INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20100214588A1
• Filed: 02/18/2010
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Nakahara, Hidetaka
• Granted Patent: US 8,699,044 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.130
• 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 3/1231 Device related settings, e.g. IP address, Name, Identification
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00347 with another still picture apparatus, e.g. hybrid still picture apparatus circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between image input and image output device H04N1/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0035 User-machine interface; Control console input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00413 using menus, i.e. presenting the user with a plurality of selectable options H04N1/00464 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3216 of a job size, e.g. a number of images, pages or copies, size of file, length of message
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3219 of a job status, e.g. successful execution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3221 of a job number or identification, e.g. communication number
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3222 of processing required or performed, e.g. forwarding, urgent or confidential handling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3232 of a page, copy or picture number

Abstract

An information processing apparatus that lightens the workload for a serviceman or an administrator who imports setting information into the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes an operation section via which the user can input data. The apparatus stores setting information containing a plurality of settings required for operation control and discriminating information on each setting for discriminating whether the setting is of a common setting item or of an apparatus-specific setting item, changes the discriminating information on each setting of the setting information, according to a specific instruction given by the user via the user interface, and externally outputs the stored setting information.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus including a user interface via which a user can perform an input operation, comprising:

a storage unit configured to store setting information containing a plurality of settings required for operation control, and discriminating information on each setting for discriminating whether the setting is of a common setting item or of an apparatus-specific setting item;

a changing unit configured to change the discriminating information on each of at least two of the plurality of settings of the setting information stored in said storage unit, according to a specific instruction given by the user via the user interface; and

an output unit configured to externally output the setting information stored in said storage unit.

2. An information processing apparatus including a user interface via which a user can perform an input operation, comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to externally acquire setting information containing a plurality of settings required for operation control, and discriminating information on each setting for discriminating whether the setting is of a common setting item or of an apparatus-specific setting item;

a storage unit configured to be operable when the discriminating information on the setting in the setting information acquired by said acquisition unit is of a common setting item, to store the setting of the common setting item; and

a display control unit configured to be operable when the discriminating information on the setting in the setting information acquired by said acquisition unit is of an apparatus-specific setting item, to cause the apparatus-specific setting item to be displayed on the user interface, for prompting the user to perform the input operation for inputting a specific setting.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when a plurality of sets of the setting information are stored in an external recording medium, said display control unit causes a selection screen to be displayed on the user interface for enabling the user to select one of the plurality of sets of the setting information, and

wherein said acquisition unit acquires the setting information selected on the selection screen.

4. A method of controlling an information processing apparatus including a user interface via which a user can perform an input operation, comprising:

storing setting information containing a plurality of settings required for operation control, and discriminating information on each setting for discriminating whether the setting is of a common setting item or of an apparatus-specific setting item;

changing the discriminating information on each of at least two of the plurality of settings of the stored setting information, according to a specific instruction given by the user via the user interface; and

externally outputting the stored setting information.

5. A method of controlling an information processing apparatus including a user interface via which a user can perform an input operation, comprising:

externally acquiring setting information containing a plurality of settings required for operation control, and discriminating information on each setting for discriminating whether the setting is of a common setting item or of an apparatus-specific setting item;

storing, when the discriminating information on the setting in the acquired setting information is of a common setting item, the setting of the common setting item; and

causing, when the discriminating information on the setting in the acquired setting information is of an apparatus-specific setting item, the apparatus-specific setting item to be displayed on the user interface, for prompting the user to perform the input operation for inputting a specific setting.

6. A computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling an information processing apparatus including a user interface via which a user can perform an input operation,

wherein the method comprises:

storing setting information containing a plurality of settings required for operation control, and discriminating information on each setting for discriminating whether the setting is of a common setting item or of an apparatus-specific setting item;

changing the discriminating information on each of at least two of the plurality of settings of the stored setting information, according to a specific instruction given by the user via the user interface; and

externally outputting the stored setting information.

7. A computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling an information processing apparatus including a user interface via which a user can perform an input operation,

wherein the method comprises:

externally acquiring setting information containing a plurality of settings required for operation control, and discriminating information on each setting for discriminating whether the setting is of a common setting item or of an apparatus-specific setting item;

storing, when the discriminating information on the setting in the acquired setting information is of a common setting item, the setting of the common setting item; and

causing, when the discriminating information on the setting in the acquired setting information is of an apparatus-specific setting item, the apparatus-specific setting item to be displayed on the user interface, for prompting the user to perform the input operation for inputting a specific setting.