SHARED TERMINAL, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20180288186A1
• Filed: 03/27/2018
• Published: 10/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Kato, Yoshinaga
• Granted Patent: US 11,163,866 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1813 for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4015 where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference
• 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 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication

Abstract

A shared terminal includes circuitry. The circuitry controls a display to display an image to a plurality of users. The circuitry obtains, from a first terminal of a first user, first terminal identification. The circuitry transmits an authentication request and the first terminal identification information to a terminal management server, the terminal management server storing, for each of the plurality of users, a user name of a user in association with terminal identification information identifying a terminal of the user. The circuitry receives a first user name of the first user, which is transmitted from the terminal management server based on a successful authentication result for the authentication request. The circuitry controls the display to display a graphical representation that reflects a private folder of the first user as one of selectable destinations in which electronic file data is to be stored.

Claims

1. A shared terminal, comprising:

circuitry configured to;

control a display to display an image to a plurality of users, the plurality of users simultaneously sharing a use of the shared terminal,

obtain, from a first terminal of a first user, first terminal identification information for identifying the first terminal;

transmit an authentication request and the first terminal identification information to a terminal management server, the terminal management server storing, for each of the plurality of users, a user name of a user in association with terminal identification information identifying a terminal of the user;

receive a first user name of the first user, the first user name being transmitted from the terminal management server based on a successful authentication result for the authentication request, the successful authentication result being obtained based on a determination that the first terminal identification information is stored in the terminal management server; and

control the display to display a graphical representation that reflects a private folder of the first user as one of selectable destinations in which electronic file data is to be stored.

2. The shared terminal of claim 1, wherein

based on the successful authentication result for the authentication request, the circuitry is further configured to receive first user identification information for identifying the first user from the terminal management server, the terminal management server further storing user identification information of the user in association with the user name of the user and the terminal identification information of the user, and

in response to reception of a selection of the private folder of the first user as a destination in which the electronic file data is to be stored, the circuitry is configured to transmit the first user identification information that is associated with the first user name corresponding to the private folder that is selected and the electronic file data, to a file management server, the file management server storing, for each of the plurality of users, the user identification information in association with a folder name of a private folder of the user in which electronic file data is to be stored.

3. The shared terminal of claim 2, wherein

in response to obtaining second terminal identification information for identifying a second terminal of a second user from the second terminal when the graphical representation that reflects the private folder of the first user is being displayed on the display as one of the selectable destinations in which the electronic file data is to be stored, the circuitry is further configured to transmit a request for authentication of the second terminal and the second terminal identification information, to the terminal management server,

the circuitry is further configured to receive a second user name of the second user, the second user name being transmitted from the terminal management server based on a successful authentication result for the request for authentication of the second terminal, the successful authentication result being obtained when the terminal management server determines that the second terminal identification information is stored in the terminal management server, and

control the display to display a graphical representation that reflects a private folder of the second user as being selectable.

4. The shared terminal of claim 3, wherein

based on the successful authentication result for the request for authentication of the second terminal, the circuitry is further configured to receive second user identification information for identifying the second user from the terminal management server,

in response to a selection of the private folder of the second user as a destination in which the electronic data is to be stored, the circuitry is configured to transmit the second user identification information that is associated with the second user name corresponding to the private folder of that is selected and the electronic file data, to the file management server, the file management server storing, for each of the plurality of users, the user identification information in association with a folder name of a private folder of the user in which electronic file data is to be stored.

5. The shared terminal of claim 3,

wherein the circuitry controls the display to display the graphical representation of the private folder of the second user together with the graphical representation of the private folder of the first user.

6. The shared terminal of claim 3,

wherein the circuitry controls the display to display the graphical representation of the private folder of the second user instead of the graphical representation of the private folder of the first user.

7. The shared terminal of claim 1,

wherein the graphical representation of the private folder of the first user includes at least a part of the first user name.

8. The shared terminal of claim 7,

wherein the circuitry controls the display to display a graphical representation that reflects a shared folder of the plurality of users as one of the selectable destinations in which electronic file data is to be stored.

9. The shared terminal of claim 1, wherein the authentication request requests the terminal management server to allow login by the user.

10. The shared terminal of claim 1, wherein the shared terminal is an electronic whiteboard.

11. A display control method performed by a shared terminal, the method comprising:

displaying an image to a plurality of users, the plurality of users simultaneously sharing a use of the shared terminal;

obtaining, from a first terminal of a first user, first terminal identification information for identifying the first terminal;

transmitting an authentication request and the first terminal identification information to a terminal management server, the terminal management server storing, for each of the plurality of users, a user name of a user in association with terminal identification information identifying a terminal of the user;

receiving a first user name of the first user, the first user name being transmitted from the terminal management server based on a successful authentication result for the authentication request, the successful authentication result being obtained based on a determination that the first terminal identification information is stored in the terminal management server; and

displaying a graphical representation that reflects a private folder of the first user as one of selectable destinations in which electronic file data is to be stored.

12. The display control method of claim 11, further comprising:

obtaining second terminal identification information for identifying a second terminal of a second user from the second terminal, as one of the selectable destinations in which the electronic file data is to be stored, while the graphical representation that reflects the private folder of the first user is being displayed;

transmitting a request for authentication of the second terminal and the second terminal identification information, to the terminal management server,

receiving a second user name of the second user, the second user name being transmitted from the terminal management server based on a successful authentication result for the request for authentication of the second terminal, the successful authentication result being obtained when the terminal management server determines that the second terminal identification information is stored in the terminal management server; and

displaying a graphical representation that reflects a private folder of the second user as being selectable.

13. The display control method of claim 12, further comprising:

switching the display of the graphical representation, from the graphical representation of the private folder of the first user to the graphical representation of the private folder of the second user.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform a display control method performed by a shared terminal, the method comprising:

displaying an image to a plurality of users, the plurality of users simultaneously sharing a use of the shared terminal;

obtaining, from a first terminal of a first user, first terminal identification information for identifying the first terminal;

transmitting an authentication request and the first terminal identification information to a terminal management server, the terminal management server storing, for each of the plurality of users, a user name of a user in association with terminal identification information identifying a terminal of the user;

receiving a first user name of the first user, the first user name being transmitted from the terminal management server based on a successful authentication result for the authentication request, the successful authentication result being obtained based on a determination that the first terminal identification information is stored in the terminal management server; and

displaying a graphical representation that reflects a private folder of the first user as one of selectable destinations in which electronic file data is to be stored.