Information processing system, client apparatus, server apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium

• US 9,451,016 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2013
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Takumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Chea, Philip
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chen, Wuji
• Application Number:
  US14/107,753
• Publication Number:
  US 20140379781A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,009 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality

Abstract

An information processing system includes a server apparatus and a client apparatus. The server apparatus includes the following components. An execution unit executes first applications. An execution controller causes, when a second application is executed, the execution unit to execute one of the first applications corresponding to the second application. A generation unit generates a first screen based on the first application. A transmission unit transmits information representing the first screen. The client apparatus includes the following components. A request unit requests execution of the first and second applications. A first acquisition unit acquires the information representing the first screen. A second acquisition unit acquires information representing a second screen based on the second application. A display displays the first screen. A display controller causes, when the first screen includes the image of the first application corresponding to the second application, the display to display the second screen.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising:

a server apparatus;

and a client apparatus,

the server apparatus including at least one first processor configured to implement;

an execution unit that executes a plurality of first applications each of which makes a display request to display a corresponding image;

an execution controller that, in a case where a second application which is an application of a different type from the first applications and for which an execution request has been made by the client apparatus is executed by the server apparatus, causes the execution unit to execute one of the first applications that corresponds to the second application;

a decision unit that decides upon an order in which images, for which the display requests have been made as a result of the plurality of first applications being executed by the execution unit, are to be viewed by a viewer, wherein the order is decided based on at least one of a time each of the display requests is made and display urgency information supplied with each of the display requests;

a generation unit that generates a first screen from the images in accordance with the order decided by the decision unit; and

a transmission unit that transmits information representing the first screen generated by the generation unit to the client apparatus, the client apparatus including;

at least one second processor configured to implement;

a request unit that makes an execution request to execute any one of the first applications and an execution request to execute the second application;

a first acquisition unit that acquires the information representing the first screen from the server apparatus; and

a second acquisition unit that acquires information representing a second screen generated as a result of the second application being executed by the server apparatus; and

a display configured to display the first screen,

wherein the at least one second processor is further configured to implement a display controller that, in a case where the first screen includes the image of the one of the first applications that corresponds to the second application, causes the display to display the second screen generated as a result of the second application being executed.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one first processor is further configured to implement a notification unit that notifies the client apparatus of identification information of the first application that has made the display request for the image displayed in the first screen, and

wherein in a case where the identification information which the client apparatus is notified of by the notification unit is identification information of the one of the first applications that corresponds to the second application, the display controller of the client apparatus causes the display to display the second screen generated as a result of the second application being executed.

3. The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein

the generation unit generates, in accordance with the order decided by the decision unit, the first screen in which the images are superposed with one another from a far-from-viewer side to a close-to-viewer side in a direction in which the viewer views the images, and

the notification unit notifies the client apparatus of identification information of the first application that has made the display request for the image displayed at a closest-to-viewer position in the direction in the first screen.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the image of the one of the first applications that corresponds to the second application is an image that informs the viewer that the second screen is to be displayed.

5. The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein the image of the one of the first applications that corresponds to the second application is an image that informs the viewer that the second screen is to be displayed.

6. The information processing system according to claim 3, wherein the image of the one of the first applications that corresponds to the second application is an image that informs the viewer that the second screen is to be displayed.

7. A client apparatus configured to communicate with a server apparatus, the server apparatus including an execution unit that executes a plurality of first applications each of which makes a display request to display a corresponding image, an execution controller that, in a case where a second application is executed by the server apparatus, causes the execution unit to execute one of the first applications that corresponds to the second application, a decision unit that decides upon an order in which images, for which the display requests have been made as a result of the plurality of first applications being executed by the execution unit, are to be viewed by a viewer, the order being decided based on at least one of a time each of the display requests is made and display urgency information supplied with each of the display requests, a generation unit that generates a first screen from the images in accordance with the order decided by the decision unit, and a transmission unit that transmits information representing the first screen generated by the generation unit, the client apparatus comprising:

at least one processor configured to implement;

a request unit that makes an execution request to execute any one of the first applications and an execution request to execute the second application;

a first acquisition unit that acquires the information representing the first screen from the server apparatus; and

a second acquisition unit that acquires information representing a second screen generated as a result of the second application being executed by the server apparatus; and

a display that displays the first screen,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to implement a display controller that, in a case where the first screen includes the image of the one of the first applications that corresponds to the second application, causes the display to display the second screen generated as a result of the second application being executed.

8. A server apparatus configured to communicate with a client apparatus, the client apparatus including a request unit that makes an execution request to execute any one of a plurality of first applications and an execution request to execute a second application, a first acquisition unit that acquires information representing a first screen generated as a result of the first application being executed, a second acquisition unit that acquires information representing a second screen generated as a result of the second application being executed by the server apparatus, a display that displays the first screen, and a display controller that, in a case where the first screen includes an image of one of the first applications that corresponds to the second application, causes the display to display the second screen generated as a result of the second application being executed, the server apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to implement:

an execution unit that executes the plurality of first applications each of which makes a display request to display a corresponding image;

an execution controller that, in a case where the second application for which the execution request has been made by the client apparatus is executed by the server apparatus, causes the execution unit to execute the one of the first applications that corresponds to the second application;

a decision unit that decides upon an order in which images, for which the display requests have been made as a result of the plurality of first applications being executed by the execution unit, are to be viewed by a viewer, wherein the order is decided based on at least one of a time each of the display requests is made and display urgency information supplied with each of the display requests;

a generation unit that generates the first screen from the images in accordance with the order decided by the decision unit; and

a transmission unit that transmits the information representing the first screen generated by the generation unit to the client apparatus.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the computer being configured to communicate with a server apparatus including an execution unit that executes a plurality of first applications each of which makes a display request to display a corresponding image, an execution controller that, in a case where a second application is executed by the server apparatus, causes the execution unit to execute one of the first applications that corresponds to the second application, a decision unit that decides upon an order in which images, for which the display requests have been made as a result of the plurality of first applications being executed by the execution unit, are to be viewed by a viewer, the order being decided based on at least one of a time each of the display requests is made and display urgency information supplied with each of the display requests, a generation unit that generates a first screen from the images in accordance with the order decided by the decision unit, and a transmission unit that transmits information representing the first screen generated by the generation unit, the process comprising:

making an execution request to execute any one of the first applications and an execution request to execute the second application;

acquiring the information representing the first screen from the server apparatus;

acquiring information representing a second screen generated as a result of the second application being executed by the server apparatus;

displaying the first screen; and

causing, in a case where the first screen includes the image of the one of the first applications that corresponds to the second application, the display to display the second screen generated as a result of the second application being executed.