Information processing apparatus, information processing system, control methods thereof, and storage medium

• US 9,307,100 B2
• Filed: 11/06/2013
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kawara, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhang, Fan
• Application Number:
  US14/073,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20140146355A1
• Time in Patent Office: 881 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.15
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1205 resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/122 with regard to computing resources, e.g. memory, CPU
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1226 Discovery of devices having required properties
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1228 Printing driverless or using generic drivers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1267 Job repository, e.g. non-scheduled jobs, delay printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1268 Job submission, e.g. submitting print job order or request not the print data itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1287 via internet
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00233 details of image data reproduction, e.g. network printing or remote image display using an image reproducing device as a local output from a computer H04N1/00238; digital output from computer to printer unit G06F3/12
• 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 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• 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 2201/3205 of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3225 of data relating to an image, a page or a document
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3266 of text or character information, e.g. text accompanying an image H04N2201/3226 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3273 Display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information

Abstract

This invention provides a mechanism for printing or storing a file attached to a “message” or “comment” registered using the microblog function by a simple operation. To accomplish this, an information processing system or information processing apparatus controls to print data related to a managed message when a predetermined feedback operation for the managed message is detected.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising:

a management unit configured to manage a message registered with print data and comments registered based on a status of each of a plurality of printers, the comments being associated with the message;

an obtaining unit configured to obtain the status of each of the plurality of printers in a network when receiving a first feedback information for the registered message, the first feedback information being received in accordance with selection of a first feedback button associated with the registered message; and

a control unit configured to cause, when receiving a second feedback information for one of the comments managed by said management unit, the printer related to the received second feedback information to print the print data related to the managed message corresponding to the first information feedback button, the second feedback information being received in accordance with selection of one of second feedback buttons associated with each of the managed comments.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first feedback button is displayed together with the message, the second feedback button is displayed together with each comment.

3. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a presentation unit configured to present the comments corresponding to a plurality of printers being capable of printing the print data when receiving the first feedback information.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein said control unit causes the printer for which then second feedback information is made of the plurality of printable printers presented by said presentation unit to print the print data.

5. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a registration unit configured to register information indicating completion of printing of the print data as a comment for the message managed by the management unit.

6. An information processing apparatus configured to communicate with a server having a function of managing a message registered with print data and comments, being associated with the message, registered based on a status of each of a plurality of printers, comprising:

an obtaining unit configured to obtain the status of each of a plurality of printers in a network when receiving a first feedback information for the message registered with print data, the first feedback information being received in accordance with selection of a first feedback button associated with the registered message; and

a control unit configured to cause, when receiving a second feedback information for one of the comments managed by said management unit, the printer related to the received second feedback information to print the print data related to the managed message corresponding to the first feedback button, the second feedback information being received in accordance with selection of one of second feedback buttons associated with each of the managed comments.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the first feedback button is displayed together with a corresponding message, the second feedback button is displayed together with each comment.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a presentation unit configured to present the comments corresponding to a plurality of printers being capable of printing the print data when said receiving unit detects the first feedback information.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said control unit causes the printer for which the second feedback information is made of the plurality of printable printers presented by said presentation unit to print the print data.

10. The apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a registration unit configured to register information indicating completion of printing of the print data as a comment for the managed message.

11. A control method of an information processing system, comprising:

managing a message registered with print data and comments registered based on a status of each of a plurality of printers, the comments being associated with the message;

obtaining the status of each of the plurality of printers in a network when receiving a first feedback information for the registered message, the first feedback information being received in accordance with selection of a first feedback button associated with the registered message; and

causing, when receiving a second feedback information for one of the comments managed by said management unit, the printer related to the received second feedback information to print the print data related to the managed message corresponding to the first feedback button, the second feedback information being received in accordance with selection of one of second feedback buttons associated with each of the managed comments.

12. A control method of an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with a server having a function of managing a message registered with print data and comments, being associated with the message, registered based on a status of each of a plurality of printers, comprising:

obtaining the status of each of a plurality of printers in a network when receiving a first feedback information for the message registered with print data, the first feedback information being received in accordance with selection of a first feedback button associated with the registered message; and

causing, when receiving a second feedback information for one of the comments managed by said management unit, the printer related to the received second feedback information to print the print data related to the managed message corresponding to the first feedback button, the second feedback information being received in accordance with selection of one of second feedback buttons associated with each of the managed comments.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute a control method for an information processing system, the control method comprising:

managing a message registered with print data and comments registered based on a status of each of a plurality of printers, the comments being associated with the message;

obtaining the status of each of the plurality of printers in a network when receiving a first feedback information for the registered message, the first feedback information being received in accordance with selection of a first feedback button associated with the registered message; and

causing, when receiving a second feedback information for one of the comments managed by said management unit, the printer related to the received second feedback information to print the print data related to the managed message corresponding to the first feedback button, the second feedback information being received in accordance with selection of one of second feedback buttons associated with each of the managed comments.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to executed a control method for an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with a server having a function of managing a message registered with print data and comments, being associated with the message, registered based on a status of each of a plurality of printers, the control method comprising:

obtaining the status of each of a plurality of printers in a network when receiving a first feedback information for the message registered with print data, the first feedback information being received in accordance with selection of a first feedback button associated with the registered message; and

causing, when receiving a second feedback information for one of the comments managed by said management unit, the printer related to the received second feedback information to print the print data related to the managed message corresponding to the first feedback button, the second feedback information being received in accordance with selection of one of second feedback buttons associated with each of the managed comments.