DISPLAY SCREEN CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY SCREEN CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20110239059A1
• Filed: 03/18/2011
• Published: 09/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: SUGIMOTO, Tetsuya
• Granted Patent: US 8,826,085 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00464 using browsers, i.e. interfaces based on mark-up languages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00472 using a pop-up window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00482 outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

A display screen control device comprises: a communicating part for performing data communication with a web server; a browser for acquiring a display screen available for the user to make the entry operation from the web server via the communicating part and displaying the acquired display screen on a display part; an error detecting part for detecting whether or not a display error of a content contained in the display screen acquired by the browser is occurred with the display screen being displayed; an error determining part for determining whether or not the content in which the display error is detected is necessary for the user to continue the entry operation when the display error is detected by the error detecting part; and an annunciation controlling part for controlling displaying or not displaying an annunciation image to alert the user to again acquire the display screen on the display part.

Claims

1. A display screen control device, comprising:

a display part for displaying various types of information;

an operation detecting part for detecting an entry operation made by a user;

a communicating part for performing data communication with a web server;

a browser for acquiring a display screen available for the user to make the entry operation from said web server via said communicating part and displaying the acquired display screen on said display part;

an error detecting part for detecting whether or not a display error of a content contained in the display screen acquired from said web server by said browser is occurred with the display screen being displayed on said display part;

an error determining part for determining whether or not the content in which the display error is detected is necessary for the user to continue the entry operation when the display error is detected by said error detecting part; and

an annunciation controlling part for controlling displaying or not displaying an annunciation image to alert the user to again acquire the display screen on said display part based on a result of the determination made by said error determining part.

2. The display screen control device according to claim 1, wherein

said annunciation controlling part displays said annunciation image on said display part when the display error is detected by said error detecting part and the content in which the display error is detected is determined as the necessary content for the user to continue the entry operation by said error determining part.

3. The display screen control device according to claim 1, wherein

said annunciation image includes a message indicating occurrence of the display error on the display screen displayed on said display part by said browser.

4. The display screen control device according to claim 1, wherein

said annunciation controlling part displays said annunciation image on said display part when a display processing of the display screen acquired from said web server by said browser is started, and changes not to display said annunciation image if the display error is not detected by said error detecting part at time of completion of the display processing of the display screen by said browser.

5. The display screen control device according to claim 1, wherein

said annunciation image includes a button to cause said browser to again acquire the display screen from said web server.

6. The display screen control device according to claim 5, wherein

when an operation to said button made by the user is detected by said operation detecting part, said browser acquires the same display screen from said web server via said communicating part and displays on said display part.

7. A display screen control method, comprising the steps of:

(a) acquiring a display screen available for a user to make an entry operation from a web server connected through a network and displaying the acquired display screen on a predetermined display part;

(b) detecting whether or not a display error of a content contained in the display screen acquired from said web server is occurred with the display screen being displayed on said display part;

(c) determining whether or not the content in which the display error is detected is necessary for the user to continue the entry operation when the display error is detected; and

(d) controlling displaying or not displaying an annunciation image to alert the user to again acquire the display screen on said display part based on a result of said determination.

8. The display screen control method according to claim 7, wherein

in said step (d), said annunciation image is displayed on said display part when the display error is detected in said step (b) and the content in which the display error is detected is determined as the necessary content for the user to continue the entry operation in said step (c).

9. The display screen control method according to claim 7, wherein

said annunciation image includes a message indicating occurrence of the display error on the display screen displayed on said display part in said step (a).

10. The display screen control method according to claim 7, wherein

in said step (d), said annunciation image is displayed on said display part when a display processing of the display screen acquired from said web server in said step (a) is started, and said annunciation image is changed not to be displayed if the display error is not detected in sais step (b) at time of completion of the display processing of the display screen in said step (a).

11. The display screen control method according to claim 7, wherein

a button to cause again acquiring the display screen from said web server in said step (a) is included in said annunciation image.

12. The display screen control method according to claim 11, wherein

in said step (a), when an operation to said button included in said annunciation image made by the user is detected, the same display screen is acquired from said web server and displayed on said display part.

13. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program is recorded, said program causing a computer to execute the steps of:

(a) acquiring a display screen available for a user to make an entry operation from a web server connected through a network and displaying the acquired display screen on a predetermined display part;

(b) detecting whether or not a display error of a content contained in the display screen acquired from said web server is occurred with the display screen being displayed on said display part;

(c) determining whether or not the content in which the display error is detected is necessary for the user to continue the entry operation when the display error is detected; and

(d) controlling displaying or not displaying an annunciation image to alert the user to again acquire the display screen on said display part based on a result of said determination.

14. The computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein

in said step (d), said annunciation image is displayed on said display part when the display error is detected in said step (b) and the content in which the display error is detected is determined as the necessary content for the user to continue the entry operation in said step (c).

15. The computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein

said annunciation image includes a message indicating occurrence of the display error on the display screen displayed on said display part in said step (a).

16. The computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein

in said step (d), said annunciation image is displayed on said display part when a display processing of the display screen acquired from said web server in said step (a) is started, and said annunciation image is changed not to be displayed if the display error is not detected in sais step (b) at time of completion of the display processing of the display screen in said step (a).

17. The computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein

a button to cause again acquiring the display screen from said web server in said step (a) is included in said annunciation image.

18. The computer readable medium according to claim 17, wherein

in said step (a), when an operation to said button included in said annunciation image made by the user is detected, the same display screen is acquired from said web server and displayed on said display part.