Patent ID: 11864090
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A communication system comprising:
circuitry configured to:
communicate with an access source terminal connected to a first network, a communication apparatus and one or more access destination terminals each connected to a second network different from the first network, the one or more access destination terminals being configured to provide a service by remote access;
in response to a request from the access source terminal to use the service provided by the one or more access destination terminals, acquire access information including location information indicating location of the access source terminal and time information indicating usage time of the service;
in response to a start of the use of the service by the access source terminal, acquire the access information including the location information and the time information of the access source terminal;
restrict use of the service by the access source terminal based on the access information and setting information, the setting information previously setting a range of the access information for permitting the use of the service provided by the one or more access destination terminals by the access source terminal; and
in response to determination that a part or all of the access information is outside a range of the access information set in the setting information, restrict the use of the service by the access source terminal.