Client server system and connection method

Abstract

The disclosure refers to a server client system. In one example, a server client system includes at least one server and plural terminals connected to a network. A profile associating a temporal condition with at least each of the terminals or the server is stored with the terminals or the server. A connection between each of the terminals and the server is established in accordance with the profile.

1 . A server client system comprising:
 at least one server and plural terminals connected to a network,   a profile associating a temporal condition with at least each of the terminals or the server, the profile being stored with at least the terminals or the server; and   wherein each of the terminals establish a connection with the server in accordance with the profile.   
   
   
       2 . The server client system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a plural number of servers;   wherein the profile associates the temporal condition with the plural servers; and   wherein each of the terminals further comprise
 a first storage unit for storing the profile, and 
 a first communication unit configured to select, in accordance with the profile, a server from the plural servers and automatically send a connection request to the selected server. 
   
   
   
       3 . The server client system according to  claim 1 , wherein the server further comprises:
 a second storage unit for storing the profile associating the temporal condition with each of the plural terminals; and   a second communication unit configured to establish the connection with at least one of the plural terminals only when a connection request is received from the one of the plural terminals and a determination is made by the server that the one of the plural terminals matches the profile.   
   
   
       4 . The server client system according to  claim 3 , wherein the second communication unit is further configured to send a notification to reject connection to the one of the plural terminals when a determination is made by the server that the one of the plural terminals does not match the profile. 
   
   
       5 . The server client system according to  claim 1 , wherein the server client system is a conference system and the server is configured to:
 receive predetermined image data from the terminals; and   provide predetermined images based on the image data to display with an image display device connected to the server.   
   
   
       6 . The server client system according to  claim 5 , wherein the predetermined images are displayed on a plurality of split screen forming areas of a split screen display. 
   
   
       7 . The server client system according to  claim 5 , wherein the server is further configured to display to a user a list of the terminals that are connected to the server and a status of whether image data from each of the terminals is being provided to the image display device. 
   
   
       8 . The server client system according to  claim 1 , wherein the profile comprises at least one of an hourly profile and a class makeup profile. 
   
   
       9 . The server client system according to  claim 1 , wherein the temporal condition comprises at least one of a time period and a day of the week. 
   
   
       10 . The server client system according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the terminals and the server are implemented using personal computers. 
   
   
       11 . A method for establishing connection between at least one server and plural terminals on a network, comprising:
 providing a profile for associating a temporal condition with at least each of the terminals or the server;   storing the profile with at least either the terminals or the server; and   establishing a connection between the terminals and the at least one server in accordance with the profile.   
   
   
       12 . The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the connection between the terminals and the at least one server is made automatically without requiring a user to select the at least one server. 
   
   
       13 . The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the profile comprises a first profile and a second profile, the method further comprising:
 providing the first profile for associating a first temporal condition with the server and storing the first profile with each of the terminals;   providing the second profile for associating a second temporal condition with the terminals and storing the second profile with the server;   automatically sending a connection request from each of the terminals to the server if the first temporal condition is met; and   upon receipt of the connection request, automatically establishing a connection between the server and each of the terminals if the second temporal condition is met.   
   
   
       14 . A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions executable by a computing device on a network to perform the functions of:
 storing a profile that associates a temporal condition with each of a plurality of servers connected to the network; and   selecting, in accordance with the profile, a server from the plurality of servers and automatically sending a connection request to the selected server.