Remote Sharing Apparatus Using Intermediary Server for Connection Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote conference systems require users to manually input IP addresses or IDs for connecting to other electronic blackboards or PCs, which is cumbersome and prone to errors.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that uses a processor to obtain and display identifiers of other information processing apparatuses associated with available resources, allowing users to select and connect to remote destinations based on these resources, such as meeting schedules, files, or shared sites, thereby simplifying the connection process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users manually input IP addresses or IDs to select remote connection destinations, then connection accuracy can be ensured, but user operation complexity increases and productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that manages apparatus information and facilitates connection selection. Instead of directly inputting IP addresses, users interact with the server through a user interface that presents pre-processed connection options, thereby simplifying operations while maintaining connection accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a simplified representation of apparatus identification information (such as apparatus names or icons) that serves as a copy of the actual connection target. Users interact with these simplified copies rather than raw IP addresses, making selection easier while the system handles the mapping to actual connection parameters
2Measurement precision
If users manually input IP addresses or IDs for remote connection, then precise device identification is achieved, but the complexity of the operation process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as an intermediary that receives simplified user input (such as apparatus names or selection from presented options) and automatically translates it into precise device identification information including IP addresses, thereby maintaining identification accuracy while simplifying user interaction
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary processing of apparatus information by the server, pre-organizing and presenting connection options to users before the actual connection is needed. This preliminary action prepares accurate device identification in advance, eliminating the need for users to manually input complex identification data at the moment of connection
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a processor programmed to execute a process. The process includes obtaining, from apparatus management information associating identifiers of other information processing apparatuses with resources of services being used by the other information processing apparatuses, one or more of the identifiers of the other information processing apparatuses associated with resources of a service available to a user, displaying the obtained one or more of the identifiers of the other information processing apparatuses on a display device as remote connection destinations in association with the resources of the service available to the user such that the resources of the service available to the user are selectable, and performing remote sharing with one or more of the other information processing apparatuses whose identifiers are associated with a resource selected on the display device from the resources of the service available to the user.