US 11,924,291 B2
Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method
Mitsuo Ando, Fukuoka (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/676,876.
Application 17/676,876 is a continuation of application No. 17/105,872, filed on Nov. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,297,160.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-214909 (JP), filed on Nov. 28, 2019; and application No. 2020-163833 (JP), filed on Sep. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0182457 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04L 67/104 (2022.01); H04L 67/1042 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/306 (2013.01) [H04L 9/3213 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 67/1046 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing system including a first terminal apparatus and an information processing apparatus, wherein
the first terminal apparatus includes first circuitry configured to:
transmit identification information of a first user to the information processing apparatus; and
transmit, to the information processing apparatus, information of providing period that is set by the first user, and
the information processing apparatus includes second circuitry configured to:
receive the identification information of the first user from the first terminal apparatus;
receive the information of the providing period that is input by the first user who is authenticated based on the identification information of the first user via a screen page for setting the providing period for providing a QR code;
store, in association with the information of the providing period that is set, first identification information for accessing a sharing service enabling information to be shared by one or more users who are associated with a common group;
store, in association with the first identification information, group information of a group created by the first user;
receive, from a second terminal apparatus of a second user, a connection request that is based on the first identification information obtained as a result of the second terminal apparatus reading the QR code;
associate, with the group, identification information of the second user received from the second terminal apparatus, based on the group information stored in association with the first identification information; and
provide to the second user the sharing service by allowing the second user to be able to access, only during the providing period that is set, an information storage destination associated with the group, and deny the second user to access the information storage destination associated with the group after the providing period elapses,
wherein the providing period represents a validity period during which the OR code is a valid two-dimensional code for being associated with the sharing service.