Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120237916 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, QUESTION INPUT DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A display control device includes a question managing unit, a question image preparing unit, a page managing unit, and an image overlay unit. The question managing unit assigns identification information to question information and manages the question information. The question information includes a question detail of a question asked with an image displayed on a display specified and a question object page. The question image preparing unit prepares a question image based on the question information. The page managing unit manages, when receiving a display request of the question, a display order and display time of the question object page to be displayed based on the identification information. The image overlay unit prepares an overlay image including the question image superimposed over the specified image. The page managing unit causes the overlay image to be displayed on the display through switching according to the display order and the display time. | 09-20-2012 |
20130070566 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing system includes a first information processing apparatus that outputs a sound of a predetermined frequency; and a second information processing apparatus that collects the sound that is output from the first information processing apparatus, and outputs a response to the sound of the predetermined frequency to the first information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus transmits predetermined data to the second information processing apparatus that has output the response to the sound of the predetermined frequency. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073748 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CLIENT APPARATUS, AND HOST APPARATUS - An information communication system includes a host apparatus configured to generate and output a connection information sound; a client apparatus configured to gather the connection information sound output by the host apparatus; and a sound analyzing unit configured to analyze the connection information sound and obtain connection information from the connection information sound; wherein the client apparatus includes a communication unit configured to establish communication with the host apparatus based on the connection information obtained by the sound analyzing unit. | 03-21-2013 |
20130162671 | IMAGE COMBINING APPARATUS, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND IMAGE COMBINING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE IMAGE COMBINING APPARATUS AND TERMINAL DEVICE - In an embodiment, provided is an image combining apparatus coupled to a first terminal device through a network. The image combining apparatus includes: a delivery section that delivers screen data that is image data for a screen to the first terminal device; a receiving section that receives first handwriting position information indicating a position of first handwriting information input to a screen based on the screen data on the first terminal device; a generation section that produces first handwriting image data that is the image data of the first handwriting information using the first handwriting position information; and a combining section that produces combined screen data by combining the screen data with the first handwriting image data. | 06-27-2013 |
20130328746 | IMAGE DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - An image distribution apparatus which is connected to multiple display apparatuses and which includes a distribution unit which distributes an image displayed in the display apparatuses is disclosed. The image distribution apparatus includes a specifying unit which designates an area of the image, wherein the distribution unit distributes information indicating an area designated by the specifying unit. | 12-12-2013 |
20130335517 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONFERENCE SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS - An information processing apparatus which controls transmission and reception of information is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a transmitting and receiving unit which transmits and receives, as the information, at least one of voice information, video information, and screen information; a necessity identifying information defining unit which allocates necessity identifying information for detecting a state of the information processing apparatus and identifying presence/absence of a necessity of transmitting and receiving the voice information, the video information, and the screen information in accordance with the detected result; and a bandwidth control unit which determines a bandwidth to be allocated to each of the voice information, the video information, and the screen information to be transmitted and received, based on the necessity identifying information. The transmitting and receiving unit transmits and receives the voice information, the video information, and the screen information in accordance with the determined bandwidth. | 12-19-2013 |
20140062675 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DEVICE COOPERATION METHOD - A data processing apparatus includes a motion determining unit and a data processing unit. The motion determining unit detects a predetermined motion of a mobile terminal. The data processing unit selects a device to perform a device cooperation process with and to communicate with the mobile terminal based on a predetermined sound output by one or more devices, which are positioned nearby the mobile terminal, when the motion determining unit detects the predetermined motion of the mobile terminal. The predetermined sound are different for each of the devices. | 03-06-2014 |
20140223570 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND LICENSE MANAGEMENT METHOD - An information processing system including one or more information processing apparatus includes one or more service providing units to provide a service to a first terminal device; and a license management unit to manage a license temporarily registered from a second terminal device. The service providing unit includes a first storage unit to preserve license information of the license managed by the license management unit; a second storage unit to store a copy of the license information; and a validation unit to receive a request to make the license valid from the first terminal device, to make the temporarily registered license information stored in the second storage unit valid, and to request to make the temporarily registered license information preserved in the first storage unit valid. The service is provided for the first terminal device based on the license having made valid. | 08-07-2014 |