US 12,425,484 B2
Office device, office device system, control method using office device, and wireless device tracking method
Shinji Koizumi, Numazu Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/472,715.
Application 18/472,715 is a continuation of application No. 17/942,640, filed on Sep. 12, 2022, granted, now 11,863,637.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-150884 (JP), filed on Sep. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0015230 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/52 (2022.05) [H04L 12/2818 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2841 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A server device for an office device system, the server device comprising:
a communication interface connectable to an office device and a target apparatus;
a storage device for storing search data from the office device; and
a processor configured to:
collect search data output from the office device,
count a number of wireless devices within the communication region of the office device based on the collected search data, and
control the target apparatus based on the counted number of wireless devices.