Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image processing system, image forming apparatus, and computer readable medium for execution of a job in a shared space
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Application No.: US17387735Application Date: 2021-07-28
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Publication No.: US12254226B2Publication Date: 2025-03-18
- Inventor: Akihide Oshima
- Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
- Current Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2021-047240 20210322
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12

Abstract:
An image processing system includes: a first processor that is mounted on a first image processing apparatus, the first image processing apparatus being placed in a shared space, and configured to be used by plural users that do not belong to a same organization; a second processor that is mounted on a connection server, the connection server being placed outside the shared space, connected to a local area network of an organization to which at least one of the plural users belongs, and configured to connect a virtual private line; a third processor that is mounted on a second image processing apparatus, the second image processing apparatus being connected to the local area network of the organization; and a fourth processor that is mounted on a management server, the management server being placed outside the shared space and the local area network of the organization, and configured to manage connection server connection information used to establish the virtual private line with the connection server of the organization and access information used to access the second image processing apparatus of the organization, in which the third processor is configured to store, in the second image processing apparatus, a job relating to image processing generated by a user belonging to the organization, the fourth processor is configured to, in response to a connection information acquisition request in which organization identification information is designated being transmitted from the first image processing apparatus, return connection server connection information corresponding to an organization designated in the connection information acquisition request, and the first processor is configured to establish, via the virtual private line, connection with a connection server of an organization using the connection server connection information corresponding to the organization and acquired by transmitting, to the management server, the connection information acquisition request including the organization identification information designated by a user of the first image processing apparatus, acquire, in response to a job acquisition instruction including the organization identification information designated by the user of the first image processing apparatus, a job from the second image processing apparatus of the organization that is accessible using access information of the organization via the virtual private line, and execute the acquired job with the first image processing apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220300221A1 IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Public/Granted day:2022-09-22
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