Information processing apparatus and storage medium in which information processing program is stored

• US 20050166184A1
• Filed: 09/15/2004
• Published: 07/28/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Takao, Nobuyuki
• Application Number:
  US10/940,953
• Publication Number:
  US 20050166184A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/117
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

The invention provides an information processing apparatus, which performs a predetermined series of processes to document information in cooperation with an external device. The information processing apparatus includes: a display that displays an operation designation input screen, a rule information input screen and a determining button, which is designated when inputting of an operation designation and a rule information has been terminated and an input result has been determined, a decision unit that decides, when the determining button is designated, whether an operation for the job flow can be executed; and a controller that controls the display in such a way that the display displays, when the decision unit decides that an operation cannot be executed, a reason why the operation cannot be executed, and displays also a re-execution button, which is to be designated when the operation is re-executed.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, which performs a predetermined series of processes to document information in cooperation with an external device according to a job flow which expresses a plurality of processes performed to document information, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a display that displays an operation designation input screen that inputs an operation designation for the job flow and a rule information input screen that inputs rule information serving as information which defines rules for conditions of cooperation with the external device, and a determining button, which is designated when inputting of the operation designation and the rule information has been terminated and an input result has been determined;

a decision unit that decides, when the determining button is designated, whether an operation for the job flow can be executed by the operation designation; and

a controller that controls the display in such a way that the display displays, when the decision unit decides that an operation cannot be executed, a reason why the operation cannot be executed, and displays also a re-execution button, which is to be designated when the operation is re-executed.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the operation designation is at least one of a designation of formation of a new job flow, a designation of updating a job flow stored in the external device, and a designation of deletion of a job flow stored in the external device.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a memory, wherein

the controller controls the display in such a way that the display further displays a cancellation button, which is to be designated when re-execution of the operation is canceled, and

the controller controls the memory in such a way that the memory stores specific information, when the cancellation button is designated, for specifying a job flow to be operated for an operation, which cannot be executed, operation contents for the job flow, and a reason why the operation cannot be executed.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display such that, in response to a case in which a reason why an operation cannot be executed is that account information for a person not having a right to access the external device has been input, an input screen for inputting account information of persons having a right to access the external device is displayed.

5. A storage medium readable by a computer, the storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function for performing a predetermined series of processes to document information in cooperation with an external device according to a job flow which expresses a plurality of processes performed to document information, the function comprising:

(a) displaying an operation designation input screen that inputs an operation designation for the job flow, a rule information input screen that inputs rule information serving as information which defines rules for conditions of cooperation with the external device, and a determining button, which is to be designated when inputting of the operation designation and the rule information has been terminated and an input result has been determined;

(b) deciding, when the determining button is designated, whether an operation for the job flow can be executed by the operation designation; and

(c) when it is decided that an operation cannot be executed in (b), displaying on the display a reason why the operation cannot be executed, and displaying a re-execution button, which is to be designated when the operation is re-executed.

6. The storage medium of claim 5, wherein the operation designation is at least one of a designation of formation of a new job flow, a designation of updating a job flow stored in the external device, and a designation of deletion of a job flow stored in the external device.

7. The storage medium of claim 5 further comprising:

(d) further displaying a cancellation button, which is to be designated when re-execution of the operation is canceled; and

(e) storing in the memory, when the cancellation button is designated, specific information for specifying a job flow to be operated for operations, which cannot be executed, operation contents for the job flow, and a reason why the operation cannot be executed.

8. The storage medium of claim 5 further comprising:

(f) in response to a case, in which a reason why an operation cannot be executed is that account information for a person not having a right to access the external device has been input, further displaying an input screen for inputting account information of persons having a right to access the external device.

9. A method for an information processing apparatus, which performs a predetermined series of processes to document information in cooperation with an external device according to a job flow, which expresses a plurality of processes performed to document information, the method comprising:

(a) displaying an operation designation input screen that inputs an operation designation for the job flow, a rule information input screen that inputs rule information serving as information which defines rules for conditions of cooperation with the external device, and a determining button, which is to be designated when inputting of the operation designation and the rule information has been terminated and an input result has been determined;

(b) deciding, when the determining button is designated, whether an operation for the job flow can be executed by the operation designation; and

(c) when it is decided that an operation cannot be executed in (b), displaying on the display a reason why the operation cannot be executed, and displaying a re-execution button, which is to be designated when the operation is re-executed.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the operation designation is at least one of a designation of formation of a new job flow, a designation of updating a job flow stored in the external device, and a designation of deletion of a job flow stored in the external device.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

(d) further displaying a cancellation button, which is to be designated when re-execution of the operation is canceled; and

(e) storing, when the cancellation button is designated, specific information for specifying a job flow to be operated for operations, which cannot be executed, operation contents for the job flow, and a reason why the operation cannot be executed.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

(f) in response to a case, in which a reason why an operation cannot be executed is that account information for a person not having a right to access the external device has been input, further displaying an input screen for inputting account information of persons having a right to access the external device.