IP Library Granted Patent US 11,063,779
Granted Patent B2
US 11,063,779 · App. 16/728,074 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

Content server, information sharing system, communication control method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium

Inventors: Naohiko Kubo (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroshi Baba (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
H04L12/1831G06F3/1454H04N7/155G06K2009/00738H04L12/1813H04N7/15
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Patent No.
US 11,063,779
App. No.
16/728,074
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A content server manages contents used in one or more events. The server includes one or more memories that store, for each one of one or more participants of an event, one or more capture images, each capture image being an image of particular content of a plurality of contents used in the event and having been captured to a personal terminal of the participant during the event in response to an operation to capture the image of the particular content to the personal terminal. The server further includes circuitry configured to transmit distinction information distinguishing each capture image to a particular information processing terminal.

Claims (32)

1. A content server for managing content used in one or more events, the server comprising:

one or more memories that store, for each participant of one or more participants of an event, one or more capture images, each capture image of the one or more capture images being an image of a shared electronic screen displayed on a personal terminal of the participant, the shared electronic screen including particular content used in the event and having been captured by the personal terminal of the participant during the event in response to a capture operation by the participant at the personal terminal; and

circuitry configured to

determine, for each capture image captured by a participant of the event, a number of identical capture images, from one or more capture images captured by other participants of the event, using image analysis; and

transmit, for each particular capture image of the one or more capture images, the determined number of identical capture images in association with distinction information distinguishing the particular capture image to a particular information processing terminal.

2. The content server of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to generate a thumbnail of each capture image as the distinction information.

3. The content server of claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more memories further store an event identifier identifying the event during which each capture image has been captured in association with the capture image, and further store event information related to the event for each of the one or more events, and

wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

transmit the event information to the particular information processing terminal;

receive a particular event identifier identifying a particular event of the one or more events, the particular event being designated by the particular information processing terminal; and

transmit particular distinction information distinguishing, from among the one or more capture images, one or more particular capture images associated with the particular event identifier.

4. The content server of claim 3 ,

wherein the event information stored in the one or more memories associates, for each of the one or more events, an organizer identifier identifying an organizer of the event, with the event identifier,

the circuitry is further configured to obtain particular event information of one or more particular events identified with one or more particular event identifiers each associated with a particular organizer identifier that matches an identifier of a user operating the particular information processing terminal, and transmit the particular event information of the one or more particular events to the particular information processing terminal, and

wherein the particular event is selected from the one or more particular events indicated by the particular event information that is transmitted.

5. The content server of claim 1 , wherein the particular information processing terminal is a personal terminal operated by an organizer of the event.

6. The content server of claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to, in response to receiving designation of a particular participant of the one or more participants from the particular information processing terminal, transmit the distinction information of each capture image, of the one or more capture images stored in the one or more memories, that was captured by the particular participant for which the designation is received.

7. An information sharing system, comprising:

the content server of claim 1 ; and

the particular information processing terminal, which is configured to control a display to display the distinction information received from the content server.

8. The information sharing system of claim 7 , wherein the particular information processing terminal displays a thumbnail of each capture image as the distinction information.

9. The information sharing system of claim 7 , wherein the particular information processing terminal includes display control circuitry configured to display the distinction information, of a given capture image of the one or more capture images, in association with the determined number of identical capture images for the given capture image.

10. A communication control method performed by a content server for managing content used in one or more events, the method comprising:

storing, for each participant of one or more participants of an event, one or more capture images, each capture image of the one or more capture images being an image of a shared electronic screen displayed on a personal terminal of the participant, the shared electronic screen including particular content used in the event and having been captured by the personal terminal of the participant during the event in response to a capture operation by the participant at the personal terminal; and

determining, for each capture image captured by a participant of the event a number of identical capture images, from one or more capture images captured by other participants of the event, using image analysis; and

transmitting, for each particular capture image of the one or more capture images, the determined number of identical capture images in association with distinction information distinguishing the particular capture image to a particular information processing terminal.

11. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a communication control method performed by a content server for managing content used in one or more events, the method comprising:

storing, for each participant of one or more participants of an event, one or more capture images, each capture image of the one or more capture images being an image of a shared electronic screen displayed on a personal terminal of the participant, the shared electronic screen including particular content used in the event and having been captured by the personal terminal of the participant during the event in response to a capture operation by the participant at the personal terminal; and

determining, for each capture image captured by a participant of the event, a number of identical capture images, from one or more capture images captured by other participants of the event, using image analysis; and

transmitting, for each particular capture image of the one or more capture images, the determined number of identical capture images in association with distinction information distinguishing the particular capture image to a particular information processing terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2019
From: KUBO, NAOHIKO; BABA, HIROSHI
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 051374/0809 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2018-247029 · Dec 28, 2018 · national
JP JP2019-230657 · Dec 20, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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