Communication management system, communication system, communication management device, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
A communication management system manages a session in which a plurality of terminal apparatuses shares a stroke image. The communication management system includes circuitry configured to: manage stroke information including a plurality of pieces of stroke data representing the stroke image; receive, from a first terminal apparatus, group operation information for designating one or more pieces of stroke data, which are operation targets, from among the plurality of pieces of stroke data; and restrict, based on the group operation information, an operation regarding the one or more pieces of stroke data by a second terminal apparatus, which is different from the first terminal apparatus.
1. A communication management system that manages a videoconference session between a plurality of terminal apparatuses that share a stroke image, the communication management system comprising:
circuitry configured to:
receive, from a first terminal apparatus of the plurality of terminal apparatuses, group operation information for designating one or more pieces of stroke data, which are operation targets, from among a plurality of pieces of stroke data representing the stroke image drawn on a single device in the videoconference session;
determine a result indicating whether the received group operation information includes stroke data on which a second terminal apparatus of the plurality of terminal apparatuses is prohibited from performing an operation to the one or more pieces of stroke data while the first terminal apparatus performs an edit operation on the operation targets; and
prohibit, based on the result indicating to prohibit, the second terminal apparatus from performing the operation to the one or more pieces of stroke data while the first terminal apparatus performs the edit operation on the operation targets.
2. The communication management system according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that the one or more pieces of stroke data designated by the group operation information include no stroke data for which operation is being prohibited, the circuitry further configured to prohibit the operation regarding the one or more pieces of stroke data by the second terminal apparatus.
3. The communication management system according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that the one or more pieces of stroke data designated by the group operation information include stroke data on which operation is being prohibited, the circuitry is further configured to cancel a process of prohibiting the operation regarding the one or more pieces of stroke data by the second terminal apparatus.
4. The communication management system according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that the first terminal apparatus performs the edit operation regarding each of the one or more pieces of stroke data, after the circuitry prohibits the operation regarding the one or more pieces of stroke data by the second terminal apparatus, the circuitry is further configured to cancel prohibiting the operation regarding the one or more pieces of stroke data.
5. The communication management system according to claim 1 , wherein
the circuitry is further configured to manage the plurality of pieces of stroke data in association with first identification information for identifying the videoconference session, and
each of the plurality of pieces of stroke data includes second identification information for identifying each piece of stroke data, drawing data for reproducing the stroke image, and third identification information for identifying the drawing data.
6. The communication management system according to claim 5 , wherein the group operation information includes the first identification information and the second identification information for identifying the one or more pieces of stroke data.
7. A communication system, comprising:
the communication management system according to claim 1 ; and
the plurality of terminal apparatuses, wherein
each terminal apparatus of the plurality of terminal apparatuses includes second circuitry configured to:
participate in the videoconference session managed by the communication management system;
accept a designation operation for designating one or more pieces of stroke data, which are operation targets, and an editing operation regarding the one or more pieces of stroke data; and
transmit, to the communication management system, group operation information for designating one or more pieces of stroke data, which are to be targets of the editing operation, in accordance with the designation operation.
8. The communication system according to claim 7 , wherein the second circuitry of each terminal apparatus of the plurality of terminal apparatuses is further configured to control display, on a display screen, of display information indicating that an operation regarding one or more pieces of stroke data is being prohibited, in response to a rejection notification that prohibits the operation on the one or more pieces of stroke data.
9. The communication system according to claim 7 , wherein the second circuitry of each terminal apparatus of the plurality of terminal apparatuses is further configured to prohibit reception of the editing operation on one or more pieces of stroke data in response to a rejection notification that prohibits an operation regarding the one or more pieces of stroke data, the rejection notification being transmitted from the communication management system.
10. The communication system according to claim 7 , wherein based on the group operation information, received from a first terminal apparatus, for designating one or more pieces of stroke data, the communication management system transmits a rejection notification indicating that an operation regarding the one or more pieces of stroke data is being prohibited, to each of second terminal apparatuses, each being different from the first terminal apparatus.
11. A terminal apparatus, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
share a stroke image during a videoconference session with another terminal apparatus, the stroke image having been drawn on the terminal apparatus in the videoconference session;
accept a designation operation for designating one or more pieces of stroke data, which are operation targets, from among a plurality of pieces of stroke data representing the stroke image;
determine a result indicating whether to prohibit the another terminal apparatus from performing an operation to the one or more pieces of stroke data while the circuitry performs an edit operation on the operation targets; and
prohibit, based on the result indicating to prohibit, the another terminal apparatus from performing the operation to the one or more pieces of stroke data while the circuitry performs the edit operation on the operation targets.
12. An image processing method performed by a terminal apparatus, the image processing method comprising:
sharing a stroke image during a videoconference session with another terminal apparatus, the stroke image having been drawn on the terminal apparatus in the videoconference session;
accepting a designation operation for designating one or more pieces of stroke data, which are operation targets, from among a plurality of pieces of stroke data representing the stroke image;
determining a result indicating whether to prohibit the another terminal apparatus from performing an operation to the one or more pieces of stroke data while the circuitry performs an edit operation on the operation targets; and
prohibiting, based on the result indicating to prohibit, the another terminal apparatus from performing the operation to the one or more pieces of stroke data while the circuitry performs the edit operation on the operation targets.
13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that causes the terminal apparatus to carry out the image processing method of claim 12 .
14. The communication management system according to claim 1 , wherein the group operation information indicates a selection of a character string represented by the stroke image drawn on the single device.
15. The communication management system according to claim 1 , wherein the group operation information indicates a user input command for to edit the stroke image.
16. The communication management system according to claim 1 , wherein the group operation information indicates a user input command for operating the single device.
17. The communication management system according to claim 1 , wherein to prohibit the second terminal apparatus from performing the operation, the circuitry is configured to transmit a rejection notification to the second terminal apparatus.
18. The terminal apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein to prohibit the another terminal apparatus from performing the operation, the circuitry is configured to transmit a rejection notification to the another terminal apparatus.
19. The image processing method according to claim 12 , wherein the prohibiting includes transmitting a rejection notification to the second terminal apparatus.