IP Library Granted Patent US 9,247,433
Granted Patent B2
US 9,247,433 · App. 14/255,173 · Granted Jan 26, 2016

Information communication apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,247,433
App. No.
14/255,173
Granted
Jan 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information communication apparatus includes: a communication portion; a storage apparatus connection portion that performs input and output operations with respect to a storage apparatus; a storage region management portion configured to provide, in the storage apparatus, a public region that makes an electronic file publicly accessible through the communication portion, and a private region that does not make an electronic file publicly accessible; and a file management portion that is capable of moving an electronic file that is stored in the storage apparatus, and is configured to move a predetermined electronic file to the private region.

Claims (17)

1. An information communication apparatus, comprising:

a communication portion that is capable of communicating with one or a plurality of external devices through one or a plurality of network lines, and is configured to assign different identification information to each of the one or a plurality of network lines;

a storage apparatus connection portion that performs input and output operations with respect to one or a plurality of storage apparatuses that are configured to be capable of storing an electronic file;

a storage region management portion that is configured to provide, in the storage apparatus, a public region that makes an electronic file publicly accessible with respect to a network line to which predetermined identification information is assigned among the one or a plurality of network lines, and a private region that does not make an electronic file publicly accessible with respect to the network line to which the predetermined identification information is assigned; and

a file management portion that is capable of moving an electronic file that is stored in the storage apparatus, and is configured to move a predetermined electronic file to the private region,

wherein the file management portion is configured to move the predetermined electronic file that is inside the public region to the private region in at least any one of:

a case where a predetermined time period elapses since a previous time the network line to which the predetermined identification information is assigned that makes the predetermined electronic file publicly accessible is stopped;

a case where an operating time period of the network line to which the predetermined identification information is assigned that makes the predetermined electronic file publicly accessible exceeds a predetermined time period; and

a case where an elapsed time period since a time that the predetermined electronic file is created exceeds a predetermined time period.

2. The information communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the file management portion is configured to move the predetermined electronic file that is inside the public region to the private region in at least at any one of:

a time of starting the network line to which the predetermined identification information is assigned; and

a time of stopping the network line to which the predetermined identification information is assigned after starting the network line.

3. The information communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the communication portion is configured to stop operation in a case where an electronic file is not included in the public region.

4. The information communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the communication portion is configured to start operation in a case where an electronic file is newly added to the public region that is in a state in which an electronic file is not included therein.

5. The information communication apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an external apparatus interface to which an image pickup portion that is configured to be capable of picking up an image is connectable, and which is configured to be capable of storing a file of an image that is picked up by the image pickup portion in a storage apparatus.

6. The information communication apparatus according to claim 5 wherein the predetermined electronic file is an image file that was generated by the image pickup portion.

7. The information communication apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the predetermined electronic file includes user generated content.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039344/0502 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 15, 2015
From: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036616/0332 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2014
From: SUZUKI, TAKESHI
To: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Reel/Frame 032698/0801 →