IP Library Granted Patent US 10,970,134
Granted Patent B2
US 10,970,134 · App. 16/055,162 · Granted Apr 6, 2021

Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventor: Kengo Tokuchi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
G06F9/54G06F9/451G06F9/4843H04L67/10
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Patent No.
US 10,970,134
App. No.
16/055,162
Granted
Apr 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit. The reception unit receives an apparatus to be used for a cooperative function. The reception unit further receives a different apparatus to execute the cooperative function in a case where the apparatus is not able to operate normally.

Claims (42)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a reception unit that receives an apparatus to be used for a cooperative function; and

a recommending unit that recommends a different apparatus to a user,

wherein the reception unit further receives the different apparatus to execute the cooperative function in a case where the apparatus is not able to operate normally, and

wherein the recommending unit recommends the different apparatus in accordance with priority corresponding to a place where the different apparatus is installed, and with priority corresponding to an operation range of the different apparatus, and

wherein the recommending unit more preferentially recommends a different apparatus with a larger overlapping part of an operation range with respect to the apparatus.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the different apparatus is an apparatus that includes a function that is the same as or similar to a function of the apparatus.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the recommending unit more preferentially recommends a different apparatus that is installed at a position closer to the apparatus.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the recommending unit recommends the different apparatus in accordance with priority corresponding to performance of the different apparatus.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the recommending unit recommends the different apparatus in accordance with priority corresponding to an operation state of the different apparatus.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the recommending unit more preferentially recommends a different apparatus with a lower operation load.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the recommending unit recommends the different apparatus in accordance with priority corresponding to a usage charge of the different apparatus.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the recommending unit recommends an apparatus that a user is allowed to use as the different apparatus.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the recommending unit recommends an apparatus whose electric power consumption does not exceed a threshold as the different apparatus.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the recommending unit recommends, as the different apparatus, an apparatus for which a cooperative function whose execution period does not overlap with an execution period of the cooperative function is set.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the reception unit receives a plurality of apparatuses to be used for the cooperative function and further receives an apparatus included in the plurality of apparatuses as the different apparatus to execute the cooperative function in a case where part of the plurality of apparatuses is not able to operate normally.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the different apparatus is included in the apparatus.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a controller that causes the different apparatus to stop executing the cooperative function and causes the apparatus to execute the cooperative function, when the apparatus becomes able to operate normally while the different apparatus is executing the cooperative function.

14. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a reception unit that receives an apparatus to be used for a cooperative function;

a recommending unit that recommends a different apparatus to a user; and

a controller that causes the cooperative function to be executed by the different apparatus to execute the cooperative function, in a case where the apparatus is not able to operate normally, and

wherein the recommending unit recommends the different apparatus in accordance with priority corresponding to a place where the different apparatus is installed, and with priority corresponding to an operation range of the different apparatus, and

wherein the recommending unit more preferentially recommends a different apparatus with a larger overlapping part of an operation range with respect to the apparatus.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for information processing, the process comprising:

receiving an apparatus to be used for a cooperative function; and

recommending a different apparatus to a user,

wherein the different apparatus to execute the cooperative function in a case where the apparatus is not able to operate normally is further received, and

wherein the recommending unit recommends the different apparatus in accordance with priority corresponding to a place where the different apparatus is installed, and with priority corresponding to an operation range of the different apparatus, and

wherein the recommending unit more preferentially recommends a different apparatus with a larger overlapping part of an operation range with respect to the apparatus.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 10, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056192/0316 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2018
From: TOKUCHI, KENGO
To: FUJI XEROX CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 046577/0845 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-026017 · Feb 16, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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