INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD

• US 20100180164A1
• Filed: 01/07/2010
• Published: 07/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Miyamoto, Daijiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,261,123 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/32 with visual or acoustical indication of the functioning of the machine
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1207 resulting in the user being informed about print result after a job submission
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1259 Print job monitoring, e.g. job status
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00222 details of image data generation or reproduction, e.g. scan-to-email or network printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00233 details of image data reproduction, e.g. network printing or remote image display using an image reproducing device as a local output from a computer H04N1/00238; digital output from computer to printer unit G06F3/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32122 in a separate device, e.g. in a memory or on a display separate from image data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3219 of a job status, e.g. successful execution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3273 Display

Abstract

An information processing apparatus which manages a document file to be stored includes a creating unit for creating an output job which is output to an image forming apparatus according to an instruction to an icon of the document file displayed on a display unit, a job management unit for managing the output job by relating a job ID for identifying the output job to a file ID of the document file when the output job is created by the creating unit, an acquirement unit for acquiring from the image forming apparatus the job ID of the output job in which processing ends in error, and a first display control unit for changing an icon display state of an a document file including a file ID specified by the job ID acquired by the acquirement unit and the job ID managed by the management unit, from a normal display state to an error display state.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus which manages a document file to be stored, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a creating unit configured to create an output job which is output to an image forming apparatus according to an instruction to an icon of the document file displayed on a display unit;

a job management unit configured to manage the output job by relating a job ID for identifying the output job to a file ID of the document file when the output job is created by the creating unit;

an acquirement unit configured to acquire from the image forming apparatus the job ID of the output job in which processing ends in error; and

a first display control unit configured to change an icon display state of an a document file including a file ID which is specified by the job ID acquired by the acquirement unit and the job ID managed by the management unit, from a normal display state to an error display state.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a setting unit configured to set a mode in which the icon display state of the document file is cancelled and changed from the error display state to the normal display state.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the setting unit sets either one of a first mode in which the error display state is cancelled and changed to the normal display state when the icon of the document file of the error display state is designated or a second mode in which the error display state is cancelled and changed to the normal display state when the document file of the error display state is output again and results in a normal termination.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the icon of the document file is an icon of a shortcut file which refers to an entity file of the document file.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the first display control unit changes the icon display states of the shortcut file including a file ID which is specified by the job ID acquired by the acquirement unit and the job ID managed by the management unit, and the icon of the document file that the shortcut file refers to, from the normal display state to the error display state.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a second display control unit configured to change the icon display state of the folder in which the document file is stored, from the error display state to the normal display state according to the first mode or the second mode set by the setting unit.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the second display control unit changes the icon display state of the shortcut file which refers to the entity file of the document file, from the error display state to the normal display state according to the first mode or the second mode set by the setting unit.

2. An information processing apparatus which manages a document file stored in a folder, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a creating unit configured to create an output job which is output to an image forming apparatus according to an instruction to an icon of the document file displayed on a display unit;

a job management unit configured to manage the output job by relating a job ID for identifying the output job to a file ID of the document file when the output job is created by the creating unit;

an acquirement unit configured to acquire from the image forming apparatus the job ID of the output job in which processing ends in error; and

a first display control unit configured to change icon display states of a document file including a file ID which is specified by the job ID acquired by the acquirement unit and the job ID managed by the management unit and an icon of a folder in which the document file is stored, from a normal display state to an error display state.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a determination unit configured to determine, when the acquirement unit acquires the job ID from the image forming apparatus, whether the document file corresponding to the acquired job ID is displayed on the display unit;

wherein the first display control unit changes the icon display state of the folder in which the document file is stored, from the normal display state to the error display state when the determination unit determines that the document file corresponding to the acquired job ID is not displayed on the display unit.

10. A method for controlling a display in an information processing apparatus which manages a document file to be stored, the method comprising:

creating an output job which is output to an image forming apparatus according to an instruction to an icon of the document file displayed on a display unit;

managing the output job by relating a job ID for identifying the output job to a file ID of the document file when the output job is created;

acquiring the job ID of the output job in which processing ends in error from the image forming apparatus; and

changing an icon display state of a document file including a file ID which is specified by the acquired job ID and the managed job ID, from a normal display state to an error display state.

12. The method according to claim 10, further comprising setting a mode which cancels and changes the icon display state of the document file from the error display state to the normal display state.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising setting either one of a first mode in which the error display state is cancelled and changed to the normal display state when the icon of the document file of the error display state is designated or a second mode in which the error display state is cancelled and changed to the normal display state when the document file of the error display state is output again and results in a normal termination.

15. The method according to claim 10, wherein the icon of the document file is an icon of a shortcut file which refers to an entity file of the document file.

17. The method according to claim 13, further comprising changing the icon display state of the folder, in which the document file is stored, from the error display state to the normal display state according to the set first mode or the set second mode.

18. The method according to claim 17, further comprising changing the icon display state of the shortcut file which refers to the entity file of the document file from the error display state to the normal display state according to the set first mode or the set second mode.

19. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer to execute a method according to claim 10.

11. A method for controlling a display in an information processing apparatus which manages a document file to be stored in a folder, the method comprising:

creating an output job which is output to an image forming apparatus according to an instruction to an icon of the document file displayed on a display unit;

managing the output job by relating a job ID for identifying the output job to a file ID of the document file when the output job is created;

acquiring the job ID of the output job in which processing ends in error from the image forming apparatus; and

changing an icon display state of a document file including a file ID which is specified by the acquired job ID and the managed job ID, and an icon of a folder in which the document file is stored, from a normal display state to an error display state.

14. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

determining whether the document file which corresponds to the acquired job ID is displayed on the display unit when the job ID is acquired from the image forming apparatus; and

changing the icon display state of the folder in which the document file is stored, from the normal display state to the error display state when it is determined that the document file corresponding to the acquired job ID is not displayed on the display unit.

16. The method according to claim 14, further comprising changing icon display states of the shortcut file including the file ID which is specified by the acquired job ID and the managed job ID, and the icon of the document file which the shortcut file refers to, from the normal display state to the error display state.

20. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer to execute a method according to claim 11.