INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM INTRODUCTION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20110066972A1
• Filed: 09/10/2010
• Published: 03/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: SUGIURA, Yuuko
• Granted Patent: US 9,558,326 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/806
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems

Abstract

An information processing apparatus that is connected with one or plural apparatuses via a predetermined data transmission path, includes a control part that controls a program introduction process that is carried out in plurality of work stages of work of introducing a program to the one or plural apparatuses; a generation part that generates display screen pages corresponding to the work stages, based on a carrying out request of a user and/or carrying out results of one or more of the program introduction processes that have been carried out by the control part in response to the carrying out request; and a renewing part that renews the display screen page currently displayed on a display device of the information processing apparatus with the currently generated display screen page according to a renewing request of the generation part.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus that is connected with one or plural apparatuses via a predetermined data transmission path, comprising:

a control part that controls a program introduction process that is carried out in a plurality of work stages of work of introducing a program to the one or plural apparatuses;

a generation part that generates display screen pages corresponding to the work stages, based on a carrying out request of a user and/or carrying out results of one or more of the program introduction processes that have been carried out by the control part in response to the carrying out request; and

a renewing part that renews the display screen page currently displayed on a display device of the information processing apparatus with the currently generated display screen page according to a renewing request of the generation part.

2. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a storing part that stores one or plural screen page parts that are used to produce the display screen pages, wherein

the generation part generates the display screen pages that are used to show information corresponding to the work stages to the user by using the screen page parts that are stored by the storing part, based on the carrying out request of the user and/or the carrying out results of the program introduction processes that have been carried out by the control part in response to the carrying out request.

3. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the generation part generates a setting screen page that is used by the user to request operation settings for processes carried out in the work stages, based on the carrying out request of the user and/or the carrying out results of the program introduction processes that have been carried out by the control part in response to the carrying out request.

4. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the generation part generates a confirmation screen page that is used to urge the user to confirm process results in the work stages, a notification screen page that is used to notify the user of process situations in the work stages and/or a notification screen page that is used to notify the user of completions of the processes in the work stages, based on the carrying out results of the program introduction processes that have been carried out by the control part in response to the carrying out request.

5. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the control part controls carrying out of an installing and activation process carried out in the work stages in the work of introducing the program to the one or plural apparatuses, and

the generation part generates the display screen page corresponding to the work stages of installing and activation work, based on an installing and activation carrying out request received from the user and/or carrying out results of the installing and activation processes carried out by the control part in response to the carrying out request.

6. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the control part controls carrying out of an uninstalling and deactivation process carried out in the work stages in the work of introducing the program to the one or plural apparatuses, and

the generation part generates the display screen page corresponding to the work stages of uninstalling and deactivation work, based on an uninstalling and deactivation carrying out request received from the user and/or carrying out results of the uninstalling and deactivation processes carried out by the control part in response to the carrying out request.

7. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the generation part generates the display screen pages that have work stage information fields that show information concerning the work stages of the requested work of introducing the program to the one or plural apparatuses and progress of the work stages, and program introduction process information fields that show information concerning the program introduction processes carried out in the work stages.

8. A program introduction assistance system in which one or plural apparatuses and an information processing apparatus, that carries out a program introduction process to introduce a program to the one or plural apparatuses, are connected via a predetermined data transmission path, the program introduction assistance system comprising:

a control part that controls the program introduction process in a plurality of work stages of work of introducing the program to the one or plural apparatuses carried out by the information processing apparatus;

a generation part that generates display screen pages corresponding to the work stages, based on a carrying out request of a user and/or carrying out results of one or more of the program introduction processes that have been controlled out by the control part in response to the carrying out request; and

a renewing part that renews the display screen page currently displayed on a display device of the information processing apparatus with the currently generated display screen page according to a renewing request of the generation part.

9. A non-transitory computer readable information recording medium storing a display control program which is executed by a computer processor of an information processing apparatus that is connected with one or plural apparatuses via a predetermined data transmission path, which display control program, when executed by the computer processor, carries out:

controlling a program introduction process that is carried out in a plurality of work stages of work of introducing a program to the one or plural apparatuses;

generating display screen pages corresponding to the work stages, based on a carrying out request of a user and/or a carrying out results of one or more of the program introduction processes that have been carried out by the control part in response to the carrying out request; and

renewing the display screen pages of a display device of the information processing apparatus according to a renewing request.