COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD

• US 20160274839A1
• Filed: 03/10/2016
• Published: 09/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Tomofumi Harada, Yoshihisa Ohguro
• Inventors: HARADA, Tomofumi, OHGURO, Yoshihisa
• Granted Patent: US 9,542,136 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1222 Increasing security of the print job
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1236 Connection management
• 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 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• 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: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/75 Temporary identity

Abstract

A communication control system includes an attendance confirmation accepting unit that accepts confirmation of attendance according to an operation of an attendee to an information processing apparatus located at a conference room, a random number processor that generates a random number in case of accepting the confirmation of attendance and stores connection authentication information based on the random number in a memory, the connection authentication information being used for authenticating exchange of information with a terminal operated by the attendee at the conference, a print controller that transfers an output command for printing an image having the generated random number to an image forming apparatus, and a wireless connection controller that receives authentication information input by the terminal based on the random number via wireless communication at the conference room and authenticates the exchange of information with the terminal based on the connection authentication information stored in the memory.

Claims

1. A communication control system, comprising:

an attendance confirmation accepting unit to accept confirmation of attendance according to an operation of an attendee to an information processing apparatus located at a conference room;

a random number processor to generate a random number in case of accepting the confirmation of attendance and store connection authentication information based on the random number in a storage medium, the connection authentication information being used for authenticating exchange of information with a terminal operated by the attendee at the conference;

a print controller to transfer an output command for printing an image having the generated random number to an image forming apparatus; and

a wireless connection controller to receive authentication information input by the terminal based on the random number via wireless communication at the conference room and authenticate the exchange of information with the terminal based on the connection authentication information stored in the storage medium.

2. The communication control system according to claim 1, wherein the attendance confirmation accepting unit prohibits the terminal held by the attendee from exchanging information in case of receiving redundant confirmation of attendance from the same attendee.

3. The communication control system according to claim 2, wherein the attendance confirmation accepting unit prohibits the terminal held by the attendee from exchanging information by deleting information indicating permission to connect that is generated through the authentication by the wireless connection controller.

4. The communication control system according to claim 2, wherein the attendance confirmation accepting unit prohibits the terminal held by the attendee from exchanging information by deleting the information that the random number processor stores in the storage medium.

5. The communication control system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless connection controller allows the terminal to exchange information in case of accepting the confirmation of attendance for all attendees after authorizing the terminal to exchange information.

6. The communication control system according to claim 1, wherein the random number processor generates a plurality of randomly-generated characters arranged in matrix as the random number, and stores a part of the randomly-generated characters to be used for authorizing the terminal to exchange information as the connection authentication information.

7. The communication control system according to claim 1, further comprising an image acquisition unit to acquire an image around the information processing apparatus at a time when the operation of the attendee to the information processing apparatus to confirm the attendance is detected,

wherein the attendance confirmation accepting unit stores identification information for identifying the attendee who confirms the attendance associated with the acquired image around the information processing apparatus in the storage medium.

8. A communication control apparatus, comprising circuitry to:

accept confirmation of attendance according to an operation of an attendee to an information processing apparatus located at a conference room,

generate a random number in case of accepting the confirmation of attendance,

store connection authentication information based on the random number in a memory, the connection authentication information being used for authenticating exchange of information with a terminal held by the attendee at the conference,

transfer an output command for printing an image having the generated random number to an image forming apparatus,

receive authentication information input by the terminal based on the random number via wireless communication at the conference room, and

authenticate the exchange of information with the terminal based on the connection authentication information stored in the memory.

9. A communication control method comprising:

accepting confirmation of attendance according to an operation of an attendee to an information processing apparatus located at a conference room;

generating a random number in case of accepting the confirmation of attendance;

storing connection authentication information based on the random number in a memory, the connection authentication information being used for authenticating exchange of information with a terminal held by the attendee at the conference;

transferring an output command for printing an image having the generated random number to an image forming apparatus;

receiving authentication information input by the terminal based on the random number via wireless communication at the conference room; and

authenticating the exchange of information with the terminal based on the connection authentication information stored in the memory.