Abstract: A communication terminal, communicably connected with a service providing server, includes circuitry to receive a request for providing a service requested by a user, the service being one of one or more services provided by the service providing server; and perform a series of image processing on image data obtained at the communication terminal to implement the requested service in cooperation with the service providing server. In performing the series of image processing, the circuitry of the communication terminal executes a first program to perform first image processing on the image data, the first program requiring no authentication of the user in performing the first image processing, and executes a second program to perform second image processing on the image data, based on a determination that the user requesting the service is authorized to perform the second image processing.

Abstract: A transmission system that manages sessions established among a plurality of transmission terminals. The transmission system includes a terminal information request signal transmission part that transmits, from a first transmission terminal, a terminal information request signal to request information for identifying a third transmission terminal currently establishing a session with a second transmission terminal that is designated by a user as a destination; and a display part that carries out display in such a manner that the user can determine whether to allow the third transmission terminal to establish a session with the first transmission based on information received in response to the terminal information request signal.

Abstract: A communication terminal receives, from a mobile terminal, counterpart terminal identification information for identifying a counterpart communication terminal that the communication terminal is to start communication, and determines a communication application to be used by the counterpart communication terminal based on the received counterpart terminal identification information. When the determined communication application is a first communication application, the communication terminal identifies, as the counterpart communication terminal, a first counterpart communication terminal that uses the first communication application. When the determined communication application is a second communication application, the communication terminal identifies, as the counterpart communication terminal, a second counterpart communication terminal that uses the second communication application.

Abstract: A display control apparatus capable of controlling display of images on a first display, obtains display area information indicating a size of a display area of the first display for displaying a second image generated at an external apparatus, transmits to the external apparatus resolution information indicating a resolution of image data that matches the size of the display area of the first display, receives from the external apparatus second image data having the resolution that matches the size of the display area of the first display, the second image data being generated at the external apparatus based on the second image, and controls the first display to display the second image in the display area based on the second image data received from the external apparatus.

Abstract: A disclosed transmission management system is for managing a first transmission terminal and a second transmission terminal, the first transmission terminal and the second transmission terminal communicating with each other via a relay apparatus which relays image data. The transmission management system includes a reception unit configured to receive, from the first transmission terminal, band information which indicates whether a bandwidth of communication between the relay apparatus and the first transmission terminal is equal to or narrower than a predetermined value, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the first transmission terminal, a message which indicates that image data transmitted from the second transmission terminal is hidden because the bandwidth is narrow in response to an event in which the reception unit receives the band information which indicates that the bandwidth is equal to or narrower than the predetermined value.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for performing image processing on a superimposed image in which a plurality of images are superimposed, the image processing apparatus including processing circuitry configured to generate the superimposed image by superimposing at least a stroke image and a background image; determine whether a storage destination, which is for storing image data indicating the superimposed image, is an external device coupled to the image processing apparatus; and compress background image data indicating the background image among the image data, and to refrain from compressing stroke image data indicating the stroke image among the image data, in response to the storage destination being determined to be the external device.

Abstract: A communication terminal receives, from a mobile terminal, counterpart terminal identification information for identifying a counterpart communication terminal that the communication terminal is to start communication, and determines a communication application to be used by the counterpart communication terminal based on the received counterpart terminal identification information. When the determined communication application is a first communication application, the communication terminal identifies, as the counterpart communication terminal, a first counterpart communication terminal that uses the first communication application. When the determined communication application is a second communication application, the communication terminal identifies, as the counterpart communication terminal, a second counterpart communication terminal that uses the second communication application.

Abstract: A shared terminal includes circuitry to: control a display to display an image to a plurality of users; obtain, from a first terminal of a first user, first terminal identification information; transmit the first terminal identification information to a terminal management server; transmit the first user identification information to a file management server; receive a first private folder name of a first private folder accessible only by the first user and a first shared folder name of a first shared folder accessible by the first user and at least one other user; and control the display to display the first private folder name and the first shared folder name to enable a selection of at least one of the first private folder and the first shared folder as a destination to which electronic file data is to be stored.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a first image acquiring unit configured to acquire a first image stored in a storage unit; a second image acquiring unit configured to acquire a second image from a visual image input from an external device; an image determining unit configured to determine that the second image is to be displayed without displaying the first image when the visual image does not satisfy a predetermined condition, configured to determine that the first image and the second image are to be displayed when the visual image satisfies the predetermined condition, and configured to determine that the first image is to be displayed when the visual image is not input; an image superimposing unit configured to superimpose the first image with the second image; and a display unit configured to display the first image and the second image.

Abstract: A shared terminal includes circuitry. The circuitry controls a display to display an image to a plurality of users. The circuitry obtains, from a first terminal of a first user, first terminal identification. The circuitry transmits an authentication request and the first terminal identification information to a terminal management server, the terminal management server storing, for each of the plurality of users, a user name of a user in association with terminal identification information identifying a terminal of the user. The circuitry receives a first user name of the first user, which is transmitted from the terminal management server based on a successful authentication result for the authentication request. The circuitry controls the display to display a graphical representation that reflects a private folder of the first user as one of selectable destinations in which electronic file data is to be stored.

Abstract: A shared terminal includes circuitry. The circuity controls a display to display an image to a plurality of users, and obtains, from a first terminal of a first user, first terminal identification information. The circuitry transmits the first terminal identification information and an authentication request, to a terminal management server, and receives a first user name of the first user from the terminal management server. The circuitry controls the display to display a print configuration screen, and receives setting of print parameters for an image being displayed on the display via the print configuration screen, and receives other user name of the plurality of users other than the first user. The circuitry transmits data generated based on the image displayed on the display, the first user name, the other user name, and the print parameters that are set on the print configuration screen, to a print server.

Abstract: A communication terminal receives first terminal identification information for identifying a first communication terminal from a second mobile terminal, after the second mobile terminal has received the first terminal identification information from a first mobile terminal through a first communication session, the first mobile terminal being a mobile terminal that has obtained the first terminal identification information from the first communication terminal, determines the first communication terminal identified with the first terminal identification information as a communication destination, and starts communicating with the first communication terminal through a second communication session.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus 10aa capable of communicating with another apparatus via a network 2 is provided. The information processing apparatus 10aa includes a display unit 14b configured to display an image on a display apparatus included in or connected to the information processing apparatus; a transmission unit 11 configured to transmit image data of the image displayed on the display apparatus to the other apparatus; and a reducing unit 18 configured to reduce a process load involved in displaying the image on the display apparatus in the case where the transmission unit transmits the image data to the other apparatus.

Abstract: An information terminal determines whether displayable resolutions of a display apparatus include a resolution of an aspect ratio other than a standard aspect ratio used for image data transmission in the case where apparatus information obtained from the display apparatus matches predetermined apparatus information, according to a determination result, selects a first resolution of an aspect ratio other than the standard aspect ratio or a second resolution of the standard aspect ratio, changes a resolution of the display apparatus to the selected resolution in the case where the apparatus information matches the predetermined apparatus information, and changes a resolution of the display apparatus to a recommended resolution of the display apparatus in the case where the apparatus information does not match the predetermined apparatus information.

Abstract: A communication terminal includes circuitry to perform a first function and a second function. The second function is performed through a communication with another communication terminal. The circuitry transmits first authentication information used for a first login authentication process of logging into a first server to perform the first function. The first server performs the first login authentication process. The circuitry further transmits second authentication information used for a second login authentication process of logging into a second server to perform the second function in response to result information indicating a success in the first login authentication process. The second server performs the second authentication login process. The second authentication information is different from the first authentication information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus having an upper information processing apparatus present at an upper position in a hierarchical structure of at least three hierarchies, providing a function by software, and behaving based on setup information related to an operation includes a communication information memory unit storing communication information, a first determining unit communicating with the immediately above information processing apparatus and determine whether a version of the software installed on the information processing apparatus matches a version of the software installed on the immediately above information processing apparatus, and a setup information acquiring unit communicating with the immediately above information processing apparatus and acquire the setup information from the immediately above information processing apparatus when the first determining unit determines that the version of the software installed on the information processing apparatus matches the version of the software

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a transmitter to transmit content data to one or more counterpart information processing apparatuses through a network to have a communication with the one or more counterpart information processing apparatuses, the content data being at least one of image data and audio data; a receiver to receive, from a first information processing apparatus of the one or more counterpart information processing apparatuses, a recording start notification indicating that the first counterpart information processing apparatus starts recording or is recording the content data that is transmitted from the information processing apparatus, the recording start notification being transmitted with first identification information of the first counterpart information processing apparatus that is recording; and circuitry to output, based on the recording start notification, notification information indicating that recording of the communication is being performed, in association with inf

Abstract: A shared terminal for displaying an image to be viewed by a plurality of users on a display is provided. The shared terminal includes circuitry to receive an instruction to turn on the shared terminal according to operation of a power switch, and determine whether login authentication and redisplay of a previously-displayed image are individually set. The previously-displayed image is an image that has been previously displayed when the circuitry receives an instruction to turn off the shared terminal. The circuitry further causes the display to redisplay the previously-displayed image in response to the instruction to turn on, based on a determination that the login authentication is not set and the redisplay of the previously-displayed image is set.

Abstract: A transmission terminal connected in communication with another transmission terminal via a network. The transmission terminal includes a reception part that externally receives data to be displayed for being displayed on a display part connected with the transmission terminal; a terminal information acquisition part that acquires terminal information of the other transmission terminal which transmits the data to be displayed, received by the reception part, from an information storage area previously associated with the transmission terminal; and an image display control part that displays the data to be displayed, received by the reception part, and the terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquisition part in a manner of associating them with one another on the display part in a manner depending on a type of the data to be displayed, received by the reception part.

Abstract: A communication terminal includes a first communication control unit configured to control a communication between the communication terminal and a first communication terminal via a delivery server; a second communication control unit configured to control a communication between the communication terminal and a second communication terminal; an acquisition unit configured to acquire content data transmitted between the communication terminal and the second communication terminal in the communication controlled by the second communication control unit, the first communication control unit sending the content data acquired by the acquisition unit to the delivery server; and a display control unit configured to control a display of an image based on content data delivered by the delivery server.