JP2018018431A - Web conference system, information processing device, control method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mechanism in which it is possible to easily attend a conference corresponding to a device connected to a terminal.SOLUTION: A web conference system in which a server device and an information processing device being able to connect a plurality of kinds of devices are communicatively connected comprises device information storage means that stores a web conference room corresponding to a combination of devices connected to the information processing device, device detection means that detects the device connected to the information processing device, and entrance means that enters the corresponding web conference room when the device detected by the device detection means matches the combination of the devices stored in the device information storage means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a web conference system, an information processing apparatus, a control method, and a program.

  Conventionally, a device having functions such as a camera, a microphone, and a speaker is connected to an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer or a tablet terminal.

  These devices may be connected to a bus built in the information processing apparatus, or connected to a USB or bluetooth interface.

  A user who participates in the communication system using these devices needs to manually set the device to be used and perform desired communication.

  Patent Document 1 proposes a communication conference system that can save the user from having to search for a communication conference to join and prevent the user from participating in another conference by mistake.

JP 2011-54039 A

  In Patent Document 1, when a conference server stores a communication conference and a user scheduled to participate in this communication conference in association with the conference management table and permits the user to log in, the communication scheduled to participate in this user is disclosed. It is supposed to automatically join the conference.

  However, in the communication conference system of Patent Document 1, although the user can automatically participate in the communication conference scheduled to participate, it is necessary for the user to manually set the device used in the communication conference.

  For example, the administrator may want to participate in this conference using this device. In such a case, the technique of Patent Document 1 cannot be used alone.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism capable of easily participating in a conference corresponding to a device connected to a terminal.

  A web conferencing system in which a server device and an information processing apparatus capable of connecting a plurality of types of devices are communicably connected, and stores a web conference room corresponding to a combination of devices connected to the information processing apparatus When the device information storage means, the device detection means for detecting the device connected to the information processing apparatus, and the device detected by the device detection means match the combination of the devices stored in the device information storage means And a room entry means for entering the corresponding web conference room.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the structure which can participate easily in the meeting corresponding to the device connected to the terminal can be provided.

It is a figure which shows an example of the system block diagram of the web conference system concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the information processing apparatus which can implement | achieve the web conference system concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows an example of a function structure of the information processing system which can implement | achieve the web conference system concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the device setting screen concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the conceptual diagram which shows the relationship between the element of the web meeting room concerning embodiment of this invention, and device information. It is a figure which shows an example of the device information table concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process of the automatic entrance using the device setting corresponding to the meeting concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the reservation status acquisition process concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the automatic login process concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example (another embodiment) of the process of the automatic entrance using the device setting corresponding to the meeting concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the component in the web conference system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the room registration screen in the web conference system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the conference room reservation screen in the web conference system which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration diagram of a web conference system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In the web conference system of the present invention, for example, an information processing apparatus 100 (300, 310) to which a personal computer can be applied and a web conference server (server apparatus) 200 that enables the web conference system to be used in each client terminal are connected to the network 110. Via a communicable connection.

  The web conference server 200 is a server for providing a web conference using a web browser. The information processing apparatus 100 can obtain a web conference screen (interface) and conduct a web conference by accessing the web conference server 200.

  In the present embodiment, a tablet PC will be described as an example, such as the information processing apparatuses 100 and 300, but a notebook PC such as the information processing apparatus 310, a desktop PC (not shown), or the like can also be used. The information processing apparatus can display an image of content distributed from the web conference server in a predetermined display area.

  In these information processing apparatuses 100, a web browser for accessing the web conference server 200 and a dedicated module are installed. Note that this dedicated module is an ActiveX component that is downloaded from the web conference server 200 via a web browser, for example. When transmitting a moving image of itself in a web conference, a camera 101 such as a web camera as a video device is connected. When transmitting sound, the microphone 102 is connected, and the speaker 103 is connected to view the other party's sound. The microphone 102 and the speaker 103 are audio devices.

  Some devices are provided in hardware of the same housing. For example, there are devices having a camera function and a microphone function, a microphone function and a speaker function, and all functions. As described above, the information processing apparatus 100 can connect a plurality of types of devices such as an audio device and a video device.

  The web conference system can perform screen sharing by displaying the screen of the information processing apparatus 100 on the screen of another information processing apparatus (300 or 310). The screen to be shared can be specified by the information processing apparatus 100, and may be a screen of an application to be specified or the entire desktop.

  This web conference system can set a plurality of virtual conference rooms on the web called a room, and can hold a plurality of conferences by setting a plurality of rooms.

In this embodiment, the web conference system will be described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to the web conference system, and communication with other information processing apparatuses is performed via a network using devices such as a camera, a microphone, and a speaker. It is also possible to configure as a communication system, a communication system to be performed, and an information processing system.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the information processing apparatus 100, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 201, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 202, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 203, a storage device 204, and an input controller 205 are connected via a system bus 200. The audio input / output controller 206, the video controller 207, the memory controller 208, and the communication I / F controller 209 are connected.
The CPU 201 comprehensively controls each device and controller connected to the system bus 200.

  The ROM 202 or the storage device 204 is a control program executed by the CPU 201 such as a basic input / output system (BIOS) or an operating system (OS), a computer-readable program for realizing this information processing method, and various necessary programs. Holds data (including data table).

  The RAM 203 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 201. The CPU 201 implements various operations by loading a program or the like necessary for executing the processing from the ROM 202 or the storage device 204 to the RAM 203 and executing the loaded program.

  The input controller 205 controls input from an input device such as a keyboard / touch panel / camera 210. The input device is not limited to this, and may be a touch panel capable of detecting a position touched by a plurality of fingers, such as a mouse or a multi-touch screen.

  The audio input / output controller 206 controls input / output from the microphone / speaker 211. The voice input from the microphone can be recognized. Earphones can also be connected to the speakers.

  The video controller 207 controls display on an external output device such as the display 212. The display includes a display of a notebook computer integrated with the main body. The external output device is not limited to a display, and may be a projector, for example. Further, for devices that can be received by the touch operation described above, it is also possible to receive input from the keyboard / touch panel 210.

  Note that the video controller 207 can control a video memory (VRAM) for display control, and a part of the RAM 203 can be used as a video memory area, or a dedicated video memory can be provided separately. Is possible.

  In the present invention, the first video memory area used for display when the user normally uses the information processing apparatus and the display overlaid on the display content of the first video memory area when a predetermined screen is displayed. A second video memory area used in The number of video memory areas is not limited to two, and a plurality of video memory areas can be provided as long as the resources of the information processing apparatus permit.

  The memory controller 208 controls access to the external memory 213. The external memory is connected via an adapter to an external storage device (hard disk), flexible disk (FD), or PCMCIA card slot that stores boot programs, various applications, font data, user files, editing files, and various data. A compact flash (registered trademark) memory or the like can be used.

  The communication I / F controller 209 is connected to and communicates with an external device via the network 214, and executes communication control processing in the network. For example, communication using TCP / IP, telephone lines such as ISDN, and communication using 3G lines of mobile phones are possible.

  The storage device 204 is a medium for permanently storing information, and the form is not limited to a storage device such as a hard disk. For example, a medium such as SSD (Solid State Drive) may be used.

  It can also be used as a temporary memory area during various processes performed by the communication terminal in the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a functional configuration diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the information processing apparatus configuring the web conference system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
A functional configuration of the web conference system (information processing system) illustrated in FIG. 1 will be described.

  The information processing system has functions of an overall control unit 311, a conference reservation information acquisition unit 312, a device detection unit 313, a conference room entry processing unit 314, a device information registration unit 315, and a device information management unit 316.

  In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus will be described as having the overall control section 311 to the conference room entrance processing section 314, and the device information registration section 315 and the device information management section 316 will be described as being included in the server apparatus. The apparatus may have, or either apparatus may be configured to have all functions.

  The overall control unit 311 controls the entire information processing apparatus for operating as a client terminal of the web conference system.

  The conference reservation information acquisition unit 312 acquires conference reservation information with which the user can participate by periodically inquiring the server device.

  The device detection unit 313 detects connection, connection state, and disconnection of devices such as a camera, a microphone, and a speaker to the information processing apparatus.

  The conference room entry processing unit 314 identifies a conference room that matches the combination of devices from the acquired conference reservation information and the detected device, and enters the conference room using the device.

  The device information registration unit 315 registers device information associated with the conference room. The association of device information may be a reservation unit for the same conference room or a user unit. In addition, device information may be associated with a plurality or all of them, or a plurality of device information may be associated. In that case, weighting which device information is preferentially used may be used. Good.

The device information management unit 316 stores a device information table and adds or updates the table in response to a request.
Next, an outline of the web conference system will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing components in the Web conference system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The Web conference system 1101 can set the system administrator 1102, group administrator 1104, and general user 1105.

  A system administrator 1102 is an administrator of the entire Web conference system 1101 and registers, changes, and deletes groups and group administrators, and makes various settings related to the Web conference system.

  The group manager 1104 is a manager in the Web conference system, and registers, changes, and deletes general users and hearing users, rooms, and tags in the group.

  The general user 1105 is a user who actually performs a conference within the group, and can reserve, change, and delete the conference room, and can participate in the reserved conference and participate in the free space. Note that the group manager can reserve a conference room and participate in a conference in the same manner as a general user.

In addition, there are “guest users” who can participate only in meetings invited by e-mail, and “listening users” who listen to meetings held in groups. The authority of each user can be set by the system administrator 1102.
In order to hold a conference, it is necessary to register a room, and the room manager registers the room.

A room refers to a web conference room, and a room (hereinafter also referred to as a conference room) is a room that participates by limiting the date and time and participants, and a conference room 1106 that needs to be reserved before a conference is held. There are two types of rooms: a free space 1107 that can be freely joined regardless of the date, time, and participants, and can hold a conference whenever it is available without making a conference reservation. “Conference room” and “free space” both mean Web conference rooms in a broad sense. The user uses “conference room” and “free space” depending on the content of the conference.
In the free space, a Web conference room name and password can be set when the free space is used.
Next, an example of a room registration screen is shown using FIG.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a room registration screen in the web conference system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  When the room registration menu 1201 is pressed from the Web conference room menu, the menu is displayed on the display screen of the client terminal.

  The room name 1202 registers the name of the Web conference room that is the room to be registered. In the room name (reading) 1203, the reading of the room name is input. The room type 1204 is a field for inputting the room type.

  In this embodiment, “free space” and “conference room” are selected and input from the pull-down menu. Here, whether or not a password is assigned to the free space when the free space is selected is set. Whether or not a password is set is set by checking the “with password” checkbox that is displayed to allow entry when a free space is selected.

  In the capacity 1205, the capacity of the room to be registered is set. The room can be used up to the capacity set here.

  In addition, use of the hearing function 1206, use of the recording function 1207, usage pattern 1208, and the like can be designated by selecting a radio button.

After inputting the necessary items, the registration button 1209 is pressed to store the information in the room management table of the Web conference server.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a conference room reservation screen in the Web conference system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  It is possible to input from the conference room reservation menu 1301 from the Web conference room menu. It is also possible to display from a room list screen (not shown).

  The group manager 1104 or the general user 1105 logs into the web conference server 101 through the browser displayed on the display (display unit) 210 of the client terminal 103, and then transitions from the top screen (not shown) to the web conference room menu. After that, the conference room reservation 1301 is selected to reserve the conference room.

  When a conference room is reserved, items such as a room name 1302, a room title 1303, a use date 1304, a use time 1305, a participant 1306, a guest participant 1307, and a conference recording 1308 are input, and a reservation button 1309 is entered. Press. This completes the reservation of the conference room.

  As the room name 1302, a meeting room name is set. In the room title 1303, a conference reservation name is set. In the usage date 1304, the date for using the conference room is set, and in the usage time 1305, the time used by the reservation is set.

  By limiting the number of participants with the participant 1306, a user who can use the reservation can be specified. By not limiting, the reservation can be used by anyone.

When the guest participant 1307 selects invite, even a user who does not have an account in the web conference system can participate. In the conference recording 1308, it is possible to set whether or not to permit the conference recording.
The conference reservation reserved here is stored in the web conference server and is used in the automatic entry of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a device setting screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The device setting screen 401 is a screen displayed by being activated by the user when entering or after entering the web conference room. Display control is performed by device setting screen display control means of the information processing apparatus or server apparatus.
It is a screen for selecting a device used in an information processing apparatus used by a user in a web conference.

  In the video 411, selection of a video device and setting of resolution and the like can be performed. When the pull-down menu of the camera 412 is selected, a list of camera devices recognized by the OS being used is displayed, and the user selects a desired device.

  The audio 421 can select and set each device of the speaker 422 and the microphone 423 which are audio devices. The volume of each audio device selected by the speaker volume 424 and the microphone volume 425 can be set.

  If the last device setting 426 is checked, the device setting when connected to the previous web conference system is displayed by default.

  When the wizard 431 is pressed, a screen for setting each item of the device setting screen 401 in an interactive manner is displayed step by step. When the preset 432 is pressed, a screen for selecting settings previously saved by the user is displayed. The When the OK button 433 is pressed, the setting contents are saved and this screen is terminated.

  As described above, the device setting screen displays the devices recognized by the OS (installed with the device driver) in a selectable manner, so that the user needs to select the device himself. Then, device settings are stored for each conference room, conference reservation, and user, and the user detects the connection of the registered device and automatically connects to the web conference system without setting on this screen. And enter the room with an appropriate device.

  FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the relationship between the elements of the web conference system according to the embodiment of the present invention and device information.

  Device information to be used is stored in association with elements of the web conference system. An element is a virtual conference room on the web called a room, a conference reservation that specifies and registers the use time to secure the use of the virtual conference room, or is available to users, etc. . These elements can be used in combination.

  For example, a virtual conference room corresponds to a room name (conference room name) 1302, and a conference reservation corresponds to a room title (reservation name) 1303.

  As a conceptual diagram of device information corresponding to elements of the web conference system, device information 501 by conference room, device information by conference reservation 502, device information by user 503, and device information by conference / user will be described.

When the device information 501 by conference room is set, the device information is determined using the conference room name as a key. For example, when the conference room that can participate is conference room A, the device set in the device information 1 is detected, so that the device is set in the information processing apparatus without displaying the device setting screen shown in FIG. Automatically enters conference room A.
Similarly, device information 2 is set for the conference room B, and device information 3 is set for the conference room C.

When the conference reservation-specific device information 502 is set, the device information is determined using the conference reservation as a key. For example, when the conference reservation that can be attended is conference reservation A, the device set in the device information 4 is detected, so that the device is set in the information processing apparatus without displaying the device setting screen shown in FIG. Automatically enters the conference reservation A conference room.
Similarly, device information 5 is set for conference reservation B, and device information 6 is set for conference reservation C.

  When the user-specific device information 503 is set, the device information is determined using the user as a key. For example, when there is a conference room in which user A can participate, the device set in the device information 10 is detected, and the device is set in the information processing apparatus without displaying the device setting screen shown in FIG. Automatically enter the conference room.

At this time, if the user has not logged in to the web conference system, the user can log in as a corresponding user. Thereby, even if the user name and password are not known, it is possible to log in with the set account by connecting the set device.
Similarly, device information 11 is set for user B, and device information 12 is set for user C.

  When the conference room / user-specific device information 504 is set, device information corresponding to a combination of the conference room information and the user information is set. When the conference room A is used by the user A, the device information 10 Is set to be set on the terminal.

  Similarly, device information 21 is set when the conference room A is used by the user B, and device information 31 is set when the conference room A is used by the user C.

In the embodiment, it is assumed that a device to be used has already been installed, for example, a device driver and can be used when connected.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a device information table according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The device information table is stored in a storage area (device information storage means) of the server device, and is used to acquire device information corresponding to rooms, conference reservations, users, and the like.

  As the device information table, a conference room device information table 601, a conference reservation device information table 602, a user device information table 603, and a conference room / user device information table 604 will be described as examples.

  In this way, the tables may be stored as different tables, or only the tables used may be stored. In this case, it may be simply called a device information table.

  The device information table 601 for each conference room shows a specific example of the device information 501 for each conference room which is a conceptual diagram of the device information shown in FIG. 5, and the conference room and the device information are associated with each other using a unique ID as a key. A plurality are stored.

  For example, when the room ID is ROOM_A, the camera information (1), the microphone (2), and the speaker (2) are set as device information to be detected by the PC using the system.

  As a result, the PC using the conference room of ROOM_A can detect that these devices are available, and can automatically enter the conference room without performing device setting.

  A conference reservation specific device information table 602 shows a specific example of the conference reservation specific device information 502, which is a conceptual diagram of the device information shown in FIG. 5. The conference reservation and device information are associated with each other using a unique ID as a key. A plurality are stored.

  For example, in the case where the reservation ID is RESERVATION_A, the device information to be detected by the PC using the system is set to the built-in camera, the built-in microphone, and the built-in speaker in ID11.

  As a result, the PC using the RESERVATION_A conference reservation can detect that these devices are available, and can automatically enter the conference reservation conference room without setting the device.

  The user-specific device information table 603 shows a specific example of the device-specific device information 503, which is a conceptual diagram of the device information shown in FIG. 5, and a plurality of users and device information are associated with each other using a unique ID as a key. ing.

  For example, when the user ID is USER_A, the device information to be detected by the PC of the user whose user ID is USER_A that uses the system is set in ID21 as a built-in camera, a built-in microphone, and a built-in speaker.

  Accordingly, the PC of the user whose user ID is USER_A can detect that these devices are available, and can automatically enter all conference rooms using the devices without setting the devices. .

  The conference room / user-specific device information table 604 shows a specific example of the conference room / user-specific device information 504, which is a conceptual diagram of the device information shown in FIG. 5. The unique ID is used as a key for the conference room and the user. Corresponding device information is stored.

  For example, if the room ID is ROOM_A and the user ID is USER_B, the device information to be detected by the PC of the user whose user ID uses the system is USER_B is set in the built-in camera, built-in microphone, and built-in speaker. Is done.

  Thereby, even if it is the same meeting room, a different device can be set for every user with the device information table to apply. In addition, the conference room, the conference reservation, and the device setting using the user are not limited to this combination, and can be set in any combination.

  The device setting information table is created by the administrator. However, device information set and used by the user can be configured to be added to the device setting information table.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of automatic entry processing using device settings corresponding to the conference room according to the embodiment of the present invention.

It is a processing flow of the information processing apparatus which is a client using a web conference system, and a web conference server. Steps S701 to S710 are information processing apparatuses, and steps S721 to S722 are processes of the server apparatus.
This process is started when the client terminal starts up and logs in to the web conference system.

  In step S701, the client terminal requests the web conference server for a conference reservation list in which the client terminal can participate.

  Upon receiving the conference reservation list acquisition request, the web conference server acquires device setting information (device information table in FIG. 6) in which the conference reservation status of the user and the conference that can be participated are set in step S721, and step S722. Then, the acquired reservation status and device information are transmitted to the client terminal. Details of the reservation status acquisition process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In step S702, the client terminal receives the reservation status transmitted from the web conference server and the conference room information to participate, and in step S703, whether there is a conference reservation in which the user can participate using the reservation status in the list. Make a decision. The reservation status to be received is the content reserved on the conference reservation screen shown in FIG.

  If there is a conference reservation that can be participated, a device connected to the client terminal is detected (searched) in step S704.

  On the other hand, if there is no conference reservation that can be participated in step S703, the process returns to step S701 to request the web conference server for a list of conference reservations that can be entered again. Note that the re-request processing here is performed after waiting for a predetermined time.

  Some conference reservations have a predetermined start time, and the search results of conference reservations that can be joined vary with time. Even if there is no conference reservation that can participate, it is possible to obtain the latest conference reservation list at that time by re-requesting the conference reservation list at regular intervals.

  When the connected device is acquired in step S704, the connected device is compared with the device information in the device setting list in step S705. If all the devices in the device information are connected, the process proceeds to step S710, and the conference room corresponding to the device setting is entered into the conference room.

  On the other hand, if all devices in the device information are not connected in step S705, unconnected devices are classified for each reservation, and a message is displayed in step S706. As a result, it is possible to warn the user that a necessary device is not connected and prompt a device connection operation necessary for entering the room. Note that whether or not to display a message can be arbitrarily set by setting.

  After displaying the message in step S706, detection of device connection is started in step S707. In step S708, the device connection is determined. If the device is not connected, the process returns to the device connection detection process in step S707 again.

  On the other hand, if device connection is detected in step S708, the connection device is compared with device information in the device setting list in step S709. If all devices in the device information are connected (if they match), the process advances to step S710 to enter the conference reservation conference room corresponding to the device setting, and the process ends.

  On the other hand, if all devices in the device information are not connected in step S709, the process returns to the device connection detection process in step S707 again.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of a reservation status acquisition process according to the embodiment of the present invention. This corresponds to the reservation status acquisition process in step S721 of FIG.

  In step S801, the reservation of the user using the web conference system is confirmed. The reservation is a reservation reserved from the conference room reservation screen shown in FIG. 13 and is targeted for a reservation in which the user is set as a participant.

  In step S802, the device setting for the conference room to be entered is confirmed. The settings shown in FIG. 6 are a device setting (601) in which a conference room is associated with device information, a device setting (602) in which a conference reservation is associated with device information, and device information is associated with a conference room and a user. It is assumed that any one of the device settings (604) is set in advance by the administrator.

  When the conference room specific (601) is set, the conference room specific device information table 601 and the conference reservation list are acquired, and the process ends.

  If “by conference reservation” (602) is set, the device information table by conference reservation 602 and the conference reservation list are acquired, and the process ends.

  When the conference room / user specific (604) is set, the conference room / user specific device information table 604 and the conference reservation list are acquired, and the process ends.

  In this flow, the conference reservation list may be a list including all reservations or a reservation list including the corresponding user. For example, when the number of reservations is small, all cases may be targeted, and when the number is small, only reservations including the user may be targeted.

For the reservation list and device setting list, the table itself may be sent to the client, the table storage location is notified to the client, and the client is designated as the server or storage location as required. It can also be configured to refer to a location.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of automatic login processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  While FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 detect the connection of the device of the device setting corresponding to the conference reservation and automatically enter the room, this processing detects the device, specifies the user corresponding to the connected device, and automatically logs in or It is a process that automatically enters the room.

  It is a processing flow of the information processing apparatus which is a client using a web conference system, and a web conference server. Steps S901 to S907 are information processing apparatuses, and steps S908 to S909 are processes of the server apparatus.

This process is performed when the device information table for each user 603 is set as the device information. It starts when the table client terminal starts and logs in to the web conference system.
In step S901, the client terminal searches for a device connected to the client terminal.

  When the connected device is acquired in step S902, the type and number of connected devices are compared in step S903. If all the devices necessary for specifying the user are connected, the process proceeds to step S904.

  In step S904, the client terminal requests the web conference server for a list of conference reservations that can be joined based on its own connected device.

  Upon receiving the conference reservation list acquisition request, the web conference server performs the reservation status acquisition process of FIG. 8 in step S908, and transmits the acquired reservation status and device information to the client terminal in step S909.

  In step S905, the client terminal receives the conference reservation list transmitted from the web conference server and the conference room for each reservation. In step S906, the client terminal determines whether there is a conference reservation that can be joined.

  If there is a conference reservation that can be participated, the process proceeds to step S907 to enter the conference reservation conference room corresponding to the device setting. At this time, if the user has not logged in to the web conference system, the device information is used to log in to the web conference system with the user name corresponding to the connected device.

  On the other hand, if there is no conference reservation that can be attended in step S906, the automatic entry process using the user corresponding to the connected device is terminated.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of automatic entry processing (another embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7) using the device setting corresponding to the conference according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 7, the device information and device information corresponding to the user are first acquired in steps S701 to S703, and then the connected device is searched in step S704 and subsequent steps. In the embodiment of FIG. The connected device is searched for, and when the devices are prepared, the reservation is acquired and the user corresponding to the participating device logs in.

  In step S1001, the client terminal starts detecting device connection. In step S1002, the device connection is determined. If no device is connected, the process returns to the device connection detection process in step S1001.

  On the other hand, if device connection is detected in step S1002, the connection device is compared with device information in the device setting list in step S1003. The device setting list used for comparison uses the device information table of FIG. 6 stored in the client terminal, and it is assumed that which device information table is used is determined in advance by the administrator.

  When the devices are prepared in step S1003, that is, when the devices are recognized by the combination of devices set in the device information of the device information table, the process proceeds to step S1004, and the conference room reservation list that can be participated is displayed to the web conference server. Easy. The processes from step S1001 are repeated until the devices are ready.

In step S1008, the web conference server acquires a reserved reservation list, and transmits the reservation list acquired in step S1009 to the client terminal.
In step S1005, the client terminal receives the reservation list, and proceeds to step S1006.

  In step S1006, it is determined whether or not it is possible to participate in the conference room registered in the device information. If there is a conference room that can be joined, the user who can use in step S1007 enters the conference room for the reservation and processes it. Exit.

  On the other hand, when there is no conference reservation that can be participated, the automatic entry processing using the user corresponding to the connected device is terminated.

  Although one embodiment has been described above, the information processing apparatus of the present invention is not limited to the web conference system, but can be applied to an information processing apparatus using a USB device.

  In addition, the present invention can take the form of, for example, a system, apparatus, method, program, or recording medium, and may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices. In addition, the present invention may be applied to an apparatus composed of a single device.

  The program according to the present invention is a program that can be executed by a computer according to the processing method of the flowchart shown in the present invention. The storage medium according to the present invention stores a program that can be executed by a computer. The program in the present invention may be a program for each processing method of each device.

  As described above, a recording medium that records a program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the program stored in the recording medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by executing the reading.

  In this case, the program itself read from the recording medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the recording medium storing the program constitutes the present invention.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program, for example, a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD-ROM, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, EEPROM, silicon A disk, solid state drive, or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) operating on the computer based on an instruction of the program is actually It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the processing and the processing is included.

  Furthermore, after the program read from the recording medium is written to the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board is based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that the case where the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  Further, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or apparatus. In this case, by reading a recording medium storing a program for achieving the present invention into the system or apparatus, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

Furthermore, by downloading and reading a program for achieving the present invention from a server, database, etc. on a network using a communication program, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.
In addition, all the structures which combined each embodiment mentioned above and its modification are also included in this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Information processing apparatus 101 Camera 102 Microphone 103 Speaker 110 Network 200 Web conference server 300 Information processing apparatus 310 Information processing apparatus

Claims (7)

A web conferencing system in which a server apparatus and an information processing apparatus capable of connecting a plurality of types of devices are connected to be communicable,
Device information storage means for storing a web conference room corresponding to a combination of devices connected to the information processing apparatus;
Device detection means for detecting a device connected to the information processing apparatus;
When the device detected by the device detection unit matches a combination of devices stored in the device information storage unit, an entry unit that enters a corresponding web conference room;
A web conferencing system characterized by comprising: The device information stored in the device information storage means stores a web conference room corresponding to a combination of devices and a user to use,
The web conference system according to claim 1, wherein the room entry unit enters the room when the combination of the devices and the user name of the user to be used match. The web conference system manages the reservation status for the web conference,
3. The web conference system according to claim 1, wherein the room entry means enters the web conference room when a reservation for the web conference is made.   4. The web conference system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of types of devices are video devices and / or audio devices. 5. An information processing apparatus connected to a web conference system and capable of connecting a plurality of types of devices,
Device information storage means for storing a web conference room corresponding to a combination of devices connected to the information processing apparatus;
Device detection means for detecting a device connected to the information processing apparatus;
When the device detected by the device detection unit matches a combination of devices stored in the device information storage unit, an entry unit that enters a corresponding web conference room;
An information processing apparatus comprising: A web having device information storage means for storing a web conference room corresponding to a combination of devices connected to a server apparatus and an information processing apparatus capable of connecting a plurality of types of devices in a communicable manner A control method for a conference system,
A device detection step of detecting a device connected to the information processing apparatus;
When the device detected by the device detection step matches the combination of devices stored in the device information storage means, an entrance step for entering the corresponding web conference room;
A control method for a web conference system, comprising: A web having device information storage means for storing a web conference room corresponding to a combination of devices connected to a server apparatus and an information processing apparatus capable of connecting a plurality of types of devices in a communicable manner A program readable by the conference system,
The web conferencing system;
Device detection means for detecting a device connected to the information processing apparatus;
When the device detected by the device detection unit matches a combination of devices stored in the device information storage unit, an entry unit that enters a corresponding web conference room;
A program for causing a web conference system to function.

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