Information processing device and program for remote browser operation

• US 10,694,055 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2017
• Issued: 06/23/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Inventors: Kawamoto, Masayuki, Muto, Hikaru
• Primary Examiner(s): Amin, Mustafa A
• Application Number:
  US15/691,367
• Publication Number:
  US 20180069972A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,028 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/40 for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00464 using browsers, i.e. interfaces based on mark-up languages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00973 from a remote device, e.g. receiving via the internet instructions input to a computer terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

An information processing device in which a first browser is installed, includes a hardware processor that determines whether or not displaying of a web page by the first browser conforms to predetermined criteria, and when the displaying does not conform to the criteria, remotely operates a second browser installed in an information terminal, and remotely operates the second browser to cause the second browser to display the web page.

Claims

1. An information processing device in which a first browser is installed, the information processing device comprising

a hardware processor that

determines whether or not a state of a displayed web page by the first browser conforms to predetermined criteria, the criteria include at least one of web page operation and web page elements,

when the displaying does not conform to the criteria, remotely operates a second browser installed in an information terminal, and

remotely operates the second browser on the information terminal to cause the second browser to display the web page on the information processing device,

the information processing device further comprising a storage that stores an image of the web page, wherein

when a difference between an image displayed by the second browser and the image stored in the storage exceeds a predetermined amount, the hardware processor determines that displaying of the web page by the second browser does not conform to the criteria.

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

when the first browser has executed processing for obtaining the web page, the hardware processor determines whether or not displaying of the web page conforms to the criteria.

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

after processing for obtaining the web page is executed, when operation for the web page has not been continuously performed for a predetermined period of time, the hardware processor determines that displaying of the web page does not conform to the criteria.

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

when a difference between an image displayed by the first browser and the image stored in the storage exceeds a predetermined amount, the hardware processor determines that displaying of the web page does not conform to the criteria.

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

the storage further stores:

an image of an element that is displayed by the first browser irrespective of the web page in the information processing device; and

coordinates at which the element is displayed.

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

according to whether or not the element is displayed, the hardware processor determines whether or not displaying of the web page conforms to the criteria.

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

according to whether or not the element is displayed at the coordinates, the hardware processor determines whether or not displaying of the web page conforms to the criteria.

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

the hardware processor adjusts a screen of the web page generated by the second browser so as to be adapted to the image stored in the storage.

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

the hardware processor transmits information that identifies a display environment in the information processing device to the second browser.

10. The information processing device according to claim 9, further comprising

a display that displays the web page, wherein

the information that identifies the display environment in the information processing device includes information that identifies a size of the display.

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

the information that identifies the display environment in the information processing device includes a User-Agent name of the first browser.

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

a memory that stores a condition related to the web page, wherein

when displaying of the web page by the first browser meets the condition, the hardware processor determines that the displaying does not conform to the criteria.

13. The information processing device according to claim 12, wherein

the condition includes information that identifies a specific address, and

when the first browser accesses the specific address, the hardware processor determines that the displaying of the web page by the first browser does not conform to the criteria.

14. The information processing device according to claim 12, wherein

the condition includes information that identifies a specific application, and

when the specific application has been started, the hardware processor remotely operates the second browser to cause the second browser to display the web page on the information processing device.

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

when displaying of the web page by the first browser is in conjunction with execution of a given application, the hardware processor ends displaying by the second browser when the given application ends, and causes the first browser to display the web page.

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

when an update of the first browser is detected after the second browser is caused to display the web page, the hardware processor causes the first browser to display the web page again.

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

when displaying of the web page by the second browser does not conform to the criteria, the hardware processor transmits information that prompts updating of the second browser to the information terminal.

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

when displaying of the web page by the second browser does not conform to the criteria, the hardware processor remotely operates a third browser to cause the third browser to display the web page.

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

the second browser is configured to access predetermined display content in the information processing device at a starting time.

20. The information processing device according to claim 19, wherein

the predetermined display content is content to be redirected to the web page for which it is determined that displaying by the first browser does not conform to the criteria.

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

the hardware processor

is realized by a processor, and

when a load factor of the processor becomes a certain threshold value or more while the web page is displayed by the first browser, determines that displaying of the web page by the first browser conforms to the criteria.

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

the hardware processor:

when a predetermined application has been started, outputs information for accepting selection from a user, as a browser for displaying a web page, between the first browser and the second browser.

23. The information processing device according to claim 22, wherein

the hardware processor remotely operates the second browser by a remote desktop function.

24. The information processing device according to claim 22, wherein

the information processing device is integrally configured with the information terminal.

25. The information processing device according to claim 22, wherein

the information processing device is configured independently from the information terminal.

26. A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program that is executed by a computer of an information processing device in which a first browser is installed, the program causing the computer to perform:

determining whether or not displaying of a web page by the first browser conforms to predetermined criteria, the criteria include at least one of web page operation and web page elements; and

when the displaying does not conform to the criteria, remotely operating a second browser installed in an information terminal to cause the second browser to display the web page on the information processing device, wherein

when a difference between an image displayed by the second browser and a stored image exceeds a predetermined amount, the hardware processor determines that displaying of the web page by the second browser does not conform to the criteria.

27. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 26, the program causing the computer to perform:

when a predetermined application has been started, outputting information for accepting selection from a user, as a browser for displaying a web page, between the first browser and the second browser installed in the information terminal.

28. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 27, wherein

the hardware processor remotely operates the second browser by a remote desktop function.

29. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 27, wherein

the information processing device is integrally configured with the information terminal.

30. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 27, wherein

the information processing device is configured independently from the information terminal.