INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20130257902A1
• Filed: 07/30/2012
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: HASUIKE, Kimitake, HIRANO, Yasuhiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,552,044 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3231 Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/042 for monitor identification
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a specifying unit, an identification information obtaining unit, a state information obtaining unit, a display setting obtaining unit, and a processing unit. The specifying unit specifies data displayed on a display screen. The identification information obtaining unit obtains identification information identifying an operator who performs an operation on the data on the display screen. The state information obtaining unit obtains state information representing a display state of an operation unit, which is used for performing an operation on the data on the display screen. The display setting obtaining unit obtains setting about display of the operation unit. The processing unit performs, when a predetermined storage operation of storing a display state of the operation unit is performed by the operator, a process of storing the state information in association with the specified data and the identification information.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a specifying unit that specifies data displayed on a display screen;

an identification information obtaining unit that obtains identification information identifying an operator who performs an operation on the data on the display screen;

a state information obtaining unit that obtains state information representing a display state of an operation unit, which is used for performing an operation on the data on the display screen;

a display setting obtaining unit that obtains setting about display of the operation unit; and

a processing unit that performs, when a predetermined storage operation of storing a display state of the operation unit is performed by the operator, a process of storing the state information obtained by the state information obtaining unit in association with the data specified by the specifying unit and the identification information obtained by the identification information obtaining unit.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the specifying unit specifies the data which is to be displayed on another display screen of another apparatus, different from the display screen,

wherein the identification information obtaining unit obtains the identification information identifying the operator who performs an operation on the data on the other display screen, and

wherein the processing unit performs, when a predetermined reproduction operation of reproducing a display state of the operation unit is performed by the operator, a process of displaying the operation unit on the other display screen in the display state represented by the state information stored in association with the data specified by the specifying unit and the identification information obtained by the identification information obtaining unit.

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

a characteristic information obtaining unit that obtains characteristic information representing a characteristic of the other display screen or an apparatus having the other display screen,

wherein the processing unit performs, when the reproduction operation is performed by the operator, a process of displaying the operation unit on the other display screen in a new display state, which is obtained by performing, in accordance with the characteristic information, a conversion process on the display state represented by the state information stored in association with the data specified by the specifying unit and the identification information obtained by the identification information obtaining unit.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the conversion process is a process of reducing the number of operation items arranged in the operation unit.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the conversion process is a process of changing order in which operation items are arranged in the operation unit.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the conversion process is a process of changing a display position or form of the operation unit.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the processing unit performs, when the storage operation is performed by the operator, a process of storing, in association with the data specified by the specifying unit and the identification information obtained by the identification information obtaining unit but separately from the data, the state information obtained by the state information obtaining unit.

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

a data obtaining unit that obtains the data displayed on the display screen,

wherein the processing unit performs a process of storing the data obtained by the data obtaining unit such that the identification information obtained by the identification information obtaining unit and the state information obtained by the state information obtaining unit are added to the data.

9. An information processing system comprising:

a first operation apparatus that performs an operation on data;

a second operation apparatus that performs an operation on the data; and

a management apparatus that manages the data,

the first operation apparatus including

a first transmitting unit that transmits, when a predetermined storage operation of storing a display state of an operation unit, which is used for performing an operation on the data displayed on a display screen of the first operation apparatus, is performed by an operator, the data, first identification information identifying the data, second identification information identifying the operator, and state information representing a display state of the operation unit,

the second operation apparatus including

a second transmitting unit that transmits, when a predetermined reproduction operation of reproducing a display state of the operation unit, which is used for performing an operation on the data displayed on a display screen of the second operation apparatus, is performed by the operator, the first identification information identifying the data and the second identification information identifying the operator, and

the management apparatus including

a memory that stores the data in association with the first identification information and stores the state information in association with the first identification information and the second identification information when the data, the first identification information, the second identification information, and the state information are transmitted by the first transmitting unit, and

a third transmitting unit that transmits, when the first identification information and the second identification information are transmitted by the second transmitting unit, the data to the second operation apparatus so that the data stored in the memory in association with the first identification information is displayed on the display screen of the second operation apparatus, and the state information to the second operation apparatus so that the operation unit is displayed on the display screen of the second operation apparatus in the display state represented by the state information stored in the memory in association with the first identification information and the second identification information.

10. An information processing method comprising:

specifying data displayed on a display screen;

obtaining identification information identifying an operator who performs an operation on the data on the display screen;

obtaining state information representing a display state of an operation unit, which is used for performing an operation on the data on the display screen;

obtaining setting about display of the operation unit; and

performing, when a predetermined storage operation of storing a display state of the operation unit is performed by the operator, a process of storing the obtained state information in association with the specified data and the obtained identification information.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

specifying data displayed on a display screen;

obtaining identification information identifying an operator who performs an operation on the data on the display screen;

obtaining state information representing a display state of an operation unit, which is used for performing an operation on the data on the display screen;

obtaining setting about display of the operation unit; and

storing, when a predetermined storage operation of storing a display state of the operation unit is performed by the operator, the obtained state information in association with the specified data and the obtained identification information.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

obtaining data displayed on a display screen;

obtaining identification information identifying an operator who performs an operation on the data on the display screen;

obtaining state information representing a display state of an operation unit, which is used for performing an operation on the data on the display screen;

obtaining setting about display of the operation unit; and

storing, when a predetermined storage operation of storing a display state of the operation unit is performed by the operator, the obtained data such that the obtained identification information and the obtained state information are added to the data.