IP Library Granted Patent US 11,252,112
Granted Patent B2
US 11,252,112 · App. 16/211,244 · Granted Feb 15, 2022

Message providing device, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program, and display control method

Inventors: Hideaki Sugimoto (Kanagawa, JP); Shigeo Miyata (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroyuki Mitsuhashi (Kanagawa, JP); Xiaojing Zhang (Kanagawa, JP); Shiori Oikawa (Kanagawa, JP); Yu Mishima (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
H04L51/02G06F3/1204G06F3/1236G06F3/1288H04L51/046H04L67/16
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Patent No.
US 11,252,112
App. No.
16/211,244
Granted
Feb 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A message providing device includes a receiving section that receives a registration request for an association of a software robot program with an external device for each user, the software robot program operating on a message service in which a message is transmitted and received between users, to transmit and receive the message to and from a user, and a registration section that provides plural same software robot programs for one user and registers one or plural different external devices from each other in association with each of the plural same software robot programs in accordance with the request from the user.

Claims (49)

1. A message providing device comprising:

a processor, configured to:

receive a registration request for an association of a software robot program with an external device for each user, the software robot program operating on a message service in which a message is transmitted and received between users, to transmit and receive the message to and from a user; and

provide a plurality of same software robot programs for one user and registers a plurality of external devices different from each other in association with the plurality of same software robot programs in accordance with the request from the user, wherein each of the plurality of same software robot programs is respectively in association with at least one different external device among the plurality of external devices.

2. The message providing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a case of satisfying a predetermined condition, the processor sequentially and additionally provides the software robot program for the user.

3. The message providing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor provides the one software robot program for the user in an initial state, and

the processor additionally provides the software robot program for the user in a case of satisfying a predetermined condition.

4. The message providing device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the predetermined condition means that the number of external devices associated with the one software robot program is greater than an upper limit.

5. The message providing device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the predetermined condition means that the number of external devices associated with the one software robot program is greater than an upper limit.

6. The message providing device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the predetermined condition means that the number of times of switching between the external devices associated with the one software robot program is greater than an upper limit.

7. The message providing device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the predetermined condition means that the number of times of switching between the external devices associated with the one software robot program is greater than an upper limit.

8. The message providing device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the predetermined condition means that the number of times of switching between operation conditions of the external devices associated with the one software robot program s greater than an upper limit.

9. The message providing device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the predetermined condition means that the number of times of switching between operation conditions of the external devices associated with the one software robot program is greater than an upper limit.

10. The message providing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor registers the plurality of external devices different from each other in association with the plurality of same software robot programs, in accordance with the registration request from the user.

11. The message providing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor registers the plurality of external devices different from each other in association with the plurality of same software robot programs, in accordance with a switching request of the external device from the user.

12. The message providing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor changes an association between the plurality of same software robot programs, and the plurality of external devices different from each other, in accordance with a request from the user and performs registration.

13. The message providing device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the processor changes the association between the plurality of same software robot programs, and the plurality of external devices different from each other, in accordance with the number of times of switching between the external devices, and performs registration.

14. The message providing device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the processor changes the association between the plurality of same software robot programs, and the plurality of external devices different from each other, in accordance with the number of times of switching between operation conditions of the external devices, and performs registration.

15. The message providing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the external device is a printing device.

16. The message providing device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the external device is a printing device.

17. The message providing device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the external device is a printing device.

18. The message providing device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the external device is a printing device.

19. The message providing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of same software robot programs comprise a first software robot program and a second software robot program, wherein the plurality of external devices comprise a first external device and a second external device, wherein the first software program is in association with the first external device, and wherein the second software program is in association with the second external device.

20. The message providing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first external device provides a first service, and wherein the second external provides a second service different from the first service.

21. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to:

receive a registration request for an association of a software robot program with an external device for each user, the software robot program operating on a message service in which a message is transmitted and received between users, to transmit and receive the message to and from a user; and

provide a plurality of same software robot programs for one user and registers a plurality of external devices different from each other in association with each of the plurality of same software robot programs in accordance with the request from the user, wherein each of the plurality of same software robot programs is respectively in association with at least one different external device among the plurality of external devices.

22. A display control method comprising:

receiving a registration request for an association of a software robot program with an external device for each user, the software robot program operating on a message service in which a message is transmitted and received between users, to transmit and receive the message to and from a user; and

displaying a message on a screen in accordance with a request from one user, the message being for suggesting registration of a plurality of external devices different from each other in association with each of a plurality of same software robot programs in a case of satisfying a predetermined condition, wherein each of the plurality of same software robot programs is respectively in association with at least one different external device among the plurality of external devices.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 26, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056365/0282 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2018
From: SUGIMOTO, HIDEAKI; MIYATA, SHIGEO; MITSUHASHI, HIROYUKI; ZHANG, XIAOJING; OIKAWA, SHIORI; MISHIMA, YU
To: FUJI XEROX CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 047686/0027 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-049871 · Mar 16, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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