Information processing system, information processing apparatus, terminal apparatus and information transmission method for ordered transmission of stored information to be synchronously displayed at terminal apparatuses

• US 9,917,915 B2
• Filed: 08/19/2014
• Issued: 03/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Kanaya, Mitsuhisa
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Liangche A
• Application Number:
  US14/462,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20150058397A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,302 Days
• Field of Search: 709202, 709204, 709205, 709217, 709218
• 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 65/4038 with floor control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561

Abstract

An information processing system includes one or more terminal apparatuses and an information processing apparatus connected via a network. The system converts stored information, based on a method determined for each of the terminal apparatuses, into at least first transmission information and second transmission information to be transmitted to the terminal apparatuses; transmits the first transmission information including a first display part of the information to one of the terminal apparatuses and transmits the second transmission information including a second display part of the information different from the first display part to the one of the terminal apparatuses after transmitting the first transmission information; and displays ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information.

Claims

1. An information processing system including one or more terminal apparatuses and an information processing apparatus which are connected via a network, the information processing system comprising:

at least one memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon; and

at least one processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to,

store content information in an information storage part;

determine an information transmission method for each of the one or more terminal apparatuses based on client information concerning the information transmission method, the client information being exchanged between the one or more terminal apparatuses and the information processing apparatus, the client information including at least (i) a unit of dividing the stored content information and (ii) cache information;

divide and convert the stored content information, based on the information transmission method determined for each of the one or more terminal apparatuses according to the client information, into at least first transmission information and second transmission information to be transmitted to the one or more terminal apparatuses;

transmit the first transmission information including a first display part of the stored content information to be displayed first to one of the one or more terminal apparatuses, and transmit the second transmission information including a second display part of the stored content information to be displayed after the first display part to the one of the one or more terminal apparatuses after transmitting the first transmission information, the second display part being different from the first display part;

display ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information via one or more display devices;

store sets of identification information identifying ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information which are being displayed at the one or more terminal apparatuses, respectively, in a display identification information storage part;

determine candidates for ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information to be transmitted to the one or more terminal apparatuses based on requests transmitted from the one or more terminal apparatuses to acquire ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information and the sets of identification information stored in the display identification information storage part; and

control the information processing apparatus to transmit ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information, the ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information being candidates for being subsequently displayed by the one or more display devices; and

cause ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information transmitted by the information processing apparatus to be stored in one or more transmission information storage parts at the one or more terminal apparatuses,

wherein the one or more display devices are configured to display ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information stored in the one or more transmission information storage parts when the ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information are to be subsequently displayed and are stored in the one or more transmission information storage parts.

2. The information processing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first display part is displayed first at the one of the one or more terminal apparatuses and the second display part is displayed at the one of the one or more terminal apparatuses after the first display part is displayed.

3. The information processing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein,

the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer readable instructions to determine the unit of dividing the stored content information based on the cache information,

the cache information includes at least one of (i) a number of cacheable transmission information and (ii) an indication of an algorithm for determining transmission information to be cached, and

the cache information depends on capabilities of each of the one or more terminal apparatuses, wherein at least some of the one or more terminal apparatuses have differing capabilities.

4. The information processing system as claimed in claim 3, wherein,

the client information further includes (iii) a data format of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information and (iv) a display size of each of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information, and

the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer readable instructions to determine the data format and the display size based on the cache information that depends on capabilities of each of the one or more terminal apparatuses, wherein at least some of the one or more terminal apparatuses have differing capabilities.

5. The information processing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein,

the sets of identification information include page information of ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information, and

the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer readable instructions to control storage of ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information so that ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information nearest to the page information are to be transmitted based on relationships between the requests to acquire ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information and the page information of ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information included in the sets of identification information.

6. The information processing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer readable instructions to,

store candidates for ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information to be transmitted to the one or more terminal apparatuses in a look-ahead transmission information storage part at the information processing apparatus;

determine the candidates based on the cache information such that the look-ahead transmission information storage part will store the candidates for the ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information to be subsequently transmitted to the one or more terminal apparatuses; and

transmit ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information stored in the look-ahead transmission information storage part to the one or more terminal apparatuses when the ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information to be transmitted to the one or more terminal apparatuses are stored in the look-ahead transmission information storage part.

7. An information processing apparatus connected with one or more terminal apparatuses via a network, the information processing apparatus comprising:

at least one memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon; and

at least one processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to,

store content information in an information storage part;

determine an information transmission method for each of the one or more terminal apparatuses based on client information concerning the information transmission method, the client information being exchanged between the one or more terminal apparatuses and the information processing apparatus, the client information including at least (i) a unit of dividing the stored content information and (ii) cache information;

divide and convert the stored content information, based on the information transmission method determined for each of the one or more terminal apparatuses according to the client information, into at least first transmission information and second transmission information to be transmitted to the one or more terminal apparatuses; and

transmit the first transmission information including a first display part of the stored content information to be displayed first to one of the one or more terminal apparatuses, and transmit the second transmission information including a second display part of the stored content information to be displayed after the first display part to the one of the one or more terminal apparatuses after transmitting the first transmission information, the second display part being different from the first display part,

wherein ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information are displayed at the one or more terminal apparatuses via one or more display devices;

store sets of identification information identifying ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information which are being displayed at the one or more terminal apparatuses, respectively, in a display identification information storage part;

determine candidates for ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information to be transmitted to the one or more terminal apparatuses based on requests received from the one or more terminal apparatuses to acquire ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information and the sets of identification information stored in the display identification information storage part;

transmit ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information, the ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information being candidates for being subsequently displayed by the one or more display devices; and

cause ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information transmitted by the information processing apparatus to be stored in one or more transmission information storage parts at the one or more terminal apparatuses,

wherein the one or more display devices are configured to display ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information stored in the one or more transmission information storage parts when the ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information are to be subsequently displayed and are stored in the one or more transmission information storage parts.

8. A terminal apparatus connected with an information processing apparatus via a network, the terminal apparatus comprising:

at least one memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon; and

at least one processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to,

determine an information transmission method for the terminal apparatus based on client information concerning the information transmission method, the client information being exchanged between the terminal apparatus and the information processing apparatus, the client information including at least (i) a unit of dividing stored content information and (ii) cache information;

receive, from the information processing apparatus, at least

first transmission information acquired from the stored content information being divided and converted by the information processing apparatus, based on the information transmission method determined for the terminal apparatus according to the client information, to include a first display part of the stored content information to be displayed first, and

second transmission information acquired from the stored content information being divided and converted by the information processing apparatus, based on the information transmission method determined for the terminal apparatus according to the client information, to include a second display part of the stored content information to be displayed after the first display part after the first transmission information is received, the second display part being different from the first display part;

display the first transmission information and the second transmission information via a display device;

store sets of identification information identifying ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information which are being displayed at the terminal apparatus in a display identification information storage part;

determine candidates for ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information to be acquired from the information processing apparatus based on the sets of identification information stored in the display identification information storage part;

transmit a request to acquire ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information from the information processing apparatus;

receive ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information from the information processing apparatus, the ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information being candidates for being subsequently displayed by the display device;

store ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information received from the information processing apparatus in a transmission information storage part; and

display ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information stored in the transmission information storage part via the display device when the ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information are to be subsequently displayed and are stored in the transmission information storage part.

9. An information transmission method carried out in an information processing system that includes one or more terminal apparatuses and an information processing apparatus connected via a network, the information transmission method comprising:

storing content information in an information storage part;

determining an information transmission method for each of the one or more terminal apparatuses based on client information concerning the information transmission method, the client information being exchanged between the one or more terminal apparatuses and the information processing apparatus, the client information including at least (i) a unit of dividing the stored content information and (ii) cache information;

dividing and converting the stored content information, based on the information transmission method determined for each of the one or more terminal apparatuses according to the client information, into at least first transmission information and second transmission information to be transmitted to the one or more terminal apparatuses;

transmitting the first transmission information including a first display part of the stored content information to be displayed first to one of the one or more terminal apparatuses, and transmitting the second transmission information including a second display part of the stored content information to be displayed after the first display part to the one of the one or more terminal apparatuses after transmitting the first transmission information, the second display part being different from the first display part;

displaying ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information via one or more display devices;

storing sets of identification information identifying ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information which are being displayed at the one or more terminal apparatuses, respectively, in a display identification information storage part;

determining candidates for ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information to be transmitted to the one or more terminal apparatuses based on requests transmitted from the one or more terminal apparatuses to acquire ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information and the sets of identification information stored in the display identification information storage part;

controlling the information processing apparatus to transmit ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information, the ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information being candidates for being subsequently displayed by the one or more display devices; and

causing ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information transmitted by the information processing apparatus to be stored in one or more transmission information storage parts at the one or more terminal apparatuses,

wherein the one or more display devices are configured to display ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information stored in the one or more transmission information storage parts when the ones of the at least first transmission information and second transmission information are to be subsequently displayed and are stored in the one or more transmission information storage parts.