Information processing device for assigning instruction information to processing subject information and method thereof

• US 20030117650A1
• Filed: 12/23/2002
• Published: 06/26/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Wakai, Masanori
• Application Number:
  US10/328,320
• Publication Number:
  US 20030117650A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1257 by using pre-stored settings, e.g. job templates, presets, print styles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server

Abstract

An information processing device assigns instruction information showing a process that should be executed to a print subject information, and transmits the print subject information assigned the instruction information to a print device. The print device receives the print subject information, retrieves the instruction information from the print subject information received, and executes a process corresponding to the retrieved instruction information upon the print subject information received.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

instruction information assigning means for assigning instruction information showing a process that should be executed, to process subject information;

transmitting means for transmitting the process subject information assigned the instruction information;

receiving means for receiving the process subject information;

instruction information retrieving means for retrieving the instruction information from the processing subject information received; and

process executing means for executing a process corresponding to the retrieved instruction information upon the processing subject information received.

2. An information processing device according to claim 1, wherein said instruction information assigning means is stored with the processing subject information, the corresponding process and the instruction information in a way that makes these elements related to each other.

3. An information processing device according to claim 1, wherein said instruction information assigning means includes corresponding process determining means for determining the corresponding process based on a data type of the processing subject information and a type of the instruction.

4. An information processing device according to claim 3, wherein said corresponding process determining means determines the corresponding process by referring to a corresponding process definition table that defines the process in a way that makes it corresponding to the data type of the processing subject information and to the type of the instruction.

5. An information processing device comprising:

purpose information assigning means for assigning purpose information showing a purpose of a process to processing subject information;

transmitting means for transmitting the processing subject information assigned the purpose information;

receiving means for receiving the processing subject information;

purpose information retrieving means for retrieving the purpose information from the processing subject information received; and

process executing means for executing a process corresponding to the retrieved purpose information upon the processing subject information received.

6. An information processing device according to claim 5, wherein said purpose information assigning means is stored with the processing subject information, the corresponding process, the instruction information and the purpose information in a way that makes these elements related to each other.

7. An information processing device according to claim 6, wherein said purpose information assigning means can be stored with two or more pieces of processing subject information, the corresponding process and the instruction information in a way that makes these elements to one piece of purpose information.

8. An information processing device according to claim 5, wherein said purpose information assigning means includes purpose determining means for determining a corresponding purpose from an input operation.

9. An information processing device according to claim 8, wherein said purpose determining means determines the corresponding purpose by referring to a corresponding purpose definition table that defines the purpose corresponding to an input operation pattern.

10. An information processing device according to claim 8, wherein said purpose information assigning means includes instruction information retrieving means for retrieving the instruction information corresponding to the purpose determined by said purpose determining means.

11. An information processing device according to claim 10, wherein said instruction information retrieving means retrieves the corresponding instruction information by referring to a purpose corresponding instruction definition table that defines the instruction information corresponding to the purpose.

12. An information processing device according to claim 10, wherein said instruction information retrieving means can retrieve one or more pieces of instruction information corresponding to the purpose.

13. An information processing device according to claim 12, wherein said process executing means executes the process corresponding all pieces of retrieved instruction information till even one process becomes successful.

14. An information processing device according to claim 13, wherein said process executing means, if the process corresponding to all pieces of retrieved instruction information falls into a failure, executes the process corresponding to the all pieces of instruction information retrieved from the retrieved purpose information till even one process becomes successful.

15. An information processing method executed by a first device and a second device, comprising the steps of:

assigning instruction information showing a process that should be executed to processing subject information by said first device;

transmitting the processing subject information assigned the instruction information to said second device by said first device;

receiving the processing subject information by said second device;

retrieving the instruction information from the received processing subject information by said second device; and

executing the process corresponding to the retrieved instruction information upon the received processing subject information by said second device.

16. An information processing method executed by a first device and a second device, comprising the steps of:

assigning purpose information showing a purpose of a process to processing subject information by said first device;

transmitting the processing subject information assigned the purpose information to said second device by said first device;

receiving the processing subject information by said second device;

retrieving the purpose information from the received processing subject information by said second device; and

executing a process corresponding to the retrieved purpose information upon the received processing subject information by said second device.