INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT DISPLAYS OPERATION SCREEN AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

• US 20120268784A1
• Filed: 04/19/2012
• Published: 10/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: MORI, Ryuta
• Granted Patent: US 8,982,388 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• 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 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00432 using tabs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00464 using browsers, i.e. interfaces based on mark-up languages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00474 outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00477 Indicating status, e.g. of a job for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N2201/3219
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32117 in a separate transmission or protocol signal prior to or subsequent to the image data transmission, e.g. in digital identification signal [DIS], in non standard setup [NSS] or in non standard field [NSF] for mode signalling H04N1/333
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/001 Sharing resources, e.g. processing power or memory, with a connected apparatus or enhancing the capability of the still picture apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3212 of data relating to a job, e.g. communication, capture or filing of an image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3219 of a job status, e.g. successful execution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3273 Display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3278 Transmission

Abstract

An information processing apparatus that is capable of controlling a screen appropriately even when a screen is switched while processing a job. A Web browser receives screen data from an external apparatus, displays an operation screen based on the screen data, transfers a processing instruction based on a user'"'"'s operation on the operation screen to a service provider, and transmits a job executed result according to the processing instruction to the external apparatus. The service provider executes the job according to the processing instruction transmitted from the Web browser, and transmits the result of the executed job to the Web browser. The Web browser displays a completion screen with a different tab from the operation screen when another user'"'"'s operation is performed while executing the job, and displays the completion screen with the same tab as the operation screen when another user'"'"'s operation is not performed while executing the job.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a Web browser configured to receive screen data from an external apparatus on a network,

to display an operation screen based on the screen data received,

to transfer a processing instruction based on a user'"'"'s operation on the displayed operation screen to a service provider, and

to transmit a result of a job executed according to the transferred processing instruction to the external apparatus; and

the service provider configured to execute the job according to the processing instruction transmitted from said Web browser, and

to transmit the result of the executed job to said Web browser,

wherein said Web browser displays a completion screen with a different tab from the operation screen when another user'"'"'s operation is performed while executing the job, and displays the completion screen with the same tab as the operation screen when another user'"'"'s operation is not performed while executing the job.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said service provider executes a job for printing a document selected from a document list displayed on the operation screen provided from the external apparatus.

3. A control method for an information processing apparatus comprising:

a step of receiving screen data from an external apparatus on a network;

a step of displaying an operation screen based on the screen data received;

a step of executing a job according to a user'"'"'s operation on the operation screen;

a step of transmitting a result of the job executed to the external apparatus;

a step of receiving screen data showing a completion screen corresponding to the transmitted result of the job from the external apparatus;

a step of displaying the completion screen with a different tab from the operation screen when another user'"'"'s operation is performed while executing the job; and

a step of displaying the completion screen with the same tab as the operation screen when another user'"'"'s operation is not performed while executing the job.