Information processing apparatus that displays operation screen and control method therefor

• US 8,982,388 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2012
• Issued: 03/17/2015
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): THOMAS, ASHISH
• Application Number:
  US13/450,937
• Publication Number:
  US 20120268784A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,062 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 display control unit configured to,

display a print operation screen for inputting a print instruction based on screen data that is received from an external server, the print operation screen being associated with a tab of a tabbed browser;

a printing unit configured to execute a print process in a case where the print instruction is input by a user on the operation screen; and

a transmitting unit configured to transmit information indicating a completion of the print process to the external server,

wherein said display control unit is configured to display a print completion screen based on screen data, the screen data being received from the external server in a case where said transmitting unit has transmitted the information;

wherein said display control unit is configured to display the print completion screen with a different tab of the tabbed browser from the tab with which the print operation screen is associated when another user'"'"'s operation is performed while executing the print process, and

wherein said display control unit is configured to display the print completion screen with the same tab as the tab with which the operation screen is associated when another user'"'"'s operation is not performed while executing the print process.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said printing unit is configured to execute a print process for printing a document selected from a document list displayed on the print operation screen.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said printing unit is configured to execute the print process in accordance with a script that makes the information processing apparatus execute printing, the script being received from the external server.

4. 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.