INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20150269266A1
• Filed: 03/16/2015
• Published: 09/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kuroda, Shigeki
• Granted Patent: US 11,036,819 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

This information processing apparatus transmits screen data for displaying a screen of a first application to a web browser operating on an external apparatus. When receiving a screen transition instruction for transiting from the screen of the first application to a screen of a second application, the apparatus stores transition destination information indicating at least a return destination screen in a storage unit, and transmits screen data for displaying the screen of the second application to the web browser. When receiving a return instruction for returning from the screen of the second application to an original screen, the apparatus determines a return destination screen based on the transition destination information stored in the storage unit.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus including a first application and a second application, comprising:

a first transmitting unit configured to transmit screen data for displaying a screen of said first application to a web browser operating on an external apparatus;

a first receiving unit configured to receive a screen transition instruction for transiting from the screen of said first application to a screen of said second application;

a second transmitting unit configured to, when the screen transition instruction is received, store transition destination information indicating at least a return destination screen in a storage unit, and transmit screen data for displaying the screen of said second application to said web browser;

a second receiving unit configured to receive a return instruction for returning from the screen of said second application to an original screen; and

a determination unit configured to, when the return instruction is received, determine a return destination screen based on the transition destination information stored in said storage unit.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the transition destination information contains an identifier of the return destination screen, and a temporary URL for accessing the return destination screen, and

said determination unit determines a return destination URL from the identifier of the return destination screen and the temporary URL.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said determination unit searches, among from a previously held identifiers, the identifier of the return destination screen, and determines the return destination URL by using information stored in linking with a found identifier.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transition destination information contains a return destination URL as the return destination screen.

5. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

said first application executes session processing when a screen transition instruction is received using transition destination information containing the return destination URL determined by said determination unit, and

provides said web browser with screen data of the return destination screen if a session of the session processing is valid.

6. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said first application executes error processing if the identifier of the return destination screen does not match a previously held identifier.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said first application executes error processing if the session is invalid.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

said first application further executes authentication processing, and

executes error processing if the authentication fails.

9. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus including a first application and a second application, comprising:

transmitting screen data for displaying a screen of the first application to a web browser operating on an external apparatus;

receiving a screen transition instruction for transiting from the screen of the first application to a screen of the second application;

when the screen transition instruction is received, storing transition destination information indicating at least a return destination screen in a storage unit, and transmitting screen data for displaying the screen of the second application to the web browser;

receiving a return instruction for returning from the screen of the second application to an original screen; and

when the return instruction is received,

determining a return destination screen based on the transition destination information stored in the storage unit.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program which causes a computer to execute each step of a control method of an information processing apparatus cited in claim 9.