IP Library Granted Patent US 11,496,420
Granted Patent B2
US 11,496,420 · App. 16/518,996 · Granted Nov 8, 2022

Contact system and non-transitory computer readable medium storing contact program

Inventor: Eiji Miyamae (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
H04L51/02H04L51/04H04L51/226H04L51/42H04L51/52H04L67/53
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,496,420
App. No.
16/518,996
Granted
Nov 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A contact system includes an ID information management section that discloses and manages ID information for specifying a user to a third party; a contact information management section that gives priorities to respective pieces of contact information of the user of a plurality of contact tools, and manages the respective pieces of contact information in a private manner to the third party; a reception section that receives a contact request designating the ID information as a contact destination from the third party; a selection section that selects contact information to be used, from the respective pieces of contact information of the user according to the received ID information, based on the priorities; and a contact relay section that relays contact by the corresponding contact tool, by using the selected contact information.

Claims (41)

1. A contact system comprising:

a processor configured to:

disclose and manage ID information for specifying a user to a third party;

give priorities to respective pieces of contact information of the user of a plurality of contact tools, and manage the respective pieces of contact information in a private manner to the third party;

receive a contact request designating the ID information as a contact destination from the third party;

select contact information to be used, from the respective pieces of contact information of the user according to the received ID information, based on the priorities and an availability of the user; and

relay contact by the corresponding contact tool, by using the selected contact information,

wherein the processor manages a priority for each of a plurality of modes set by the user, and receives a mode change from the user,

wherein the plurality of contact tools includes an immediate type contact tool and a send type contact tool,

wherein the plurality of modes includes a mode in which the priority of the contact information in the immediate type contact tool is enhanced, and a mode in which the priority of the contact information in the send type contact tool is enhanced, and

wherein the plurality of modes comprises a normal mode, a contact mode and a send type mode, wherein

in the normal mode, the priority of the send type contact tool is set high, and the priority of the immediate type contact tool is set low,

in the contact mode, the priority is set to receive a contact by the immediate type contact tool, and giving priority to receive the contact by a next send type contact tool promptly, and

in the send type mode, in response to the contact request from the third party, the user is contacted only by the send type contact tool in response to the contact request from the third party, and is not contacted by the immediate type contact tool.

2. The contact system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor manages the contact information to be used for each contact condition,

acquires the contact condition, and

selects the contact information according to the acquired contact condition.

3. The contact system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the contact condition is a condition regarding a schedule of the user, and

wherein the processor acquires the contact condition from schedule information of the user.

4. The contact system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the contact condition is a condition regarding the third party, and

wherein the processor acquires the contact condition from attribute information of the third party.

5. The contact system according to claim 1 ,

wherein in a case where the relaying of the contact using certain contact information selected by the processor is not available, the processor relays a contact using next contact information selected by the processor.

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

disclose and manage ID information for specifying a user to a third party;

give priorities to respective pieces of contact information of the user of a plurality of contact tools, and manage the respective pieces of contact information in a private manner to the third party;

receive a contact request designating the ID information as a contact destination from the third party;

select contact information to be used, from the respective pieces of contact information of the user according to the received ID information, based on the priorities and an availability of the user; and

relay the contact by the corresponding contact tool using the selected contact information,

wherein the computer manages a priority for each of a plurality of modes set by the user, and receives a mode change from the user,

wherein the plurality of contact tools includes an immediate type contact tool and a send type contact tool,

wherein the plurality of modes includes a mode in which the priority of the contact information in the immediate type contact tool is enhanced, and a mode in which the priority of the contact information in the send type contact tool is enhanced, and

wherein the plurality of modes comprises a normal mode, a contact mode and a send type mode, wherein

in the normal mode, the priority of the send type contact tool is set high, and the priority of the immediate type contact tool is set low,

in the contact mode, the priority is set to receive a contact by the immediate type contact tool, and giving priority to receive the contact by a next send type contact tool promptly, and

in the send type mode, in response to the contact request from the third party, the user is contacted only by the send type contact tool in response to the contact request from the third party, and is not contacted by the immediate type contact tool.

7. The contact system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the selected contact corresponding to the availability of the user comprises available contact when the user going out and an available contact when the user leaving seat.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 16, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056254/0011 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2019
From: MIYAMAE, EIJI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049924/0251 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-056036 · Mar 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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