Information processing device, non-transitory computer readable recording medium and information processing method for transferring files from a first server to a second server

• US 10,180,944 B2
• Filed: 08/05/2015
• Issued: 01/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Inventors: Kawamoto, Masayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore, William L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Parcher, Daniel W
• Application Number:
  US14/818,793
• Publication Number:
  US 20160042004A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,259 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/168 Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs query results presentation G06F16/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/183 Provision of network file services by network file servers, e.g. by using NFS, CIFS network file access protocols H04L67/1097
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

An information processing device, comprises: a link information obtaining part that obtains link information to a file corresponding to a selected web content in response to detecting a select of at least one of web contents from a first contents screen on which the web contents obtained from a first storage server are laid out; a storage information obtaining part that obtains storage information of a second storage server corresponding to a designated display area in response to detecting a designating operation of the display area of the web content on a second contents screen after the link information is obtained; a file obtaining part that obtains the file corresponding to the selected web content from the first storage server based on the link information; and a file transmitting part that sends the file obtained by the file obtaining part to the second storage server based on the storage information.

Claims

1. An information processing device, comprising:

a display part on which a variety of information is displayed;

a manipulation part that receives a user operation;

a browser that displays a contents screen on which web contents are laid out on said display part;

a link information obtaining part that obtains link information to a file corresponding to a selected web content in response to detecting a selecting operation of at least one of the web contents on a first contents screen via said manipulation part when said browser is displaying the multiple contents screens including said first contents screen on which the web contents obtained from a first storage server are laid out and a second contents screen on which the web contents obtained from a second storage server are laid out on said display part, wherein the first storage server and the second storage server are external servers;

a server information managing part that manages server registration information;

a storage information obtaining part that, in response to said selecting operation, determines whether said second server is registered based on said server registration information, and

when it is determined that said second server is registered, obtains storage information of said second storage server corresponding to a designated display area in response to detecting a designating operation of the display area of the web content on said second contents screen via said manipulation part after the link information is obtained by said link information obtaining part

when it is determined that said second server is not registered, deletes and discards the link information obtained by the link information obtaining part;

a file obtaining part that downloads and obtains the file corresponding to the web content selected with said selecting operation from said first storage server based on the link information obtained by said link information obtaining part after the storage information is obtained by said storage information obtaining part in response to said selecting operation of said web contents on said first contents screen corresponding to said first storage server and said designating operation on said second contents screen corresponding to said second storage server being performed; and

a file transmitting part that sends the file obtained by said file obtaining part to said second storage server based on the storage information obtained by said storage information obtaining part, thereby uploading the file in response to said selecting operation of said web contents on said first contents screen corresponding to said first storage server and said designating operation on said second contents screen corresponding to said second storage server being performed.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a screen controller that manages each of the multiple contents screens displayed by said browser as a tab screen which may be switched with a tab, and displays one of the contents screens corresponding to the tab at the front of the other contents screens when the tab is selected via said manipulation part.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein

said link information obtaining part detects dragging of at least one web content on said first contents screen as said selecting operation when said first contents screen is displayed at the front of said second contents screen,

if the web content on said first contents screen is dragged and the operation to move the dragged image to near the tab assigned to said second contents screen is detected, said screen controller displays said second contents screen at the front of said first contents screen, and

after said screen controller displays said second contents screen at the front of said first contents screen, said storage information obtaining part detects dropping into the display area of the web content on said second contents screen as said designating operation.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

said browser includes a first browser that displays said first contents screen on said display part and a second browser that displays said second contents screen on said display part,

when said selecting operation of at least one web content on said first contents screen is detected via said manipulation part, said first browser brings said link information obtaining part into operation to cause said link information obtaining part to obtain the link information to the file corresponding to the web content selected with said selecting operation, and

when said designating operation of the display area of the web content on said second contents screen is detected via said manipulation part after the link information is obtained by said link information obtaining part, said second browser brings said storage information obtaining part into operation to cause said storage information obtaining part to obtain the storage information of said second storage server corresponding to the display area.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein

after causing said storage information obtaining part to obtain the storage information, said second browser notifies said first browser of completion of obtaining the storage information,

after receiving the notification of completion of obtaining the storage information from said second browser, said first browser brings said file obtaining part into operation to cause said file obtaining part to perform a process to download the file from said first storage server based on the link information obtained by said link information obtaining part, and notifies said second browser of completion of the download when the download by said file obtaining part is complete, and

in response to receiving the download completion notification from said first browser, said second browser brings said file transmitting part into operation to cause said file transmitting part to upload the file obtained by said file obtaining part based on the storage information obtained by said storage information obtaining part.

6. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein

said first browser detects the dragging of at least one web content on said first contents screen as said selecting operation, and

said second browser detects the dropping into the display area of the web content on said second contents as said designating operation.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage in which a variety of information is stored, wherein

said file obtaining part stores the file downloaded and obtained from said first storage server in said storage, and

said file transmitting part deletes the file stored in said storage after reading the file in said storage and sending the read file to said second storage server.

8. The information processing device according to claim 7, wherein

said link information obtaining part stores the obtained link information in said storage,

said storage information obtaining part stores the obtained storage information in said storage, and

said file transmitting part deletes the link information and the storage information stored in said storage after reading the file in said storage and sending the read file to said second storage server.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein said server information managing manages server registration information with which information relating to said first storage server and said second storage server is registered in advance, and wherein

in response to detecting said selecting operation of at least one web content on said first contents screen via said manipulation part as the multiple contents screens are displayed by said browser on said display part, said link information obtaining part obtains the link information if said first contents screen is a screen obtained from the first storage server registered with said server registration information.

10. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a browser program to be executed by an information processing device including a display part on which a variety of information is displayed and a manipulation part receiving a user operation, execution of the program causing said information processing device to function as a browser that displays a contents screen on which web contents are laid out on said display part, execution of the browser program by said information processing device causing said information processing device to execute the steps of:

(a) obtaining link information to a file corresponding to a selected web content in response to detecting a selecting operation of at least one of the web contents on a first contents screen via said manipulation part when said browser is displaying the multiple contents screens including said first contents screen on which the web contents obtained from a first storage server are laid out and a second contents screen on which the web contents obtained from a second storage server are laid out on said display part, wherein the first storage server and the second storage server are external servers;

(b) in response to said selecting operation, determining whether said second server is registered based on server registration information and (i) when it is determined that said second server is registered, obtaining storage information of said second storage server corresponding to a designated display area in response to detecting a designating operation of the display area of the web content on said second contents screen via said manipulation part after the link information is obtained in said step (a) and (ii) when it is determined that said second server is not registered, deleting and discarding the link information obtained in step (a);

(c) downloading and obtaining the file corresponding to the web content selected with said selecting operation from said first storage server based on the link information obtained in said step (a) after the storage information is obtained in said step (b) and in response to said selecting operation of said web contents on said first contents screen corresponding to said first storage server and said designating operation on said second contents screen corresponding to said second storage server being performed; and

(d) sending the file obtained in said step (c) to said second storage server based on the storage information obtained in said step (b), thereby uploading the file in response to said selecting operation of said web contents on said first contents screen corresponding to said first storage server and said designating operation on said second contents screen corresponding to said second storage server being performed.

11. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 10, execution of the browser program by said information processing device causing said information processing device to execute the further step of:

(e) managing each of the multiple contents screens displayed by said browser as a tab screen which may be switched with a tab, and displaying one of the contents screens corresponding to the tab at the front of the other contents screens when the tab is selected via said manipulation part.

12. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 11, wherein

dragging of at least one web content on said first contents screen is detected as said selecting operation when said first contents screen is displayed at the front of said second contents screen in said step (a),

if the web content on said first contents screen is dragged and the operation to move the dragged image to near the tab assigned to said second contents screen is detected, said second contents screen is displayed at the front of said first contents screen in said step (e), and

after said second contents screen is displayed at the front of said first contents screen in said step (e), dropping into the display area of the web content on said second contents screen is detected as said designating operation in said step (b).

13. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 10, wherein

execution of the browser program by said information processing device causing said information processing device to function as a system comprising:

a first browser that displays said first contents screen on said display part and a second browser that displays said second contents screen on said display part,

when said first browser detects said selecting operation of at least one web content on said first contents screen via said manipulation part, said first browser causes said information processing device to perform said step (a), thereby causing said information processing device to obtain the link information to the file corresponding to the web content selected with said selecting operation, and

when said second browser detects said designating operation of the display area of the web content on said second contents screen via said manipulation part after the link information is obtained in said step (a), said second browser causes said information processing device to perform said step (b), thereby causing said information processing device to obtain the storage information of said second storage server corresponding to the display area.

14. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 13, wherein

after causing said information processing device to obtain the storage information by performing said step (b), said second browser causes said information processing device to notify said first browser of completion of obtaining the storage information,

after receiving the notification of completion of obtaining the storage information, said first browser causes said information processing device to perform said step (c), thereby causing said information processing device to perform a process to download the file from said first storage server based on the link information obtained in said step (a), and to notify said second browser of completion of the download when the download in said step (c) is complete, and

in response to receiving the download completion notification, said second browser causes said information processing device to perform said step (d), thereby causing said information processing device to upload the file obtained in said step (c) based on the storage information obtained in said step (b).

15. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 13, wherein

said first browser causes said information processing device to detect the dragging of at least one web content on said first contents screen as said selecting operation, and

said second browser causes said information processing device to detect the dropping into the display area of the web content on said second contents as said designating operation.

16. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 10, wherein

said information processing device includes a storage in which a variety of information is stored,

the file downloaded and obtained from said first storage server is stored in said storage in said step (c), and

the file stored in said storage is deleted after reading the file in said storage and the read file is sent to said second storage server in said step (d).

17. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 16, wherein

the obtained link information is stored in said storage in said step (a),

the obtained storage information is stored in said storage in said step (b), and

the link information and the storage information stored in said storage is deleted in said step (d) after the file in said storage is read and the read file is sent to said second storage server.

18. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 10, execution of the browser program by said information processing device causing said information processing device to execute the further step of:

(f) managing server registration information with which information relating to said first storage server and said second storage server is registered in advance, wherein

when said selecting operation of at least one web content on said first contents screen is detected via said manipulation part as the multiple contents screens are displayed by said browser on said display part, the link information is obtained in said step (a) if said first contents screen is a screen obtained from the first storage server registered with said server registration information.

19. An information processing method performed on an information processing device including a display part on which a variety of information is displayed and a manipulation part receiving a user operation, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) running a browser that displays a contents screen on which web contents are laid out on said display part;

(b) obtaining link information to a file corresponding to a selected web content in response to detecting a selecting operation of at least one of the web contents on a first contents screen via said manipulation part when said browser is displaying the multiple contents screens including said first contents screen on which the web contents obtained from a first storage server are laid out and a second contents screen on which the web contents obtained from a second storage server are laid out on said display part, wherein the first storage server and the second storage server are external servers;

(c) in response to said selecting operation, determining whether said second server is registered based on server registration information and (i) when it is determined that said second server is registered, obtaining storage information of said second storage server corresponding to a designated display area in response to detecting a designating operation of the display area of the web content on said second contents screen via said manipulation part after the link information is obtained in said step (b) and (ii) when it is determined that said second server is not registered, deleting and discarding the link information obtained in step (b);

(d) downloading and obtaining the file corresponding to the web content selected with said selecting operation from said first storage server based on the link information obtained in said step (b) after the storage information is obtained in said step (c) and in response to said selecting operation of said web contents on said first contents screen corresponding to said first storage server and said designating operation on said second contents screen corresponding to said second storage server being performed; and

(e) sending the file obtained in said step (d) to said second storage server based on the storage information obtained in said step (c), thereby uploading the file in response to said selecting operation of said web contents on said first contents screen corresponding to said first storage server and said designating operation on said second contents corresponding to said second storage server being performed.