Information-display system, an information-display method, an information-display server, and an information-display program
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1. An information-display system that displays information, using one or more information-display terminals and an information-display server connected to the information-display terminals though a network, each of the information-display terminals being allocated to a predetermined person, comprising:
- information storing means provided in the information-display server for storing information to be displayed on the information-display terminals, the information including status information relative to the one or more predetermined persons, said status information indicating “
presence” and
“
absence”
of the predetermined persons,update notice transmitting means provided in the information-display server for transmitting a notice that there is an update of the information stored in the information storing means to the information-display terminals when the information is updated, andinformation acquisition and display means provided in each of the information-display terminals for acquiring automatically the updated information from the information-display server in response to the notice from the information-display server that there is an update, and for displaying the updated information,wherein different access permissions are assigned respectively to categories comprising viewers, receptionists, switchers, general affairs persons and users, and whereinviewers can peruse a presence status,receptionists can peruse and update “
absence” and
“
presence”
of persons whose presence status is to be displayed,switchers can update presence status comprising “
absence”
, “
presence”
, “
out of office”
, “
in a conference”
, and “
in a meeting”
,general affairs persons can edit information about persons whose presence status is to be displayed, andusers can peruse and update presence status of one or more specific persons whose presence status includes “
absence”
, “
presence”
, “
out of office”
, “
in a conference”
, and “
in a meeting”
.
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Abstract
An information-display system, an information-display method, an information-display server and an information-display program are provided that enable updating of a presence status on a real time basis without useless accesses, while facilitating changes of the kind of information to be displayed and facilitating improvements. The information-display system includes information display terminals and an information-display server, wherein the server transmits a notice to the terminals indicating that there is an update, and then, the terminals acquire and display the updated information.
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1. An information-display system that displays information, using one or more information-display terminals and an information-display server connected to the information-display terminals though a network, each of the information-display terminals being allocated to a predetermined person, comprising:
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information storing means provided in the information-display server for storing information to be displayed on the information-display terminals, the information including status information relative to the one or more predetermined persons, said status information indicating “
presence” and
“
absence”
of the predetermined persons,update notice transmitting means provided in the information-display server for transmitting a notice that there is an update of the information stored in the information storing means to the information-display terminals when the information is updated, and information acquisition and display means provided in each of the information-display terminals for acquiring automatically the updated information from the information-display server in response to the notice from the information-display server that there is an update, and for displaying the updated information, wherein different access permissions are assigned respectively to categories comprising viewers, receptionists, switchers, general affairs persons and users, and wherein viewers can peruse a presence status, receptionists can peruse and update “
absence” and
“
presence”
of persons whose presence status is to be displayed,switchers can update presence status comprising “
absence”
, “
presence”
, “
out of office”
, “
in a conference”
, and “
in a meeting”
,general affairs persons can edit information about persons whose presence status is to be displayed, and users can peruse and update presence status of one or more specific persons whose presence status includes “
absence”
, “
presence”
, “
out of office”
, “
in a conference”
, and “
in a meeting”
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5. An information-display method for displaying information, using one or more information-display terminals and an information-display server connected to the information-display terminals through a network, each of the information-display terminals being allocated to a predetermined person, comprising:
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an update notice transmitting step for transmitting from the information-display server to the information-display terminals a notice that there is an update of information when there is an update of the information stored in information storing means and an information acquisition and display step for acquiring automatically updated information from the information-display server in response to a notice from the information-display server that there is an update, and for displaying the updated information, with corresponding name labels of one or more predetermined persons on a presence status screen, wherein different access permissions are assigned respectively to categories comprising viewers, receptionists, switchers, general affairs persons and users, and wherein viewers can peruse a presence status, receptionists can peruse and update “
absence” and
“
presence”
of persons whose presence status is to be displayed,switchers can update presence status comprising “
absence”
, “
presence”
, “
out of office”
, “
in a conference”
, and “
in a meeting”
,general affairs persons can edit information about persons whose presence status is to be displayed, and users can peruse and update presence status of one or more specific persons whose presence status includes “
absence”
, “
presence”
, “
out of office”
, “
in a conference”
, and “
in a meeting”
.
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7. A computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded therein that allows a computer to:
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store information to be displayed on one or more information-display terminals connected through a network, each of the information-display terminals being allocated to a predetermined person, transmit to the information-display terminals a notice that there is an update when there is an update of the information stored in an information storing means, said information including status information relative to the one or more predetermined persons, said status information indicating “
presence”
or “
absence”
of the predetermined persons, andtransmit to the information-display terminals the updated information that is updated pursuant to a demand for the updated information from one of the information-display terminals such that the information-display terminals display updated current information, wherein different access permissions are assigned respectively to categories comprising viewers, receptionists, switchers, general affairs persons and users, and wherein viewers can peruse a presence status, receptionists can peruse and update “
absence” and
“
presence”
of persons whose presence status is to be displayed.switchers can update presence status comprising “
absence”
, “
presence”
, “
out of office”
, “
in a conference”
, and “
in a meeting”
,general affairs persons can edit information about persons whose presence status is to be displayed, and users can peruse and update presence status of one or more specific persons whose presence status includes “
absence”
, “
presence”
, “
out of office”
, “
in a conference”
, and “
in a meeting”
.
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Current AssigneeEiji Yoshino, Ricoh Company Limited, Ricoh System Kaihatsu Company Limited (Ricoh Company Limited)
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Original AssigneeEiji Yoshino, Ricoh Company Limited, Ricoh System Kaihatsu Company Limited (Ricoh Company Limited)
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InventorsYoshino, Eiji, Kuniyoshi, Yoshio, Kogami, Hideki, Aoike, Kunio
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Primary Examiner(s)Dharia; Rupal
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Assistant Examiner(s)SHINGLES, KRISTIE D
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Application NumberUS10/098,295Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,898 DaysField of Search709/201, 709/227, 709/229, 709/242, 709/244, 709/203, 709/206, 709/223, 709/225US Class Current709/225CPC Class CodesG08B 3/1083 Pager locating systems
