COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND OUTPUT METHOD

• US 20170093762A1
• Filed: 09/22/2016
• Published: 03/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Atsushi Miyamoto, Hiroshi Hinohara, Naoki Umehara, Takeshi Horiuchi, Takuya Soneda
• Inventors: HORIUCHI, Takeshi, UMEHARA, Naoki, HINOHARA, Hiroshi, MIYAMOTO, Atsushi, SONEDA, Takuya
• Granted Patent: US 10,205,686 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• 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 65/1046 Call controllers; Call servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication

Abstract

A communication terminal, a communication system and an output method. The communication terminal and the output method include storing, in a memory, a plurality of communication applications including a first communication application and a second communication application, outputting first status information indicating a first status of the first communication application according to a call control information transmitted by the first communication application, and outputting second status information indicating a second status of the second communication application according to a resource that is used by the first communication application in the first status. The communication system includes a publish-subscribe server and the communication terminal, and the communication terminal further includes sending a pub request to publish the call control information and a sub request to subscribe to the call control information to the publish-subscribe server.

Claims

1. A communication terminal comprising:

a memory to store a plurality of communication applications including a first communication application and a second communication application; and

an output unit to output first status information indicating a first status of the first communication application according to a call control information transmitted by the first communication application, and to output second status information indicating a second status of the second communication application according to a resource that is used by the first communication application in the first status.

2. The communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising

a resource manager to manage a number of available resources,

wherein the output unit outputs the second status information according to the number of the available resources managed in the resource manager.

3. The communication terminal according to claim 2, further comprising

an update unit to update the number of the available resources managed in the resource manager according to deletion or addition of the resource, or start or termination of a use of the resource.

4. The communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising

a transmitter to sends, for each of the plurality of communication applications, a pub request to publish the call control information and a sub request to subscribe to the call control information to a publish-subscribe server.

5. The communication terminal according to claim 4, wherein

the transmitter sends a pub request to publish the first status information or the second status information, and a sub request to subscribe to the first status information or the second status information to the publish-subscribe server.

6. The communication terminal according to claim 5, wherein

the transmitter uses a shared account to send the pub request and the sub request to the publish-subscribe server.

7. A communication system comprising:

a publish-subscribe server; and

a communication terminal including

a memory to store a plurality of communication applications including a first communication application and a second communication application,

an output unit to output first status information indicating a first status of the first communication application according to a call control information transmitted by the first communication application, and to output second status information indicating a second status of the second communication application according to a resource that is used by the first communication application in the first status, and

a transmitter to send, for each of the plurality of communication applications, a pub request to publish the call control information and a sub request to subscribe to the call control information to the publish-subscribe server.

8. The communication system according to claim 7, further comprising

a relay control device to manage a relay of contents of data between the communication terminal and another communication terminal,

wherein the relay control device sends a sub request to subscribe to the call control information to the publish-subscribe server.

9. The communication system according to claim 7, wherein

the transmitter sends a sub request to publish the first status information or the second status information and a pub request to subscribe to the first status information or the second status information to the publish-subscribe server.

10. The communication system according to claim 7, further comprising

another communication terminal that is a counterpart communication terminal of the plurality of communication applications.

11. An output method comprising:

storing, in a memory, a plurality of communication applications including a first communication application and a second communication application;

outputting first status information indicating a first status of the first communication application according to a call control information transmitted by the first communication application; and

outputting second status information indicating a second status of the second communication application according to a resource that is used by the first communication application in the first status.