Information processing apparatus, conference server, information processing method, and program

Abstract

To solve the problem that business card information cannot be appropriately used in the case where a remote conference is performed between two or more terminal devices in the conventional one.SOLUTION: An information processing device 1 supports a remote conference between two or more terminal devices 2, a first terminal and a second terminal, and comprises: a business card storage unit 111 in which a first business card information corresponding to a first identifier that identifies a first terminal and second business card information corresponding to a second identifier that identifies a second terminal are stored; a business card acquisition unit 132 that acquires the first business card information corresponding to the first identifier and the second business card information corresponding to the second identifier from the business card storage unit 111; and a business card transmission unit 141 that transmits the first business card information to the second terminal, and transmits the second business card information to the first terminal. The information processing device 1 allows the business card information to be preferably used in the case where a remote conference is performed between two or more terminal devices.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and the like that provide business card information to participants in a remote meeting.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, there have been systems for managing electronic business card information and supporting business card exchange (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

[0003] There have also been systems for supporting remote meetings (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 1).

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Patent Document 2

Non-Patent Documents

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Non-Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0006] However, in the prior art, when conducting a remote meeting between two or more terminal devices, business card information could not be used appropriately.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0007] The information processing apparatus of the first invention is at least two terminal devices, and is an information processing apparatus that supports a remote conference between a first terminal and a second terminal, and includes a business card storage unit that stores first business card information associated with a first identifier for identifying the first terminal and second business card information associated with a second identifier for identifying the second terminal, a business card acquisition unit that acquires the first business card information associated with the first identifier and the second business card information associated with the second identifier from the business card storage unit, and a business card transmission unit that transmits the first business card information to the second terminal and transmits the second business card information to the first terminal.

[0008] With such a configuration, when a remote conference is held between two or more terminal devices, business card information can be appropriately used.

[0009] Further, the information processing apparatus of the second invention, in addition to the first invention, further includes a conference information reception unit that receives first conference information transmitted from the first terminal and receives second conference information transmitted from the second terminal, and a conference information transmission unit that transmits the first conference information to the second terminal and transmits the second conference information to the first terminal.

[0010] With such a configuration, when a remote conference is held between two or more terminal devices, business card information can be appropriately used.

[0011] Furthermore, the information processing apparatus of the third invention, in addition to the first or second invention, is information having a first identifier for identifying the first terminal and a second identifier for identifying the second terminal, and further includes a participant information reception unit that receives participant information which is information regarding participants in the conference, and a conference setting unit that accumulates conference setting information including the participant information. When the conference setting unit accumulates the conference setting information, the business card transmission unit transmits the first business card information to the second terminal corresponding to the second identifier included in the participant information, or transmits the second business card information to the first terminal corresponding to the first identifier included in the participant information.

[0012] With such a configuration, business card information can be transmitted at the time of conference setting.

[0013] Further, the information processing apparatus of the fourth invention further includes a login information receiving unit that receives login information corresponding to the first identifier for the first or second invention, and when the login information receiving unit receives the login information, the business card sending unit sends the second business card information to the first terminal corresponding to the first identifier.

[0014] With such a configuration, business card information can be sent at the time of login for starting a meeting.

[0015] Further, the information processing apparatus of the fifth invention further includes a logout instruction receiving unit that receives a logout instruction corresponding to the first identifier for the first or second invention, and when the logout instruction receiving unit receives the logout instruction, the business card sending unit sends the second business card information to the first terminal corresponding to the first identifier.

[0016] With such a configuration, business card information can be sent when logging out of a meeting.

[0017] Further, the information processing apparatus of the sixth invention includes, for any one of the first to fifth inventions, an exchanged business card receiving unit that receives the first business card information from the first terminal or the second business card information from the second terminal, and a business card exchange unit that accumulates the first business card information in association with the second identifier or the second user identifier corresponding to the second identifier, or accumulates the second business card information in association with the first identifier or the first user identifier corresponding to the first identifier.

[0018] With such a configuration, when a remote meeting is held between two or more terminal devices, business card information can be appropriately utilized.

[0019] Further, the information processing apparatus of the seventh invention includes, for any one of the first to sixth inventions, a meeting information receiving unit that receives one or more pieces of meeting information among the first meeting information sent from the first terminal and the second meeting information sent from the second terminal, and a meeting information accumulation unit that accumulates one or more pieces of meeting information among the first meeting information and the second meeting information in association with one or more pieces of business card information among the first business card information and the second business card information.

[0020] With such a configuration, when conducting a remote conference between two or more terminal devices, business card information can be appropriately utilized.

[0021] Further, the information processing apparatus according to the eighth invention is an information processing apparatus that, with respect to the seventh invention, the first conference information and the second conference information include one or more types of information among video and audio in the conference, one or more user identifiers for identifying participants in the conference, and chat information input in the conference.

[0022] With such a configuration, when conducting a remote conference between two or more terminal devices, business card information can be appropriately utilized.

[0023] Further, the information processing apparatus according to the ninth invention is information having a first identifier for identifying a first terminal and a second identifier for identifying a second terminal from a conference server including a server receiving unit that receives first conference information transmitted from the first terminal and receives second conference information transmitted from the second terminal, and a server transmitting unit that transmits the first conference information to the second terminal and transmits the second conference information to the first terminal, and further includes a participant information receiving unit that receives participant information which is information regarding participants in the conference, and the business card transmitting unit transmits first business card information to the second terminal identified by the second identifier included in the participant information and transmits second business card information to the first terminal identified by the first identifier included in the participant information.

[0024] With such a configuration, when conducting a remote conference using a conference server, business card information can be appropriately utilized.

[0025] Further, the terminal device according to the tenth invention is a terminal device including a terminal business card receiving unit that receives business card information corresponding to a terminal identifier of a conference partner from an information processing apparatus, a terminal information receiving unit that receives conference information corresponding to the terminal identifier of the conference partner, a terminal output unit that outputs the business card information and the conference information, a terminal processing unit that acquires the conference information, and a terminal transmitting unit that transmits the conference information, with respect to any one of the first to seventh inventions.

[0026] With such a configuration, when a teleconference is held between two or more terminal devices, business card information can be appropriately utilized.

[0027] Further, the terminal device of the eleventh invention, with respect to the tenth invention, the terminal business card receiving unit receives business card information corresponding to two or more terminal identifiers, the terminal information receiving unit receives conference information corresponding to two or more terminal identifiers, and the terminal output unit outputs the business card information and the conference information in a manner such that the correspondence between the business card information and the conference information can be visually recognized for each terminal identifier.

[0028] With such a configuration, when a teleconference is held between two or more terminal devices, business card information can be appropriately utilized.

Effect of the Invention

[0029] According to the information processing apparatus of the present invention, when a teleconference is held between two or more terminal devices, business card information can be appropriately utilized.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Modes for Carrying Out the Invention

[0031] Hereinafter, embodiments of an information processing apparatus and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In the embodiments, components denoted by the same reference numerals perform the same operations, and thus the description may be omitted again.

[0032] (Embodiment 1) In the present embodiment, an information processing apparatus that transmits business card information of the other party in a conference to a terminal device in a remote conference will be described.

[0033] Also, in the present embodiment, an information processing apparatus that transmits business card information to a terminal device, for example, at the time of meeting setting, at the time of logging in to a meeting, or at the time of logging out from a meeting, will be described.

[0034] Also, in the present embodiment, an information processing apparatus that performs business card exchange processing using the business card information received during a remote meeting will be described.

[0035] Also, in the present embodiment, an information processing apparatus that accumulates and manages meeting information such as information, video, audio, and chat information of participants in a remote meeting in association with business card information will be described.

[0036] Furthermore, in the present embodiment, in a remote meeting, when there are two or more counterparts, a terminal device that outputs business card information and meeting information so that the correspondence between the business card information and the meeting information can be recognized for each counterpart will be described.

[0037] FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an information system A in the present embodiment. The information system A includes an information processing apparatus 1 and two or more terminal devices 2.

[0038] The information processing apparatus 1 is a device that supports remote meetings. Supporting a remote meeting may only be a function of providing business card information to the terminal device 2 in a remote meeting. That is, the information processing apparatus 1 is a device that manages business card information and provides it to the terminal device 2. Also, here, the information processing apparatus 1 has a function of transmitting the meeting information received from the first terminal to the second terminal and transmitting the meeting information received from the second terminal to the first terminal in order to conduct a remote meeting. Note that the information processing apparatus 1 may receive meeting information from two or more terminal devices, configure screen information by synthesizing the two or more pieces of meeting information, and transmit it to each of the two or more terminal devices.

[0039] Also, the information processing apparatus 1 is, for example, a so-called server. The information processing apparatus 1 is, for example, a cloud server, an ASP server, etc., and its type does not matter.

[0040] Note that the remote meeting includes video conferences, voice-only telephone conferences, chat conferences using strings, etc., regardless of the type of meeting.

[0041] The terminal device 2 is a terminal used by a user who conducts a remote meeting. The terminal device 2 is a so-called personal computer, tablet terminal, smartphone, etc., regardless of its type.

[0042] In addition, the information processing devices 1 and two or more terminal devices 2 can communicate via a network such as the Internet or a LAN. Two or more terminal devices 2 may be appropriately referred to as the first terminal 2, the second terminal 2, ···, the nth terminal 2 (n is a natural number of 2 or more).

[0043] Figure 2 is a block diagram of the information system A in the present embodiment. Figure 3 is a block diagram of the information processing device 1.

[0044] The information processing device 1 includes a storage unit 11, a reception unit 12, a processing unit 13, and a transmission unit 14. The storage unit 11 includes a business card storage unit 111 and a meeting information storage unit 112. The reception unit 12 includes a participant information reception unit 121, a login information reception unit 122, a meeting information reception unit 123, an exchanged business card reception unit 124, and a logout instruction reception unit 125. The processing unit 13 includes a meeting setting unit 131, a business card acquisition unit 132, a meeting information accumulation unit 133, and a business card exchange unit 134. The transmission unit 14 includes a business card transmission unit 141 and a meeting information transmission unit 142.

[0045] The terminal device 2 includes a terminal storage unit 21, a terminal reception unit 22, a terminal processing unit 23, a terminal transmission unit 24, a terminal reception unit 25, and a terminal output unit 26.

[0046] The terminal reception unit 25 includes a terminal business card reception unit 251 and a terminal information reception unit 252.

[0047] Various types of information are stored in the storage unit 11 that constitutes the information processing device 1. The various types of information are, for example, business card information and meeting information described later.

[0048] In the business card storage unit 111, one or more pieces of business card information are stored in association with a terminal identifier that identifies the terminal device 2. The terminal identifier may be a user identifier that identifies a user. The identifier of the terminal device 2 is, for example, an IP address, a MAC address, a user ID, a name, the user's phone number, the user's email address, or the like. When simply referred to as an identifier, it may be a terminal identifier or a user identifier.

[0049] The business card information is information regarding a business card. It is preferable that the business card information includes a business card image. The business card information preferably includes one or more pieces of information among a name, a company name (which may also be referred to as an organization name), a department affiliation, a job title, a phone number, an address, an email address, a URL, and the like.

[0050] In the business card storage unit 111, for example, first business card information associated with a first identifier that identifies a first terminal and second business card information associated with a second identifier that identifies a second terminal are stored. The first identifier is information that identifies the first terminal device 2 that conducts a remote conference. The first identifier may also be a first user identifier that is an identifier of a first user who participates in the remote conference. The first business card information is the business card information of the first user, and the second business card information is the business card information of the second user. The second identifier is information that identifies the second terminal device 2 that conducts a remote conference. The second identifier may also be a second user identifier that is an identifier of a second user who participates in the remote conference.

[0051] In the conference information storage unit 112, one or more pieces of conference information are stored. In the conference information storage unit 112, the conference information is stored in association with the business card information.

[0052] The conference information is information regarding a remote conference. The conference information usually includes information obtained when a remote conference is conducted.

[0053] The conference information includes, for example, one or more types of information among information on the video of the remote conference, information on the voice spoken by a user in the remote conference, and chat information. The chat information is information on the text input in the conference.

[0054] The conference information may include conference setting information. The conference setting information is information for setting up a remote conference. The conference setting information includes one or more pieces of attribute information of the remote conference. The attribute information of the remote conference is, for example, date and time information indicating the start time of the conference, date and time information indicating the end time of the conference, the title of the conference, and the participant information of the conference. The participant information is information for identifying one or more participants. The participant information has, for example, identifiers of one or more users or terminal devices 2 participating in the conference. The participant information has, for example, a first identifier (which may be a first user identifier) and a second identifier (which may be a second user identifier).

[0055] The receiving unit 12 receives various types of information. The various types of information are, for example, participant information, conference setting information, login information described later, conference information, business card information, and logout instructions described later.

[0056] The participant information receiving unit 121 receives participant information. The participant information receiving unit 121 may receive conference setting information including the participant information. The participant information receiving unit 121 receives, for example, participant information having a first identifier for identifying a first terminal and a second identifier for identifying a second terminal. The participant information receiving unit 121 may receive the participant information from a device (not shown) (for example, the conference server 4 described in Embodiment 2).

[0057] The login information receiving unit 122 receives login information. The login information is information indicating logging in to participate in the conference. The login information may be a login instruction. The login information receiving unit 122 receives login information corresponding to the identifier of the terminal device 2. The login information receiving unit 122 may receive the login information from a device (not shown) (for example, the conference server 4 described in Embodiment 2).

[0058] The conference information receiving unit 123 receives conference information from one or more terminal devices 2 participating in the conference. The conference information receiving unit 123 receives, for example, the first conference information transmitted from the first terminal. Also, the conference information receiving unit 123 receives, for example, the second conference information transmitted from the second terminal. The conference information receiving unit 123 receives one or two pieces of conference information out of the first conference information transmitted from the first terminal and the second conference information transmitted from the second terminal. The conference information receiving unit 123 may receive the conference information directly from the terminal device 2 or may receive the conference information from a device not shown (for example, the conference server 4 described in Embodiment 2).

[0059] The business card exchange receiving unit 124 receives the business card information of one user from the terminal device 2 of the one user. It is preferable that the business card exchange receiving unit 124 receives the business card information of all the participants in the conference from each terminal device 2. The business card information may be included in the received conference information. That is, the photographed business card image may be included in the video included in the received conference information.

[0060] The business card exchange receiving unit 124 may receive, for example, the business card information of two or more participants from one terminal device 2. That is, the received conference information may include, for example, a video including two or more business card images.

[0061] The business card exchange receiving unit 124 receives, for example, the first business card information from the first terminal. Also, the business card exchange receiving unit 124 receives, for example, the second business card information from the second terminal. The business card exchange receiving unit 124 may receive the business card information directly from the terminal device 2 or may receive the business card information from a device not shown (for example, the conference server 4 described in Embodiment 2).

[0062] The receiving unit 12 receives one or more pieces of business card information from one terminal device 2. Such business card information may be an image of a business card in the video included in the conference information or may be business card information transmitted separately from the video.

[0063] The exit instruction receiving unit 125 receives an exit instruction. The exit instruction is an instruction to exit the remote conference. The exit instruction may be an instruction for one participant to exit, an instruction for all participants to exit, or an instruction to end the remote conference. The exit instruction receiving unit 125 receives, for example, an exit instruction corresponding to a first identifier from the first terminal. The exit instruction receiving unit 125 receives, for example, an exit instruction corresponding to a second identifier from the second terminal. The exit instruction receiving unit 125 may receive an exit instruction from a device (for example, the conference server 4 described in Embodiment 2) not shown in the figure.

[0064] The processing unit 13 performs various processes. The various processes are, for example, processes performed by the conference setting unit 131, the business card acquisition unit 132, the conference information storage unit 133, and the business card exchange unit 134.

[0065] In response to receiving the login information, the processing unit 13 performs a process for logging in to the remote conference venue for the terminal device 2 that has sent the login information. Since such a process is a known technique, a detailed description thereof is omitted.

[0066] The processing unit 13 performs a process for logging out the user from the remote conference. Note that such a process is possible by a known technique.

[0067] The processing unit 13 may acquire business card information from the received conference information. The processing unit 13, for example, performs image recognition on the video in the received conference information and cuts out one or more business card images from the video. Note that the process of cutting out a business card image from the images included in the video is also possible by a known image recognition process. Further, the processing unit 13, for example, acquires business card information that pairs with a tag corresponding to the business card information among the information in the received conference information.

[0068] Further, the processing unit 13 acquires the identifier of the terminal device 2 other than the terminal device 2 that has transmitted the conference information (the identifier of the conference counterpart). For example, the processing unit 13 acquires the terminal identifier other than the terminal identifier paired with the received conference information from the participant information of the remote conference. Then, the processing unit 13 stores at least temporarily the acquired business card information in association with the terminal identifier of the terminal device 2 that has transmitted the conference information.

[0069] The processing unit 13 may synthesize two or more pieces of conference information received from two or more terminal devices 2 to configure the screen information output by each terminal device 2. In such a case, it is preferable that the processing unit 13 configures the screen information in which business card information (for example, a business card image) is associated with the video included in each conference information.

[0070] The conference setting unit 131 performs processing for conference setting. Such conference setting processing is, for example, processing for storing conference setting information including participant information. The conference setting processing is, for example, processing for securing a recording area used in the conference and acquiring a URL for identifying the recording area. Note that the conference setting processing can be realized by a known technique. Also, the conference setting information is information for setting a remote conference. The conference setting information usually includes date and time information indicating the start time of the conference. The conference setting unit 131 stores the conference setting information in the storage unit 11, for example, but it may be stored in an external device (not shown).

[0071] The business card acquisition unit 132 acquires the business card information corresponding to the identifier of the conference counterpart from the business card storage unit 111. Such business card information is the business card information of the conference counterpart of the user of the terminal device 2 to which the business card information is transmitted. The business card acquisition unit 132 refers to the participant information of the conference and acquires the business card information paired with one or two or more user identifiers included in the participant information from the business card storage unit 111.

[0072] The business card acquisition unit 132 acquires, for example, the first business card information associated with the first identifier from the business card storage unit 111. Also, the business card acquisition unit 132 acquires, for example, the second business card information associated with the second identifier from the business card storage unit 111.

[0073] The conference information storage unit 133 stores the conference information received by the conference information reception unit 123. The conference information storage unit 133 stores the conference information received by the conference information reception unit 123 in association with the business card information of one or more of the participants in the conference. The conference information storage unit 133 stores, for example, the conference information received by the conference information reception unit 123 in association with the user identifier corresponding to the identifier paired with the conference information. Such conference information will be associated with the business card information paired with the user identifier. Also, it is preferable that the conference information stored by the conference information storage unit 133 is information including all of the two or more conference information transmitted from two or more terminal devices 2 (for example, information obtained by synthesizing two or more conference information).

[0074] The conference information storage unit 133 stores, for example, one or more pieces of conference information out of the first conference information and the second conference information in association with one or more pieces of business card information out of the first business card information and the second business card information.

[0075] The conference information storage unit 133 may perform processing to end the storage of conference information in response to receiving an instruction to end the remote conference. Such processing is, for example, to obtain date and time information indicating the end date and time of the conference from a clock (not shown) and include the date and time information in the conference information for storage.

[0076] The business card exchange unit 134 stores business card exchange information for identifying that business card exchange has been performed among two or more users who have held a remote conference. The business card exchange information may be anything as long as it is information for identifying that business card exchange has been performed. The business card exchange information is, for example, business card information associated with the identifier of a user (which may be the identifier of the terminal device 2), and is the business card information of the counterpart in the conference. The business card exchange information is, for example, the user identifier for identifying the business card information of the counterpart in the conference.

[0077] The business card exchange unit 134 stores, for example, the user identifier for identifying the business card information of one or more counterparts in the conference in association with the user identifier of the user of one terminal device 2. In such a case, the business card exchange information is the user identifier of one or more counterparts in the conference.

[0078] The business card exchange unit 134 stores the first business card information in association with, for example, a second identifier or a second user identifier corresponding to the second identifier. The business card exchange unit 134 stores the second business card information in association with, for example, a first identifier or a first user identifier corresponding to the first identifier.

[0079] Although it is preferable for the business card exchange unit 134 to store the business card exchange information in the business card storage unit 111, it may be stored in an external device (not shown).

[0080] The transmission unit 14 transmits various types of information to the terminal device 2. The various types of information are, for example, business card information and meeting information.

[0081] The business card transmission unit 141 transmits the business card information of one user to the terminal device 2 of the meeting partner. The business card transmission unit 141 transmits, for example, the first business card information to the second terminal. Also, the business card transmission unit 141 transmits, for example, the second business card information to the first terminal. Note that the timing at which the business card transmission unit 141 transmits the business card information is not limited.

[0082] The business card transmission unit 141 transmits the business card information, for example, when a remote meeting is set. That is, the business card transmission unit 141 transmits the first business card information to the second terminal corresponding to the second identifier included in the participant information, for example, when the meeting setting unit 131 stores the meeting setting information. Also, The business card transmission unit 141 transmits the second business card information to the first terminal corresponding to the first identifier included in the participant information, for example, when the meeting setting unit 131 stores the meeting setting information.

[0083] The business card transmission unit 141 transmits the business card information of each of one or more partners with whom the logged-in user has a remote meeting, for example, when the user logs in to participate in a remote meeting. That is, the business card transmission unit 141 transmits the business card information corresponding to an identifier other than the first identifier (for example, the second identifier), which is an identifier included in the participant information, to the first terminal, for example, when the login information reception unit 122 receives the login information from the first terminal.

[0084] The business card sending unit 141, for example, immediately after exiting a remote conference, sends the business card information of each of one or more counterparts who participated in the remote conference. That is, when the exit instruction receiving unit 125 receives an exit instruction from the first terminal, the business card sending unit 141 sends the business card information corresponding to an identifier other than the first identifier (for example, the second identifier), which is an identifier included in the participant information, to the first terminal.

[0085] The business card information sent by the business card sending unit 141 is, for example, associated with the conference information. Each of the one or more pieces of business card information sent by the business card sending unit 141 is, for example, associated with the conference information sent from the terminal device 2 of the participant corresponding to the business card information.

[0086] The conference information sending unit 142 sends the conference information received by the conference information receiving unit 123 from the terminal device 2 to other terminal devices 2 of the participants in the remote conference. The conference information sending unit 142, for example, sends the first conference information sent from the first terminal to the second terminal. Also, the conference information sending unit 142, for example, sends the second conference information sent from the second terminal to the first terminal.

[0087] The conference information sending unit 142 may send the screen information created by synthesizing the conference information sent from a plurality of terminal devices 2 to each of the plurality of terminal devices 2. It is preferable that such screen information includes one or more pieces of business card information (for example, business card images). Also, it is preferable that each of the one or more pieces of business card information is associated with the video included in the conference information corresponding to the business card information.

[0088] Various types of information are stored in the terminal storage unit 21 that constitutes the terminal device 2. The various types of information are, for example, an identifier for identifying the terminal device 2 or the user, conference information, and business card information.

[0089] The terminal reception unit 22 receives various types of information and instructions. The various types of information and instructions are, for example, information constituting conference information such as video, audio, and text, participant information, login information, business card information, and an exit instruction.

[0090] The input means for various information and instructions can be anything, such as a touch panel, keyboard, mouse, menu screen, etc.

[0091] The terminal reception unit 22 is equipped with, for example, a camera and receives the video captured by the camera. The terminal reception unit 22 is equipped with, for example, a microphone and receives the audio acquired by the microphone. The terminal reception unit 22 is equipped with, for example, an input means such as a keyboard and receives the chat character string input from the input means.

[0092] The terminal processing unit 23 performs various processes. The terminal processing unit 23 acquires, for example, conference information having one or two or more types of information among the video, audio, and chat information received by the terminal reception unit 22.

[0093] The terminal processing unit 23, for example, forms a data structure for transmitting the information received by the terminal reception unit 22. The terminal processing unit 23 configures, for example, the screen response output using the information received by the terminal reception unit 25.

[0094] The terminal transmission unit 24 transmits various information and instructions. The various information and instructions are, for example, information constituting conference information such as video, audio, text, participant information, login information, business card information, and logout instructions. The terminal transmission unit 24 transmits, for example, the conference information received by the terminal reception unit 22.

[0095] The terminal reception unit 25 receives various information. The various information is, for example, business card information and conference information.

[0096] The terminal business card receiving unit 251 receives business card information corresponding to the identifier of the meeting partner from the information processing apparatus 1. When there are two or more meeting partners, the terminal business card receiving unit 251 may receive business card information corresponding to each of the two or more identifiers. The received business card information may be included in the video included in the received meeting information. It is preferable that the received business card information is associated with a partial video of any one of the terminal devices 2 in the video. The terminal business card receiving unit 251 may receive the business card information from another device (for example, the conference server 4 described in Embodiment 2).

[0097] The terminal information receiving unit 252 receives meeting information. The terminal information receiving unit 252 may receive the meeting information from the information processing apparatus 1 or may receive it from another device (for example, the conference server 4 described in Embodiment 2).

[0098] The terminal information receiving unit 252 receives, for example, meeting information corresponding to the identifier of the meeting partner. When there are two or more meeting partners, the terminal information receiving unit 252 receives, for example, meeting information corresponding to each of the two or more identifiers.

[0099] Note that the meeting information and the business card information may be received from different devices.

[0100] The terminal output unit 26 outputs various types of information. The various types of information are, for example, business card information and meeting information. Here, output includes concepts such as display on a display, projection using a projector, printing by a printer, sound output, transmission to an external device, storage in a recording medium, and delivery of a processing result to another processing device or another program.

[0101] The terminal output unit 26 outputs the business card information and the meeting information in a manner in which the correspondence between the business card information and the meeting information can be visually recognized for each terminal identifier. Here, "for each terminal identifier" means "for each meeting partner".

[0102] The storage unit 11, the business card storage unit 111, the meeting information storage unit 112, and the terminal storage unit 21 are preferably non-volatile recording media, but can also be realized with volatile recording media.

[0103] The process by which information is stored in the storage unit 11 or the like is not limited. For example, information may be stored in the storage unit 11 or the like via a recording medium, information transmitted via a communication line or the like may be stored in the storage unit 11 or the like, or information input via an input device may be stored in the storage unit 11 or the like.

[0104] The receiving unit 12, the participant information receiving unit 121, the login information receiving unit 122, the meeting information receiving unit 123, the exchanged business card receiving unit 124, the logout instruction receiving unit 125, the terminal receiving unit 25, the terminal business card receiving unit 251, and the terminal information receiving unit 252 are usually realized by wireless or wired communication means, but may also be realized by means of receiving broadcasts.

[0105] The processing unit 13, the meeting setting unit 131, the business card acquisition unit 132, the meeting information storage unit 133, the business card exchange unit 134, and the terminal processing unit 23 can usually be realized from a processor, a memory, etc. The processing procedures of the processing unit 13 or the like are usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may also be realized by hardware (a dedicated circuit). Note that the processor is, for example, a CPU, an MPU, a GPU, etc., and its type is not limited.

[0106] The transmitting unit 14, the business card transmitting unit 141, the meeting information transmitting unit 142, and the terminal transmitting unit 24 are usually realized by wireless or wired communication means, but may also be realized by broadcast means.

[0107] The terminal reception unit 22 can be realized by a device driver of an input means such as a touch panel or a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, etc. The terminal reception unit 22 may be realized by, for example, a camera, a microphone, etc.

[0108] The terminal output unit 26 may or may not be considered to include output devices such as a display and a speaker. The terminal output unit 26 can be realized by driver software for the output device or by the driver software for the output device and the output device or the like.

[0109] Next, an operation example of the information system A will be described. First, an operation example of the information processing apparatus 1 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 4.

[0110] (Step S401) The reception unit 12 determines whether or not meeting setting information has been received. If the meeting setting information has been received, the process proceeds to step S402. If the meeting setting information has not been received, the process proceeds to step S404.

[0111] (Step S402) The meeting setting unit 131 performs a meeting setting process using the meeting setting information received in step S401.

[0112] (Step S403) The business card transmission unit 141 or the like performs a first business card transmission process. An example of the first business card transmission process will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 5. The process returns to step S401.

[0113] (Step S404) The login information reception unit 122 determines whether or not login information has been received. If the login information has been received, the process proceeds to step S405. If the login information has not been received, the process proceeds to step S407.

[0114] (Step S405) The processing unit 13 performs a process for logging in to the remote meeting venue for the terminal device 2 that has transmitted the login information.

[0115] (Step S406) The business card transmission unit 141 or the like performs a second business card transmission process. An example of the second business card transmission process will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 6. The process returns to step S401.

[0116] (Step S407) The conference information receiving unit 123 determines whether it has received conference information. If it has received the conference information, it proceeds to step S408; if it has not received the conference information, it proceeds to step S415.

[0117] (Step S408) The conference information storage unit 133 performs conference information storage processing. An example of the conference information storage processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7.

[0118] (Step S409) The conference information transmission unit 142 transmits the conference information to each of two or more terminal devices 2 participating in the remote conference. It is preferable that the conference information to be transmitted is different for each of the two or more terminal devices 2. That is, it is preferable that the conference information transmitted to one terminal device 2 does not include the video, audio, etc. transmitted from the one terminal device 2. However, the same conference information may be transmitted to two or more terminal devices 2. Such same conference information is usually information including the conference information transmitted from two or more terminal devices 2. Also, since the process of transmitting the conference information is a known technique, a detailed description thereof is omitted.

[0119] (Step S410) The processing unit 13 determines whether there is business card information in the received conference information. If there is business card information, it proceeds to step S411; if there is no business card information, it returns to step S401.

[0120] (Step S411) The processing unit 13 acquires the business card information in the received conference information. The processing unit 13, for example, cuts out one or more business card images in the video included in the conference information. The processing unit 13, for example, acquires the business card information received in pairs with the video, etc.

[0121] (Step S412) The business card exchange unit 134 acquires the identifier of the terminal device 2 other than the terminal device 2 that has transmitted the conference information (the identifier of the other party in the conference). The business card exchange unit 134, for example, acquires an identifier of a terminal other than the terminal identifier paired with the received conference information from the participant information of the remote conference. Assume that the participant information is stored in the storage unit 11.

[0122] (Step S413) The processing unit 13 stores the acquired business card information in the business card storage unit 111 in association with the identifier of the terminal device 2 that has transmitted the conference information.

[0123] Also, the business card exchange unit 134 stores the identifier corresponding to the stored business card information in association with one or more identifiers acquired in Step S412. Note that by such processing, it is indicated that the stored business card information has been received by the user corresponding to one or more identifiers acquired in Step S412.

[0124] (Step S414) The business card transmission unit 141 transmits the acquired business card information to one or more terminal devices 2 identified by the identifier acquired in Step S412. Return to Step S401. Note that the business card information to be transmitted may be embedded in the transmitted video. Also, it is preferable that the business card information be transmitted in a manner associated with the video of the user of the business card information.

[0125] (Step S415) The exit instruction reception unit 125 determines whether or not an exit instruction has been received. If an exit instruction has been received, proceed to Step S416; if an exit instruction has not been received, return to Step S401.

[0126] (Step S416) The processing unit 13 performs processing to log the user out of the remote conference.

[0127] (Step S417) The conference information storage unit 133 performs processing to end the storage of conference information.

[0128] (Step S418) The business card transmission unit 141 etc. perform a third business card transmission process. An example of the third business card transmission process will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 8. Return to Step S401.

[0129] Next, an example of the first business card transmission process in Step S403 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 5.

[0130] (Step S501) The business card acquisition unit 132 determines whether there is participant information. If there is participant information, it proceeds to step S502; if there is no participant information, it proceeds to step S510.

[0131] (Step S502) The business card acquisition unit 132 acquires a first identifier, which is the identifier of the terminal device 2 that has sent the information. Note that the first identifier has been received in association with the information sent from the terminal device 2, for example.

[0132] (Step S503) The business card acquisition unit 132 acquires one or more identifiers that are identifiers of the participant information and exclude the first identifier. Note that such one or more identifiers are one or more identifiers of the counterpart in the meeting.

[0133] (Step S504) The business card acquisition unit 132 substitutes 1 into the counter i.

[0134] (Step S505) The business card acquisition unit 132 determines whether the i-th identifier exists. If the i-th identifier exists, it proceeds to step S506; if the i-th identifier does not exist, it proceeds to step S509.

[0135] (Step S506) The business card acquisition unit 132 determines whether the business card information corresponding to the i-th identifier is stored in the business card storage unit 111. If it exists, it proceeds to step S507; if it does not exist, it proceeds to step S508.

[0136] (Step S507) The business card acquisition unit 132 acquires the business card information corresponding to the i-th identifier from the business card storage unit 111. Note that the business card information acquired here may be only the business card image, may be only a string such as a name, or may include both.

[0137] (Step S508) The business card acquisition unit 132 increments the counter i by 1 and returns to step S505.

[0138] (Step S509) The business card acquisition unit 132 constructs the business card information to be transmitted by using the one or more pieces of business card information acquired in Step S507. Each piece of business card information is associated with the identifier of the terminal device 2 used by the user corresponding to the business card information.

[0139] (Step S510) The processing unit 13 acquires one or more pieces of conference attribute information included in the conference setting information. The conference attribute information is, for example, the date and time information of the conference, part or all of the participant information, and the URL of the conference.

[0140] (Step S511) The transmission unit 14 transmits the information to the terminal device 2 that has transmitted the conference setting information. Return to the upper-level processing. The information has one or more pieces of conference attribute information. Also, the information usually has one or more pieces of business card information.

[0141] Next, an example of the second business card transmission process in Step S406 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 6. In the flowchart of FIG. 6, the description of the same steps as in the flowchart of FIG. 5 will be omitted.

[0142] (Step S601) The business card transmission unit 141 transmits one or more pieces of business card information to the terminal device 2 that has transmitted the login instruction. It is preferable that the business card information is associated with the identifier of the terminal device 2.

[0143] Next, an example of the conference information storage process in Step S408 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7.

[0144] (Step S701) The conference information storage unit 133 constructs the conference information to be stored. The conference information storage unit 133 synthesizes, for example, the conference information transmitted from two or more terminal devices 2 and acquires the synthesized conference information.

[0145] (Step S702) The conference information storage unit 133 stores the conference information constructed in Step S701. Such processing can be realized by known techniques.

[0146] (Step S703) The conference information storage unit 133 substitutes 1 for the counter i.

[0147] (Step S704) The conference information storage unit 133 determines whether the i-th participant (which may be the terminal device 2) exists by using the participant information in the storage unit 11. If the i-th participant exists, the process proceeds to Step S705; if not, the process returns to the upper-level process.

[0148] (Step S705) The conference information storage unit 133 acquires the identifier of the i-th participant from the participant information.

[0149] (Step S706) The conference information storage unit 133 determines whether the business card information corresponding to the identifier of the i-th participant exists in the business card storage unit 111. If the business card information exists, the process proceeds to Step S707; if not, the process proceeds to Step S708.

[0150] (Step S707) The conference information storage unit 133 associates the business card information corresponding to the identifier of the i-th participant with the conference information accumulated in Step S702. Note that such association processing is not limited. For example, the conference information storage unit 133 associates the file name in which the conference information is stored with the business card information corresponding to the identifier of the i-th participant. For example, the conference information storage unit 133 associates the ID of the conference information with the business card information corresponding to the identifier of the i-th participant.

[0151] (Step S708) The conference information storage unit 133 increments the counter i by 1 and returns to Step S704.

[0152] Next, an example of the third business card transmission process in Step S418 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. 8. In the flowchart of FIG. 8, the description of the same steps as in the flowchart of FIG. 5 or FIG. 6 will be omitted.

[0153] (Step S801) The processing unit 13 substitutes 1 for the counter j.

[0154] (Step S802) The processing unit 13 determines whether an identifier for identifying the j-th participant exists in the participant information in step S501. If the identifier exists, it proceeds to step S803; if not, it returns to the upper-level processing.

[0155] (Step S803) The processing unit 13 increments the counter j by 1 and returns to step S802.

[0156] Note that in step S503 of the flowchart in FIG. 8, the acquired identifier is an identifier for identifying the j-th participant.

[0157] Next, an operation example of the terminal device 2 will be described using the flowchart in FIG. 9.

[0158] (Step S901) The terminal reception unit 22 determines whether it has received the conference setting information. If it has received the conference setting information, it proceeds to step S902; if not,

[0159] (Step S902) The terminal processing unit 23 acquires an identifier from the terminal storage unit 21 and constructs the conference setting information having the identifier.

[0160] (Step S903) The terminal transmission unit 24 transmits the conference setting information configured in step S902 to the information processing device 1.

[0161] (Step S904) The terminal reception unit 25 determines whether it has received information from the information processing device 1. If it has received the information, it proceeds to step S905; if not, it returns to step S904. Note that the information here is, for example, one or more business card information and conference attribute information (e.g., the URL of the conference).

[0162] (Step S905) The terminal output unit 26 outputs the information received in step S904 and returns to step S901.

[0163] (Step S906) The terminal reception unit 22 determines whether it has received the login information. If it has received the login information, it proceeds to step S907. If it has not received the login information, it returns to step S901.

[0164] (Step S907) The terminal processing unit 23 acquires the identifier from the terminal storage unit 21 and constructs the login information having the identifier.

[0165] (Step S908) The terminal transmission unit 24 transmits the login information configured in step S907 to the information processing apparatus 1.

[0166] (Step S909) The terminal business card reception unit 251 determines whether it has received one or more business card information items associated with the identifier. If it has received one or more business card information items, it proceeds to step S911. If it has not received one or more business card information items, it proceeds to step S910.

[0167] (Step S910) The terminal processing unit 23 determines whether it is a timeout. If it is a timeout, it proceeds to step S912. If it is not a timeout, it returns to step S909.

[0168] (Step S911) The terminal output unit 26 outputs each of the received one or more business card information items in association with the identifier. Note that outputting in association with the identifier means outputting the business card information and the conference information in a manner such that the correspondence between the business card information and the conference information can be visually recognized for each terminal identifier.

[0169] (Step S912) The processing unit 13 determines whether the remote conference has started. If the remote conference has started, it proceeds to step S913. If the remote conference has not started, it returns to step S912.

[0170] (Step S913) The terminal processing unit 23 etc. perform conference processing during the progress of the remote conference. It returns to step S901. An example of the conference processing will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 10.

[0171] In the flowchart of FIG. 9, the process ends due to a power-off or an interrupt at the end of processing.

[0172] Next, an example of the conference process in step S913 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 10.

[0173] (Step S1001) The terminal processing unit 23 acquires the video received by the terminal reception unit 22.

[0174] (Step S1002) The terminal processing unit 23 acquires the audio received by the terminal reception unit 22.

[0175] (Step S1003) The terminal processing unit 23 determines whether the terminal reception unit 22 has received chat information. If chat information has been received, the process proceeds to step S1004; if chat information has not been received, the process proceeds to step S1005.

[0176] (Step S1004) The terminal processing unit 23 acquires the chat information received by the terminal reception unit 22.

[0177] (Step S1005) The terminal processing unit 23 uses the acquired information to construct conference information. Also, it is preferable for the terminal processing unit 23 to associate the identifier of the terminal storage unit 21 with the conference information.

[0178] (Step S1006) The terminal transmission unit 24 transmits the conference information configured in step S1005. Here, the terminal transmission unit 24 transmits the conference information to the information processing apparatus 1, but it may also transmit the conference information to the conference server 4 of Embodiment 2.

[0179] (Step S1007) The terminal receiving unit 25 determines whether it has received conference information or the like. If it has received conference information or the like, it proceeds to step S1008. If it has not received conference information or the like, it returns to step S1007. Here, the terminal receiving unit 25 receives conference information or the like from the information processing apparatus 1, but it may receive conference information or the like from the conference server 4 in the second embodiment. Also, the conference information or the like to be received may be conference information transmitted from two or more terminal devices 2, or may be one piece of conference information corresponding to an identifier. The conference information or the like is, for example, conference information and business card information. The conference information or the like is, for example, information in which business card information is embedded in an image, or screen information in which two or more pieces of conference information or the like are combined.

[0180] (Step S1008) The terminal processing unit 23 constructs the information to be output using the received conference information or the like. An example of such output information construction processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 11.

[0181] (Step S1009) The terminal output unit 26 outputs the information constructed in step S1008.

[0182] (Step S1010) The terminal reception unit 22 determines whether it has received an exit instruction. If it has received an exit instruction, it proceeds to step S1011. If it has not received an exit instruction, it returns to step S1001.

[0183] (Step S1011) The terminal processing unit 23 constructs the exit instruction to be transmitted. The terminal transmission unit 24 transmits the exit instruction. Here, the terminal transmission unit 24 transmits the exit instruction to the information processing apparatus 1, but it may transmit the exit instruction to the conference server 4 in the second embodiment.

[0184] (Step S1012) The terminal business card receiving unit 251 determines whether it has received business card information or the like. If it has received business card information or the like, it proceeds to step S1013. If it has not received business card information or the like, it proceeds to step S1014.

[0185] (Step S1013) The terminal processing unit 23 composes the business card information and the like to be output. The terminal output unit 26 outputs the business card information and the like. Return to the upper-level processing.

[0186] (Step S1014) The terminal processing unit 23 determines whether there is a timeout. If there is a timeout, return to the upper-level processing; if there is no timeout, return to Step S1012.

[0187] Next, an example of the output information composition process in Step S1008 will be described using the flowchart in FIG. 11.

[0188] (Step S1101) The terminal processing unit 23 assigns 1 to the counter i.

[0189] (Step S1102) The terminal processing unit 23 determines whether the i-th terminal device 2 of the meeting counterpart exists. If the i-th terminal device 2 exists, go to Step S1103; if the i-th terminal device 2 does not exist, go to Step S1108.

[0190] (Step S1103) The terminal processing unit 23 acquires the meeting information transmitted from the i-th terminal device 2.

[0191] (Step S1104) The terminal processing unit 23 determines whether the i-th business card information corresponding to the i-th terminal device 2 exists. If the i-th business card information exists, go to Step S1105; if the i-th business card information does not exist, go to Step S1107.

[0192] (Step S1105) The terminal processing unit 23 acquires the i-th business card information corresponding to the i-th terminal device 2.

[0193] (Step S1106) The terminal processing unit 23 associates the meeting information transmitted from the i-th terminal device 2 with the i-th business card information.

[0194] (Step S1107) The terminal processing unit 23 increments the counter i by 1. Return to step S1102.

[0195] (Step S1108) The terminal processing unit 23 configures the screen information to be output using the information associated in step S1106. Return to the upper-level processing.

[0196] In the flowchart of FIG. 11, the terminal device 2 configured the screen information to be output. However, the terminal device 2 may receive and output the screen information from the information processing device 1. Note that it is preferable that the screen information includes videos transmitted from two or more terminal devices 2 and business card information. Also, in the screen information, it is preferable that the video of one terminal device 2 and the business card information of one or more users of the terminal device 2 are visually associated.

[0197] Hereinafter, the specific operation of the information system A in the present embodiment will be described. The conceptual diagram of the information system A is FIG. 1.

[0198] Now, a business card management table having the structure of FIG. 12 is stored in the business card storage unit 111 of the information processing device 1. The business card management table is a table for managing the business card information of each user. One or more records having "ID", "user identifier", "password", "user attribute value", and "business card image" are stored in the business card management table. "ID" is information for identifying a record. The "user attribute value" is information described on the business card, and here includes "name", "notification destination information", and "company name". The "business card image" is an image of the user's business card.

[0199] In addition, a business card exchange management table having the structure shown in FIG. 13 is stored in the business card storage unit 111. The business card exchange management table is a table for managing information related to business card exchange. Here, it is a table for managing information about the person who received the business card and the date of receipt. The business card exchange management table has a "user identifier", a "recipient ID", and "receipt date information". The "recipient ID" is the user identifier of the user who received the business card, identified by the paired user identifier. The receipt date information is information indicating the registration date of receiving the business card.

[0200] Furthermore, it is assumed that a meeting information management table having the structure shown in FIG. 14 is stored in the meeting information storage unit 112. The meeting information management table has an "ID", a "user identifier", "meeting attribute information", "video / audio", and "chat information". The "meeting attribute information" has a "title", "date / time information", and "participant information". The "date / time information" has a "start date / time" and an "end date / time". The "chat information" has an "offset time", an "inputter ID", and an "input string". The "title" is the title of the meeting and is information input by one of the participants. The "date / time information" is information regarding the date and time of the meeting. The "start date / time" indicates the start date and time of the meeting, and the "end date / time" indicates the end date and time of the meeting. The "participant information" is information for identifying the participants in the meeting. Here, the "participant information" is usually the user identifier, but it may also be a name, email address, etc. The "offset time" is information for identifying the time when the chat string was received. Here, it is information indicating the elapsed time since the start of the meeting. The "inputter ID" is the user identifier of the user who input the chat string. The "input string" is the chat string input by the user.

[0201] In such a situation, Kenji Yamada with the user identifier "1001" inputs the meeting setting information "<Title>Negotiation with Company X <Start Date / Time>2020 / 11 / 20 11:00:00 <Participants> "Ms. Hanako Tanaka, Director of Company X", "Jiro Aoki, Consultant Department of Company X", "Akira Inoue, Consultant Department of Company X"" into the terminal device 2 in order to negotiate with the people of Company X.

[0202] Next, the terminal reception unit 22 of the terminal device 2 receives the conference setting information. Next, the terminal processing unit 23 acquires the user identifier "1001" from the terminal storage unit 21, and configures the conference setting information "<user identifier>1001<title>Negotiation with Company X<start date and time>2020 / 11 / 20 11:00:00<participants>「Ms. Hanako Tanaka, Director of Company X」「Mr. Jiro Aoki, Consultant Department of Company X」「Mr. Akira Inoue, Consultant Department of Company X」" having the user identifier. Then, the terminal transmission unit 24 transmits the configured conference setting information to the information processing device 1.

[0203] Next, the reception unit 12 of the information processing device 1 receives the conference setting information. Next, the conference setting unit 131 etc. perform conference setting processing etc. using the received conference setting information. That is, the business card acquisition unit 132 searches the business card management table in Fig. 12 using the information of each <participant> of "Ms. Hanako Tanaka, Director of Company X", "Mr. Jiro Aoki, Consultant Department of Company X", and "Mr. Akira Inoue, Consultant Department of Company X" as keys, and obtains the user identifier "1002" corresponding to "Ms. Hanako Tanaka, Director of Company X" and business card information (here, information including at least a business card image), and the user identifier "1003" corresponding to "Mr. Jiro Aoki, Consultant Department of Company X" and business card information. On the other hand, since the business card information corresponding to "Mr. Akira Inoue, Consultant Department of Company X" is not stored in the business card management table, it is assumed that the information of Mr. Akira Inoue could not be obtained. Note that the business card acquisition unit 132 may also acquire the business card information of Kenji Yamada paired with the user identifier "1001".

[0204] Next, the conference setting unit 131 associates the information of "<Title>Negotiation with Company X<Start Date and Time>2020 / 11 / 20 11:00:00<Participants>1001,1002,1003, Aoki Akira" among the conference attribute information with the <User Identifier>1001 and stores it in the conference information management table in Fig. 14. Note that the information stored in the conference information management table is part of the record of "ID=5619" and is the information of 1401 and 1402. Since the user identifier "1001" is the identifier of the user who sent the conference setting information, "1001" may not be present as the "Participant Information" of "ID=5619" in Fig. 14. Also, since there is no user identifier for "Aoki Akira" in the "Participant Information" at present, it remains as the name.

[0205] Also, the conference setting unit 131 generates the URL "https: / / PPP.···" to be used in this remote conference, and secures a storage area for temporarily storing the conference information of the remote conference, and secures a storage area corresponding to the URL.

[0206] Next, the business card sending unit 141 sends the business card information of Hanako Tanaka and Jiro Aoki, and the conference URL, to the terminal device 2 corresponding to the <User Identifier>1001.

[0207] Next, the terminal device 2 receives and outputs the business card information of Hanako Tanaka and Jiro Aoki and the conference URL. Through the above processing, by sending the conference setting information with participant information, the user can obtain the business card information of the conference counterpart.

[0208] Also, the sending unit 14 sends the conference attribute information including the conference URL, "<Title>Negotiation with Company X<Start Date and Time>2020 / 11 / 20 11:00:00<Participants>" "Hanako Tanaka, Director of Company X" "Jiro Aoki, Consultant Department of Company X" "Akira Inoue, Consultant Department of Company X" to Hanako Tanaka and Jiro Aoki whose business card information is managed. <url>Send "https: / / PPP.···". The sending unit 14, for example, obtains the email addresses of Hanako Tanaka and Jiro Aoki from the business card management table in Fig. 12, and sends the meeting attribute information to the said addresses. Through the above processing, a user whose business card information is managed can obtain the meeting setting information even though they have not sent the meeting setting information themselves. Also, the sending unit 14 may, for example, also send the business card information of other participants such as Kenji Yamada to Hanako Tanaka and Jiro Aoki.

[0209] And let's assume that Hanako Tanaka or Jiro Aoki separately contacted Akira Inoue to inform him of the meeting URL.

[0210] After that, when it is time for the meeting, let's assume that Kenji Yamada, Hanako Tanaka, Jiro Aoki, and Akira Inoue click on the meeting URL from their respective terminal devices 2, and login information is sent from their respective terminal devices 2 to the information processing device 1.

[0211] Next, the login information receiving unit 122 of the information processing device 1 receives the login information from each of the four terminal devices 2. The processing unit 13 performs processing for logging in to the remote meeting venue for each terminal device 2 that has sent the login information.

[0212] Next, the business card acquisition unit 132 acquires the business card information (here, business card images) corresponding to the user identifiers "1001", "1002", and "1003" included in the meeting participant information from the business card management table in Fig. 12.

[0213] Also, the meeting information receiving unit 123 receives the meeting information (here, video and audio, or input character strings) in association with the user identifier or terminal identifier of each terminal device 2.

[0214] And the processing unit 13 associates the meeting information and the business card information for each terminal device 2. Also, the processing unit 13 is the screen information that includes the meeting information and business card information of the terminals of Kenji Yamada, Hanako Tanaka, and Jiro Aoki, and the meeting information of Akira Inoue, and constitutes the screen information output by each terminal device 2. During the continuation of the meeting, the processing unit 13 continues to constitute such screen information.

[0215] Next, the conference information storage unit 133 stores the conference information including the screen information and the audio, in association with the conference attribute information, during the continuation of the conference. The stored conference information is, for example, "video / audio" and "chat information" in FIG. 14.

[0216] Next, the transmission unit 14 transmits the screen information including the conference information and the business card information to each of the four terminal devices 2. Note that the transmission unit 14 continuously transmits the screen information to each of the four terminal devices 2 during the continuation of the conference.

[0217] Next, each of the four terminal devices 2 receives and outputs the screen information. An example of such screen information is shown in FIG. 15. In FIG. 15, the business card image corresponding to Akira Inoue is not output.

[0218] Next, assume that business card exchange is performed during the conference. That is, assume that Akira Inoue, whose business card image does not appear on the screen, photographed his own business card with the camera and introduced himself. Then, assume that the terminal device 2 of Akira Inoue acquired the conference information including the video of Akira Inoue's face and business card being photographed and transmitted it to the information processing device 1. An example of the screen at each of the four terminal devices 2 in such a case is shown in FIG. 16. In FIG. 16, Akira Inoue is introducing himself while showing his business card to the other participants (see 1601). Note that 1602, 1603, and 1604 in FIG. 16 are the business card images acquired by the information processing device 1 and transmitted to each terminal device 2. Also, the business card information (here, the business card image) is output in a mode visually associated with each participant in the video conference.

[0219] Next, the processing unit 13 cuts out the rectangular area of the business card from the video in which the face and business card of Akira Inoue are photographed, and acquires a business card image. Also, the processing unit 13 performs character recognition processing on the business card image, and acquires the business card information of Akira Inoue "<Name>Akira Inoue<Contact Information>ia@x.com<Company Name>Company X ···". Then, the processing unit 13 generates a unique user identifier "9215". Next, the processing unit 13 accumulates user information including the user identifier "9215", the business card information "<Name>Akira Inoue<Contact Information>ia@x.com<Company Name>Company X ···", and the business card image in the business card management table of FIG. 12. Such a record is the record of "ID=8215". Through the above processing, the business card information of an unregistered user can be registered by presenting the business card (which can also be called business card exchange) in the video conference.

[0220] Here, it is preferable that the conference information storage unit 133 rewrites "Akira Inoue" in the participant information (FIG. 14) with the user identifier "9215".

[0221] Also, after the registration of the business card information of Akira Inoue, the screen information transmitted to each terminal device 2 is the screen information as shown in FIG. 17. In FIG. 17, the business card image of Akira Inoue is also output in association with the video of each participant during the conference, similar to the business card images of other participants.

[0222] Also, the business card exchange unit 134 acquires user identifiers of other participants that are not registered as the recipient ID in FIG. 13 for the user identifiers of each of the four participants. That is, the business card exchange unit 134 acquires the user identifiers "1003" and "9215" of a new business card exchange partner for the user identifier "1001", and accumulates the user identifiers "1003" and "9215" as the attribute values of the recipient ID in the business card exchange management table of FIG. 13 in association with the user identifier "1001". Such information is 1301 in FIG. 13.

[0223] In addition, the business card exchange unit 134 may acquire the user identifier "9215" of a new business card exchange partner for the user identifier "1002", and accumulate the user identifiers "1003" and "9215" as the attribute values of the recipient ID in association with the user identifier "1002". However, here, it is assumed that the user identifiers of users who meet the predetermined conditions are not accumulated in the business card exchange management table. The predetermined conditions are, for example, "the company names are the same", "the company name and the department name are the same", etc. And for the user identifier "1002", no new user identifier is registered. This is shown at 1302 in FIG. 13.

[0224] In addition, for the user identifier "1003", the user identifier "1001" of a new business card exchange partner is acquired, and the user identifier "1001" is accumulated as the attribute value of the recipient ID in association with the user identifier "1003".

[0225] Furthermore, for the user identifier "9215", only the user identifier "1001" of a new business card exchange partner is acquired, and only the user identifier "1001" is accumulated as the attribute value of the recipient ID in association with the user identifier "9215". Such information is shown at 1303 in FIG. 13.

[0226] Through the above processing, information indicating that business cards have been exchanged is accumulated in the remote conference.

[0227] After that, it is assumed that the meeting progresses and each participant inputs a leaving instruction for the meeting into their respective terminal device 2. Next, it is assumed that each terminal device 2 receives the leaving instruction and transmits it to the information processing device 1.

[0228] Next, the leaving instruction receiving unit 125 of the information processing device 1 receives the leaving instruction. And the processing unit 13 performs processing for logging out the user from the remote conference.

[0229] Next, the conference information storage unit 133 obtains the current time "2020 / 11 / 20 11:45:18" from a clock (not shown). Then, the conference information storage unit 133 writes the end time "2020 / 11 / 20 11:45:18" to the record with "ID=5619" in FIG. 14. Also, the conference information storage unit 133 finishes storing video, audio, and chat information.

[0230] In addition, the business card acquisition unit 132 may acquire the business card information of participants other than the user of the terminal device 2 that sent the logout instruction. Then, the transmission unit 14 may transmit such business card information to the terminal device 2 that sent the logout instruction.

[0231] As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a remote conference is held between two or more terminal devices, business card information can be appropriately used. That is, by being able to transmit business card information at the time of conference setting, the details of the participants' information can be grasped. Also, by being able to transmit business card information at the time of login for starting the conference, the details of the participants' information can be grasped immediately before or after the start of the conference. Furthermore, by being able to transmit business card information when logging out of the conference, the details of the information of the conference participants can be confirmed again.

[0232] Also, according to the present embodiment, by outputting the business card information of the participants in the remote conference to the screen, the conference can be advanced while confirming the information of the conference participants. As a result, for example, mistakes such as mispronouncing the name or company name of a person you meet for the first time during the conference can be avoided.

[0233] Also, according to the present embodiment, by outputting business card information in association with the participants in the remote conference, the information such as the faces and names of the participants is associated, and there is an effect such that it becomes easier to remember the participants.

[0234] Also, according to the present embodiment, business card information can be automatically registered by participating in a remote conference.

[0235] Also, according to the present embodiment, information related to business card exchange can be automatically registered by participating in a remote conference.

[0236] Furthermore, according to this embodiment, meeting information can be recorded in association with business card information. As a result, for example, the meeting information can be confirmed together with the business card information at a later date.

[0237] In this embodiment, when recording meeting information including video, the information processing apparatus 1 may record a video in which the business card image transmitted to each terminal apparatus 2 appears, or may record a video in which the business card image does not appear.

[0238] Furthermore, the processing in this embodiment may be realized by software. And this software may be distributed by software download or the like. Also, this software may be recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM and distributed. Note that this also applies to other embodiments in this specification. The software for realizing the information processing apparatus 1 in this embodiment is the following program. That is, this program is a computer that can access a business card storage unit that stores first business card information associated with a first identifier for identifying a first terminal and second business card information associated with a second identifier for identifying a second terminal, and the first identifier A program for functioning as a business card acquisition unit that acquires first business card information associated with and second business card information associated with the second identifier from the business card storage unit, and a business card transmission unit that transmits the first business card information to the second terminal and the second business card information to the first terminal.

[0239] Also, the software for realizing the terminal apparatus 2 is the following program. That is, this program is a computer that functions as a terminal business card reception unit that receives business card information corresponding to a terminal identifier of a meeting partner, a terminal information reception unit that receives meeting information corresponding to a terminal identifier of a meeting partner, a terminal output unit that outputs the business card information and the meeting information, a terminal processing unit that acquires the meeting information, and a terminal transmission unit that transmits the meeting information.

[0240] (Embodiment 2) In this embodiment, the difference from the embodiment is that there is a conference server for holding a remote conference, and the information processing apparatus manages business card information and provides business card information. That is, in this embodiment, the role of the information processing apparatus 1 is shared by the conference server and the information processing apparatus. Note that Embodiment 2 is an example of the configuration of the information system, and how the functions of the information processing apparatus 1 of Embodiment 1 are shared and realized by two or more apparatuses may be arbitrary.

[0241] FIG. 18 is a conceptual diagram of the information system B in this embodiment. The information system B includes an information processing apparatus 3, one or two or more conference servers 4, and two or more terminal apparatuses 2.

[0242] The information processing apparatus 3 is an apparatus that manages and provides business card information. The information processing apparatus 3 is, for example, a so-called server. The information processing apparatus 1 is, for example, a cloud server, an ASP server, or the like, and its type is not limited.

[0243] The conference server 4 is an apparatus for holding a remote conference. The conference server 4 is, for example, a cloud server, an ASP server, or the like, and its type is not limited. The conference server 4 is, for example, a server for holding a Web conference such as Zoom or Skype (registered trademark).

[0244] FIG. 19 is a block diagram of the information system B in this embodiment. FIG. 20 is a block diagram of the information processing apparatus 3.

[0245] The information processing apparatus 3 includes a storage unit 11, a reception unit 12, a processing unit 33, and a transmission unit 34. The processing unit 33 includes a business card acquisition unit 132, a conference information storage unit 133, and a business card exchange unit 134. The transmission unit 34 includes a business card transmission unit 141.

[0246] The conference server 4 includes a server storage unit 41, a server reception unit 42, a server processing unit 43, and a server transmission unit 44.

[0247] The participant information receiving unit 121 that constitutes the information processing apparatus 3 may receive participant information from the terminal device 2 or from the conference server 4.

[0248] The login information receiving unit 122 may receive login information from the terminal device 2 or from the conference server 4.

[0249] The conference information receiving unit 123 may receive one or more pieces of conference information from the terminal device 2 or from the conference server 4.

[0250] The business card exchange receiving unit 124 may receive the business card information of one user from the terminal device 2 or from the conference server 4.

[0251] The logout instruction receiving unit 125 may receive a logout instruction from the terminal device 2 or from the conference server 4.

[0252] The business card sending unit 141 may send the business card information to the conference server 4. That is, the business card information may be directly sent from the information processing apparatus 3 to the terminal device 2, or may be sent to the terminal device 2 via the conference server 4.

[0253] Various types of information are stored in the server storage unit 41 that constitutes the conference server 4. The server storage unit 41 may have a conference information storage unit 112.

[0254] The server storage unit 41 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized with a volatile recording medium.

[0255] The process by which information is stored in the server storage unit 41 is not limited. For example, information may be stored in the server storage unit 41 via a recording medium, information transmitted via a communication line or the like may be stored in the server storage unit 41, or information input via an input device may be stored in the server storage unit 41.

[0256] The server receiving unit 42 receives various types of information. The server receiving unit 42 receives conference information from the terminal device 2. The server receiving unit 42 may receive business card information from the terminal device 2. The server receiving unit 42 may receive business card information from the information processing device 3. The server receiving unit 42 may include a participant information receiving unit 121, a login information receiving unit 122, a conference information receiving unit 123, an exchanged business card receiving unit 124, and a logout instruction receiving unit 125.

[0257] The server receiving unit 42, for example, receives first conference information from a first terminal and second conference information from a second terminal.

[0258] The server receiving unit 42 is usually realized by wireless or wired communication means, but may also be realized by means of receiving broadcasts.

[0259] The server processing unit 43 performs various types of processing. The server processing unit 43 has, for example, a conference setting unit 131 and a conference information storage unit 133.

[0260] The server processing unit 43, for example, constructs screen information by synthesizing conference information received from two or more terminal devices 2.

[0261] The server processing unit 43 can usually be realized from a processor, a memory, etc. The processing procedure of the processing unit 13 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may also be realized by hardware (a dedicated circuit). Note that the processor is, for example, a CPU, an MPU, a GPU, etc., and its type does not matter.

[0262] The server transmitting unit 44, for example, transmits conference information received from one terminal device 2 to another terminal device 2. The server transmitting unit 44, for example, transmits first conference information to a second terminal and second conference information to a first terminal.

[0263] The server transmitting unit 44, for example, transmits screen information synthesized from conference information received from two or more terminal devices 2.

[0264] The server transmission unit 44 transmits, for example, one or more business card information received from the information processing apparatus 3 to one or more terminal apparatuses 2 of the conference participants.

[0265] The server transmission unit 44 is usually realized by wireless or wired communication means, but may also be realized by broadcast means.

[0266] Next, an operation example of the information system B will be described. First, an operation example of the information processing apparatus 3 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 21. In the flowchart of FIG. 21, the description of the same steps as in the flowchart of FIG. 4 will be omitted. In the flowchart of FIG. 21, compared with the flowchart of FIG. 4, the processes of steps S402, S409, and S416 do not exist.

[0267] Also, the conference setting information received in S401 of the flowchart of FIG. 21 may be only the participant information. Also, the login information received in S404 may be information indicating that the user has logged in and information for acquiring the participant information (for example, the conference ID, etc.).

[0268] Also, an operation example of the conference server 4 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 22. In the flowchart of FIG. 22, the description of the same steps as in the flowchart of FIG. 4 will be omitted.

[0269] (Step S2201) The server transmission unit 44 transmits the conference setting information to the information processing apparatus 3.

[0270] (Step S2202) The server reception unit 42 determines whether or not business card information has been received from the information processing apparatus 3 in response to the transmission of the conference setting information. If the business card information has been received, if not, the process returns to step S401. Note that if the business card information has not been received, it is a case where a timeout has occurred without receiving the business card information, a case where information indicating that the business card information does not exist has been received, etc.

[0271] (Step S2203) The server transmission unit 44 transmits the one or more business card information received in Step S2202 to the terminal device 2 that has transmitted the meeting setting information. Return to Step S401.

[0272] (Step S2204) The server transmission unit 44 transmits the login information to the information processing device 3.

[0273] (Step S2205) The server reception unit 42 determines whether or not it has received business card information from the information processing device 3 in response to the transmission of the login information. If it has received the business card information, if it has not received the business card information, return to Step S401. Note that if it has not received the business card information, it means that a timeout has occurred without receiving the business card information, or information indicating that there is no business card information has been received, etc.

[0274] (Step S2206) The server processing unit 43 temporarily stores each of the one or more received business card information in association with the user identifier. Return to Step S401.

[0275] (Step S2207) The server processing unit 43 configures the meeting information to be transmitted to each terminal device 2. An example of the meeting information configuration process will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 23.

[0276] (Step S2208) The server transmission unit 44 transmits the meeting information configured in Step S2207 to each terminal device 2. Go to Step S2205.

[0277] (Step S2209) The server transmission unit 44 transmits an exit instruction to the information processing device 3. Go to Step S2205.

[0278] Note that in the flowchart of FIG. 22, the process ends due to a power-off or a processing end interrupt.

[0279] Next, an example of the meeting information configuration process in Step S2207 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 23.

[0280] (Step S2301) The server processing unit 43 substitutes 1 for the counter i.

[0281] (Step S2302) The server processing unit 43 determines whether there is an i-th participant who participates in the meeting. If there is an i-th participant, it proceeds to Step S2303; if there is no i-th participant, it proceeds to Step S2308. Here, the i-th participant is the i-th terminal device 2.

[0282] (Step S2303) The server processing unit 43 acquires the meeting information transmitted from the i-th terminal device 2.

[0283] (Step S2304) The server processing unit 43 determines whether there is business card information corresponding to the user identifier of the participant of the i-th terminal device 2. If there is the i-th business card information, it proceeds to Step S2305; if there is no business card information, it proceeds to Step S2306. Note that there may be two or more participants in the i-th terminal device 2. In such a case, the i-th business card information may be two or more.

[0284] (Step S2305) The server processing unit 43 associates the meeting information acquired in Step S2303 with the i-th business card information, and arranges the meeting information and the business card information in the i-th window. Then it proceeds to Step S2307.

[0285] (Step S2306) The server processing unit 43 arranges the meeting information acquired in Step S2303 in the i-th window.

[0286] (Step S2307) The server processing unit 43 increments the counter i by 1. Then it returns to Step S2302.

[0287] (Step S2308) The server processing unit 43 configures screen information including the meeting information of each terminal device and the like. Then it returns to the upper-level processing.

[0288] As described above, according to this embodiment, it is possible to provide business card information in a remote conference in cooperation with the conference server 4.

[0289] Note that in this embodiment, the information processing apparatus 3 may cooperate with two or more conference servers 4 and provide business card information in a remote conference.

[0290] Furthermore, the processing in this embodiment may be realized by software. And this software may be distributed by software download or the like. Also, this software may be recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM and distributed. Note that this also applies to other embodiments in this specification. The software for realizing the information processing apparatus 3 in this embodiment is a program as follows. That is, this program is a computer that can access a business card storage unit storing first business card information associated with a first identifier for identifying the first terminal and second business card information associated with a second identifier for identifying the second terminal, and obtains the first business card information associated with the first identifier and the second business card information associated with the second identifier from the business card storage unit, and is a program for causing the computer to function as a business card transmission unit that transmits the first business card information to the second terminal and transmits the second business card information to the first terminal. Note that the transmission of the business card information in the business card transmission unit to the terminal device 2 may be an indirect transmission, that is, the transmission of the business card information in the business card transmission unit to the terminal device 2 may be the transmission of the business card information via the conference server 4.

[0291] Also, FIG. 24 shows the appearance of a computer that executes the program described in this specification and realizes the information processing apparatus 1, the terminal device 2, etc. of the various embodiments described above. The above-described embodiments can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed thereon. FIG. 24 is an overview diagram of this computer system 300, and FIG. 25 is a block diagram of the system 300.

[0292] In FIG. 24, the computer system 300 includes a computer 301 including a CD-ROM drive, a keyboard 302, a mouse 303, a monitor 304, a microphone 305, and a camera 307.

[0293] In FIG. 25, in addition to the CD-ROM drive 3012, the computer 301 includes an MPU 3013, a bus 3014 connected to the CD-ROM drive 3012 and the like, a ROM 3015 for storing programs such as a boot-up program, a RAM 3016 connected to the MPU 3013 for temporarily storing instructions of an application program and providing a temporary storage space, and a hard disk 3017 for storing application programs, system programs, and data. Here, although not shown, the computer 301 may further include a network card for providing a connection to a LAN.

[0294] A program for causing the computer system 300 to execute the functions of the information processing apparatus 1 and the like in the above-described embodiment may be stored in a CD-ROM 3101, inserted into the CD-ROM drive 3012, and further transferred to the hard disk 3017. Alternatively, the program may be transmitted to the computer 301 via a network (not shown) and stored in the hard disk 3017. The program is loaded into the RAM 3016 during execution. The program may be loaded directly from the CD-ROM 3101 or the network.

[0295] The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS) or a third-party program for causing the computer 301 to execute the functions of the information processing apparatus 1 and the like in the above-described embodiment. The program only needs to include only the portion of the instructions that calls appropriate functions (modules) in a controlled manner so as to obtain a desired result. How the computer system 300 operates is well known, and a detailed description is omitted.

[0296] In the above program, in steps such as the step of transmitting information and the step of receiving information, processing performed by hardware, for example, processing performed by a modem or an interface card in the transmission step (processing that can only be performed by hardware) is not included.

[0297] Also, the computer that executes the above program may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

[0298] Moreover, in each of the above embodiments, it goes without saying that two or more communication means existing in one device may be physically realized by one medium.

[0299] Also, in each of the above embodiments, each process may be realized by being centrally processed by a single device, or may be realized by being distributedly processed by a plurality of devices.

[0300] Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications are possible, and these are also included within the scope of the present invention.

Industrial Applicability

[0301] As described above, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention has the effect of being able to appropriately use business card information when conducting a remote conference between two or more terminal devices, and is useful as an information processing apparatus or the like.

Explanation of Signs

[0302] 1, 3 Information processing apparatus 2 Terminal device 4 Conference server 11 Storage unit 12 Reception unit 13, 33 Processing unit 14, 34 Transmission unit 21 Terminal storage unit 22 Terminal reception unit 23 Terminal processing unit 24 Terminal Transmission Unit 25 Terminal Reception Unit 26 Terminal Output Unit 41 Server Storage Unit 42 Server Reception Unit 43 Server Processing Unit 44 Server Transmission Unit 111 Business Card Storage Unit 112 Meeting Information Storage Unit 121 Participant Information Reception Unit 122 Login Information Reception Unit 123 Meeting Information Reception Unit 124 Exchanged Business Card Reception Unit 125 Logout Instruction Reception Unit 131 Meeting Setting Unit 132 Business Card Acquisition Unit 133 Meeting Information Accumulation Unit 134 Business Card Exchange Unit 141 Business Card Transmission Unit 142 Meeting Information Transmission Unit 251 Terminal Business Card Reception Unit 252 Terminal Information Reception Unit< / url>

Claims

1. A business card storage unit that stores first business card information associated with a first identifier for identifying a first terminal and second business card information associated with a second identifier for identifying a second terminal; From one or more conference servers each including a server receiving unit that receives first conference information transmitted from the first terminal and second conference information transmitted from the second terminal, and a server transmitting unit that transmits the first conference information to the second terminal and transmits the second conference information to the first terminal, participant information that is information having a first identifier for identifying the first terminal and a second identifier for identifying the second terminal and is information regarding participants in a conference is received by a participant information receiving unit; A business card acquisition unit that acquires, from the business card storage unit, the first business card information associated with the first identifier included in the participant information and the second business card information associated with the second identifier included in the participant information; An information processing apparatus comprising a business card transmission unit that transmits the first business card information to the second terminal and transmits the second business card information to the first terminal, or transmits the first business card information and the second business card information to the conference server that transmitted the participant information.

2. The business card transmission unit: Transmits the first business card information and the second business card information to the conference server that transmitted the participant information; The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first business card information is transmitted from the conference server to the second terminal, and the second business card information is transmitted from the conference server to the first terminal.

3. The business card transmission unit: Transmits the first business card information and the second business card information when the conference is set, the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2.

4. An exchanged business card receiving unit that receives the first business card information from the first terminal or receives the second business card information from the second terminal; and The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a business card exchange unit that stores the first business card information in association with the second identifier or a second user identifier corresponding to the second identifier, or stores the second business card information in association with the first identifier or a first user identifier corresponding to the first identifier.

5. A conference server that conducts a remote conference between a first terminal and a second terminal, comprising: A server receiving unit that receives, from the first terminal or the second terminal, conference setting information, login information, conference information, or information that is a logout instruction; When the server receiving unit receives the information, the information processing apparatus according to claim 2 is provided with a server transmitting unit that transmits the information. The server receiving unit is in response to the server transmitting unit transmitting the information, receives business card information from the information processing apparatus. The server transmitting unit is a conference server that transmits the business card information to the first terminal or the second terminal.

6. An information processing method realized by a business card storage unit that stores first business card information associated with a first identifier for identifying a first terminal and second business card information associated with a second identifier for identifying a second terminal, a participant information receiving unit, a business card acquisition unit, and a business card transmission unit, a server receiving unit that receives first conference information transmitted from the first terminal and second conference information transmitted from the second terminal, and a server transmitting unit that transmits the first conference information to the second terminal and transmits the second conference information to the first terminal, from one or more conference servers having the first identifier for identifying the first terminal and the second identifier for identifying the second terminal, and an information that is information regarding participants in a conference, a participant information receiving unit that receives participant information, a business card acquisition step in which the business card acquisition unit acquires, from the business card storage unit, the first business card information associated with the first identifier included in the participant information and the second business card information associated with the second identifier included in the participant information, a business card transmission step in which the business card transmission unit transmits the first business card information to the second terminal and transmits the second business card information to the first terminal, or transmits the first business card information and the second business card information to the conference server that transmitted the participant information.

7. An information processing method in a conference server that conducts a remote conference between a first terminal and a second terminal, an information processing method realized by a server receiving unit and a server transmitting unit, a first server receiving step in which the server receiving unit receives information that is conference setting information, login information, conference information, or a logout instruction, a first server transmitting step in which the server transmitting unit transmits the information to the information processing apparatus according to claim 2 when the server receiving unit receives the information, a second server receiving step in which the server receiving unit receives business card information from the information processing apparatus in response to the server transmitting unit transmitting the information. An information processing method comprising a second server transmission step of transmitting the business card information to the first terminal or the second terminal by the server transmission unit.

8. A computer capable of accessing a business card storage unit that stores first business card information associated with a first identifier for identifying a first terminal and second business card information associated with a second identifier for identifying a second terminal, a server reception unit that receives first conference information transmitted from the first terminal and second conference information transmitted from the second terminal, and a server transmission unit that transmits the first conference information to the second terminal and transmits the second conference information to the first terminal, from one or more conference servers each having an information including a first identifier for identifying the first terminal and a second identifier for identifying the second terminal, and being participant information regarding participants in a conference, a participant information reception unit that receives the participant information, a business card acquisition unit that acquires, from the business card storage unit, first business card information associated with the first identifier included in the participant information and second business card information associated with the second identifier included in the participant information, A program for causing the computer to function as a business card transmission unit that transmits the first business card information to the second terminal and transmits the second business card information to the first terminal, or transmits the first business card information and the second business card information to the conference server that transmitted the participant information.

9. A computer, a server reception unit that receives conference setting information, login information, conference information, or information that is a logout instruction, from the first terminal or the second terminal, when the server reception unit receives the information, causes the computer to function as a server transmission unit that transmits the information to the information processing apparatus according to claim 2, the server reception unit, in response to the server transmission unit transmitting the information, receives business card information from the information processing apparatus, the server transmission unit, A program for causing the computer to function so as to transmit the business card information to the first terminal or the second terminal.

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