparatus,

wherein each of the at least one information processing apparatus includes

an administrating unit that administrates information related to sharing information shared between the plurality of terminal devices,

a search performing unit that searches the information related to the sharing information to find the information related to the sharing information as a search target based on a search request in which search information is designated,

a search result sending unit that sends a search result to the plurality of terminal devices,

wherein each of the plurality of terminal devices includes

a search result receiving unit that receives the search result, and

a display unit that displays information exchanged between the plurality of terminal devices and the received search result.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein each of the plurality of terminal devices further includes

a request sending unit that requests the at least one information processing apparatus to send the sharing information based on the search result displayed on the display unit when a display request to display the sharing information is received from a user, and causes the display unit to display the sharing information received from the at least one information processing apparatus.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein each of the plurality of terminal devices further includes

a request sending unit that requests a delivery apparatus that delivers the information exchanged between the plurality of terminal devices to report information for accessing the sharing information based on the search result displayed on the display unit when a report request to report the information for accessing the sharing information is received from a user, and causes the terminal device to deliver the information for accessing the sharing information.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the at least one information processing apparatus includes

a search information analyzing unit that analyzes the information exchanged between the plurality of terminal devices and determines the search information.

5. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the at least one information processing apparatus receives the search request in which the search information is designated.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the at least one information processing apparatus receives information selected by a user among information which is exchanged between the plurality of terminal devices and displayed on the display unit as the search request in which the search information is designated.

7. An information processing apparatus connected to a plurality of terminal devices so as to be communicable with the plurality of terminal devices, the information processing apparatus comprising

an administrating unit that administrates information related to sharing information shared between the plurality of terminal devices;

a search performing unit that searches the information related to the sharing information to find the information related to the sharing information as a search target based on a search request in which search information is designated; and

a search result sending unit that sends a search result to the plurality of terminal devices and causes the plurality of terminal devices to display information exchanged between the plurality of terminal devices.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing programs representing a sequence of instructions, the programs which when executed by a computer installed in an information processing apparatus connected to a plurality of terminal devices so as to be communicable with the plurality of terminal devices through a network, the instructions cause the processing unit to functions as:

an administrating unit that administrates information related to sharing information shared between the plurality of terminal devices;

a search performing unit that searches the information related to the sharing information to find the information related to the sharing information as a search target based on a search request in which search information is designated; and

a search result sending unit that sends a search result to the plurality of terminal devices and causes the plurality of terminal devices to display information exchanged between the plurality of terminal devices.