INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20130139066A1
• Filed: 11/21/2012
• Published: 05/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Sato, Noriaki
• Application Number:
  US13/684,050
• Publication Number:
  US 20130139066A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/744
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1462 with means for detecting differences between the image stored in the host and the images displayed on the remote displays
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally

Abstract

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a first determination unit configured, if a first display region of a first display unit of the other apparatus on which the data is displayed is changed, to determine whether to receive a notification relating to the change in the first display region, a receiving unit configured to receive a notification relating to the change in the first display region according to a determination result determined by the first determination unit, and a changing unit configured to change a second display region of a second display unit of the information processing apparatus on which the data is displayed based on the notification relating to the change in the first display region received by the receiving unit.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus capable of displaying data displayed on other apparatus by sharing the data with the other apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a first determination unit configured, if a first display region of a first display unit of the other apparatus on which the data is displayed is changed, to determine whether to receive a notification relating to the change in the first display region;

a receiving unit configured to receive a notification relating to the change in the first display region according to a determination result determined by the first determination unit; and

a changing unit configured to change a second display region of a second display unit of the information processing apparatus on which the data is displayed based on the notification relating to the change in the first display region received by the receiving unit.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second determination unit configured, if the second display region of the second display unit of the information processing apparatus on which the data is displayed is changed, to determine whether to transmit a notification relating to the change in the second display region; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit, according to a determination result determined by the second determination unit, a notification relating to the change in the second display region to cause the other apparatus to change the first display region based on the notification relating to the change in the second display region.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first setting unit configured to set whether to receive a notification relating to change in the first display region;

wherein the first determination unit determines whether to receive a notification relating to the change in the first display region based on content set by the first setting unit.

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

a second setting unit configured to set whether to transmit a notification relating to change in the second display region;

wherein the second determination unit determines whether to transmit a notification relating to the change in the second display region based on content set by the second setting unit.

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

a third setting unit configured to set whether to accept change in each item that is defined with respect to the second display region;

wherein the changing unit changes the second display region with respect to an item which is set by the third setting unit to accept the change.

6. An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus which is capable of displaying data displayed on other apparatus by sharing the data with the other apparatus, the information processing method comprising:

determining, if a first display region of a first display unit of the other apparatus on which the data is displayed is changed, whether to receive a notification relating to the change in a first display region;

receiving a notification relating to change in the first display region according to a determination result determined by the determining; and

changing a second display region of a second display unit of the information processing apparatus on which the data is displayed, based on the notification relating to the change in the first display region received by the receiving.

7. A computer-readable storage medium storing program for causing a computer to execute an information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus capable of displaying data displayed on other apparatus by sharing the data with the other apparatus, the information processing method comprising:

determining, if a first display region of a first display unit of the other apparatus on which the data is displayed is changed, whether to receive a notification relating to the change in a first display region;

receiving the notification relating to the change in the first display region according to a determination result determined by the determining; and

changing a second display region of a second display unit of the information processing apparatus on which the data is displayed based on the notification relating to the change in the first display region received by the receiving.