Device, image forming apparatus, and non-transistory computer readable medium for displaying and executing a periodic process

• US 8,576,443 B2
• Filed: 02/18/2011
• Issued: 11/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Tajima, Yukio
• Primary Examiner(s): HON, MING Y
• Application Number:
  US13/030,426
• Publication Number:
  US 20120062938A1
• Time in Patent Office: 991 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 358/1.9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1257 by using pre-stored settings, e.g. job templates, presets, print styles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/126 Job scheduling, e.g. queuing, determine appropriate device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1271 Job submission at the printing node, e.g. creating a job from a data stored locally or remotely G06F3/1238 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1273 Print job history, e.g. logging, accounting, tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1279 Controller construction, e.g. aspects of the interface hardware

Abstract

A screen control device includes: a history storage unit that stores history information associating information on a process executed in an image forming apparatus with user information that identifies a user who executed the process; a periodic process determination unit that determines whether a process executed by the user is a periodic process executed periodically based on the history information; an execution schedule calculation unit that calculates, in a case where the process executed by the user is a periodic process, an execution scheduled date when the periodic process is executed next time; a periodic process management unit that manages the periodic process in association with the user and the calculated execution scheduled date; and a display controller that displays a screen that allows an execution of the periodic process on a display when the user uses the image forming apparatus during a given term including the execution scheduled date.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a history storage unit configured to store history information, the history information associating information relating to a process executed in an image forming apparatus with user information that identifies a user who executed the process;

a periodic process determination unit configured to determine, by using the history information, whether the process executed by the user is a periodic process executed periodically;

an execution schedule calculation unit configured to calculate, in response to determining that the process executed by the user is a periodic process, a scheduled execution date when the periodic process is expected to be executed again;

a periodic process management unit configured to manage the periodic process in association with the user and the calculated scheduled execution date; and

a display controller configured to allow an execution of the periodic process from a display in response to the user using the image forming apparatus during a given term including the scheduled execution date.

2. The user interface device according to claim 1, wherein a content of the periodic process managed by the periodic process management unit is determined based on the content of the process stored in the history information.

3. A user interface device comprising:

a history storage unit configured to store history information, the history information associating information relating to a process executed in an image forming apparatus with user information that identifies a user who executed the process;

a periodic process determination unit configured to determine, by using the history information, whether the process executed by the user is a periodic process executed periodically;

an execution schedule calculation unit configured to calculate, in response to the periodic process determination unit determining that the process executed by the user is the periodic process, a scheduled execution date when the periodic process is expected to be executed again;

a periodic process management unit configured to manage the periodic process in association with the user and the calculated scheduled execution date; and

a display controller configured to allow an execution of the periodic process from a display in response to the user using the image forming apparatus during a given term including the scheduled execution date.

4. The user interface device according to claim 3, wherein a content of the periodic process managed by the periodic process management unit is determined based on the content of the process stored in the history information.

5. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a display that displays an operation screen that receives an operational input from a user; and

a display controller, wherein

the display controller includes;

a history storage unit configured to store history information, the history information associating information relating to a process executed in an image forming apparatus with user information that identifies a user who executed the process;

a periodic process determination unit configured to determine, by using the history information, whether the process executed by the user is a periodic process executed periodically;

an execution schedule calculation unit configured to calculate, in response to the periodic process determination unit determining that the process executed by the user is the periodic process, a scheduled execution date when the periodic process is expected to be executed again; and

;

a periodic process management unit configured to manage the periodic process in association with the user and the calculated scheduled execution data, and

wherein the display controller is configured to allow an execution of the periodic process from the display in response to the user using the image forming apparatus during a given term including the scheduled execution date.

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

determining whether a process executed by a user is a periodic process executed periodically on a basis of history information, which is stored in a storage device and associates information relating to a process executed in an image forming apparatus with user information that identifies a user who executed the process;

calculating, in response to determining that the process executed by the user is the periodic process, a scheduled execution date when the periodic process is expected to be executed again;

storing the periodic process in a storage device in association with the user and the calculated scheduled execution date; and

displaying a screen that allows an execution of the periodic process in response to the user using the image forming apparatus during a given term including the scheduled execution date.