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

Claim 9:
10. A non-transitory recording medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the processors to perform a communication management method executed by a management server that manages communication from an access source terminal connected to a first network, through a communication apparatus connected to a second network different from the first network, to remotely access a service provided by one or more access destination terminals connected to the second network, the method comprising:
in response to a request from the access source terminal to use the service provided by the one or more access destination terminals, acquiring access information including location information indicating a location of the access source terminal and time information indicating usage time of the service provided by the one or more access destination terminals;
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;
restricting use of the service provided by the one or more access destination terminals using 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 the range of the access information set in the setting information, restrict the use of the service by the access source terminal.