IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,524,746
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US 12,524,746 · App. 18/784,977 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Information processing system, document management device, and recording medium

Inventor: Takehiro Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
G06Q20/065H04L67/12
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,524,746
App. No.
18/784,977
Filed
Jul 26, 2024
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3692
USPC
705/39
Abstract

A disclosed information processing system includes a first terminal device used by a reporting user to post a reporting document; a second terminal device used by a user to transmit remuneration to the reporting user; and a document management device to manage the reporting document, wherein the first terminal device transmits the posting of the reporting document to the document management device, the second terminal device transmits, to the document management device, information about remuneration to be transmitted to the reporting user from a user who desires to transmit the remuneration to the reporting user, and the document management device identifies a destination for transmitting the remuneration to the reporting user from the posting of the reporting document, and executes an instruction to transmit the remuneration to the reporting user, based on the information about the remuneration and the identified destination.

Claims (40)

1 . An information processing system, comprising:

a first terminal device used by a first user;

a second terminal device used by a second user; and

a management device,

wherein the second terminal device includes circuitry configured to:

receive, from the second user, a request including a task to be performed by the first user, and

transmit the request to the management device, wherein the first terminal device comprises circuitry configured to:

receive, from the management device, the request input by the second user at the second terminal device, and

transmit, to the management device in response to receiving user operation from the first user, information indicating that execution of the task included in the request has been completed,

wherein the management device includes circuitry configured to:

receive, from the second terminal device, the request,

transmit the request to the first terminal device,

receive the information indicating that execution of the task has been completed from the first terminal device, and

cause transfer of remuneration, via a currency management device, from the second user to the first user,

wherein the circuitry of the first terminal device is further configured to:

display a list of requests posted to the management device,

display remuneration to be transmitted to one or more first users who have accomplished respective requests, on a per request basis, and

receive inputs of reporting documents for the accomplished requests from the one or more first users, and

wherein the circuitry of the management device is further configured to identify a destination of the remuneration to transfer the remuneration based on a first identifier of the first user transmitted with a reporting document included in the information indicating that execution of the task has been completed.

2 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry of the second terminal device is further configured to receive an input of the remuneration to be transmitted to the first user who has accomplished the task such that the remuneration to be transmitted to the first user does not exceed a remuneration balance of the second user.

3 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the information indicating that execution of the task has been completed includes the reporting document, a reporting document identifier, and a requesting document identifier for a requesting document corresponding to the request.

4 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the currency management device is a virtual currency management device.

5 . A management device for performing communication, via a network, with a first terminal device used by a first user to post information indicating that execution of a task has been completed and a second terminal used by a second user to transmit remuneration to the first user, the management device comprising circuitry configured to:

receive, from the second terminal device, a request to request execution of the task,

transmit the request to the first terminal device,

receive information indicating that execution of the task has been completed from the first terminal device, and

cause transfer of the remuneration, via a currency management device, from the second user to the first user,

wherein the circuitry of the management device is further configured to identify a destination of the remuneration to transfer the remuneration based on a first identifier of the first user transmitted with a reporting document included in the information indicating that execution of the task has been completed.

6 . The management device according to claim 5 , wherein the information indicating that execution of the task has been completed includes the reporting document, a reporting document identifier, and a requesting document identifier for a requesting document included in the request.

7 . The management device according to claim 5 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to transmit, to the second terminal device, an amount of the remuneration to be transmitted to the first user who has accomplished the task such that the remuneration to be transmitted to the first user does not exceed a remuneration balance of the second user.

8 . The management device according to claim 5 , wherein the currency management device is a virtual currency management device.

9 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with computer readable instructions for a management device that performs communication, via a network, with a first terminal device used by a first user to post information indicating that execution of a task has been completed and a second terminal used by a second user to transmit remuneration to the first user, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by circuitry of the management device, case the circuitry of the management device to perform a method comprising:

receiving, from the second terminal device, a request to request execution of the task,

transmitting the request to the first terminal device,

receiving information indicating that execution of the task has been completed from the first terminal device, and

causing transfer of the remuneration, via a currency management device, from the second user to the first user,

wherein identification of a destination of the remuneration to transfer the remuneration is based on a first identifier of the first user transmitted with a reporting document included in the information indicating that execution of the task has been completed.

10 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9 , wherein the information indicating that execution of the task has been completed includes the reporting document, a reporting document identifier, and a requesting document identifier for a requesting document included in the request.

11 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9 , further comprising transmitting, to the second terminal device, an amount of the remuneration to be transmitted to the first user who has accomplished the task such that the remuneration to be transmitted to the first user does not exceed a remuneration balance of the second user.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9 , wherein the currency management device is a virtual currency management device.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2020-176096 · Oct 20, 2020 · national
JP 2020-213358 · Dec 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17504539 · Oct 19, 2021
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