INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20160094659A1
• Filed: 09/17/2015
• Published: 03/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: SHIMOMOTO, Ryoh
• Application Number:
  US14/856,714
• Publication Number:
  US 20160094659A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/178 Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database

Abstract

An information processing system includes an information processing terminal connected to a first network and an information processing apparatus, and an information storage device connected to a second network. The information processing terminal acquires a file requested by file-request-data, manages file-identification-data identifying a file to be stored in the information processing terminal for a period, receives update-report-data that is reported when the file stored in the information storage device, which corresponds to the file identified by the file-identification-data, is updated, performs an update process on the file identified by the file-identification-data, by update-data based on the update-report-data, and sends update-request-data for requesting the update-data, the file-request-data, and the file-identification-data. The information storage device receives the file-identification-data from the information processing apparatus, stores the file, and sends a report to the information processing apparatus when the file identified by the file-identification-data, among the stored files, is updated.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising:

an information processing terminal connected to a first network;

at least one information processing apparatus connected to the first network; and

an information storage device connected to a second network other than the first network, the information storage device being configured to store a file, wherein

the information processing terminal includes

an acquisition unit configured to perform an acquisition process of acquiring the file requested by file request data for requesting the file,

a management unit configured to manage file identification data for identifying a file to be stored in the information processing terminal for a predetermined period or more than the predetermined period, among the files acquired by the acquisition process,

a receiving unit configured to receive update report data that is reported when the file stored in the information storage device, which corresponds to the file identified by the file identification data, is updated,

an update unit configured to perform an update process on the file identified by the file identification data among the files acquired by the acquisition process, by update data for updating based on the update report data, and

a sending unit configured to send update request data for requesting the update data in the update process, and the file request data and the file identification data in the acquisition process, wherein

the at least one information processing apparatus includes

a receiving unit configured to receive, from the information processing terminal, the update request data, the file request data, and the file identification data,

an acquisition relay unit configured to perform an acquisition relay process of acquiring the file from the information storage device based on the received file request data, and sending the file acquired from the information storage device to the information processing terminal,

an update relay unit configured to perform an update relay process of acquiring the update data from the information storage device based on the received update request data, and sending the update data acquired from the information storage device to the information processing terminal,

a report unit configured to send a report including the update report data to the information processing terminal based on a report received from the information storage device, and

a sending unit configured to send the received file identification data to the information storage device, and wherein

the information storage device includes

a receiving unit configured to receive the file identification data from the at least one information processing apparatus,

a storage unit configured to store the file, and

a report unit configured to send the report to the at least one information processing apparatus when the file identified by the file identification data, among the stored files, is updated.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the information storage device is protected by a firewall that blocks an access from a device other than a device connected to the second network.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the information processing terminal deletes the file other than the file identified by the file identification data among the files acquired by the acquisition process, when the predetermined period passes.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the report sent by the information storage device is a push notification from the information storage device, and

the report sent by the at least one information processing apparatus is a push notification from the information processing apparatus.

5. The information processing system according to claim 2, further comprising:

a relay device configured to acquire the file and the update data from the information storage device, wherein

the relay device acquires, from the information storage device, the file or the update data stored in the information storage device, when the file request data or the update request data is data for the file stored in the information storage device.

6. An information processing system comprising:

an information processing terminal connected to a first network and to at least one information processing apparatus; and

an information storage device connected to a second network other than the first network, the information storage device being configured to store a file, wherein

the information processing terminal includes

an acquisition unit configured to perform an acquisition process of acquiring the file requested by file request data for requesting the file,

a management unit configured to manage file identification data for identifying a file to be stored in the information processing terminal for a predetermined period or more than the predetermined period, among the files acquired by the acquisition process,

a receiving unit configured to receive update report data that is reported when the file stored in the information storage device, which corresponds to the file identified by the file identification data, is updated,

an update unit configured to perform an update process on the file identified by the file identification data among the files acquired by the acquisition process, by update data for updating based on the update report data, and

a sending unit configured to send update request data for requesting the update data in the update process, and the file request data and the file identification data in the acquisition process, and wherein

the information storage device includes

a receiving unit configured to receive the file identification data from the at least one information processing apparatus,

a storage unit configured to store the file, and

a report unit configured to send a report to the at least one information processing apparatus when the file identified by the file identification data, among the stored files, is updated.

7. An information processing method performed by an information processing system, the information processing system including

an information processing terminal connected to a first network,

at least one information processing apparatus connected to the first network, and

an information storage device connected to a second network other than the first network, the information storage device being configured to store a file, the information processing method comprising:

performing, by the information processing terminal, an acquisition process of acquiring the file requested by file request data for requesting the file;

managing, by the information processing terminal, file identification data for identifying a file to be stored in the information processing terminal for a predetermined period or more than the predetermined period, among the files acquired by the acquisition process;

performing, by the information processing terminal, a first receiving step of receiving update report data that is reported when the file stored in the information storage device, which corresponds to the file identified by the file identification data, is updated;

performing, by the information processing terminal, an update process on the file identified by the file identification data among the files acquired by the acquisition process, by update data for updating based on the update report data;

performing, by the information processing terminal, a first sending step of sending update request data for requesting the update data in the update process, and the file request data and the file identification data in the acquisition process;

performing, by the at least one information processing apparatus, a second receiving step of receiving, from the information processing terminal, the update request data, the file request data, and the file identification data;

performing, by the at least one information processing apparatus, an acquisition relay process of acquiring the file from the information storage device based on the received file request data, and sending the file acquired from the information storage device to the information processing terminal;

performing, by the at least one information processing apparatus, an update relay process of acquiring the update data from the information storage device based on the received update request data, and sending the update data acquired from the information storage device to the information processing terminal;

performing, by the at least one information processing apparatus, a first report step of sending a report including the update report data to the information processing terminal based on a report received from the information storage device;

performing, by the at least one information processing apparatus, a second sending step of sending the received file identification data to the information storage device;

performing, by the information storage device, a third receiving step of receiving the file identification data from the at least one information processing apparatus;

storing, by the information storage device, the file; and

performing, by the information storage device, a second report step of sending the report to the at least one information processing apparatus when the file identified by the file identification data, among the stored files, is updated.