Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

• US 9,552,044 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2012
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Hasuike, Kimitake, Hirano, Yasuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Amini, Javid A
• Application Number:
  US13/561,495
• Publication Number:
  US 20130257902A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,639 Days
• Field of Search: 345/619
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3231 Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/042 for monitor identification
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a specifying unit, an identification information obtaining unit, a state information obtaining unit, a display setting obtaining unit, and a processing unit. The specifying unit specifies data displayed on a display screen. The identification information obtaining unit obtains identification information identifying an operator who performs an operation on the data on the display screen. The state information obtaining unit obtains state information representing a display state of an operation unit, which is used for performing an operation on the data on the display screen. The display setting obtaining unit obtains setting about display of the operation unit. The processing unit performs, when a predetermined storage operation of storing a display state of the operation unit is performed by the operator, a process of storing the state information in association with the specified data and the identification information.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising a memory, and at least one microprocessor configured to:

receive, from a first operation apparatus, when a storage operation of storing a UI state of at least one UI item, which is used for performing an operation on a document file displayed on a display screen of the first operation apparatus, is performed by an operator, the document file, document file identification information, operator identification information, and UI state information of the document file, the UI state information representing a UI state of the at least one UI item;

receive, from a second operation apparatus, when a reproduction operation of reproducing a UI state of at least one UI item, which is used for performing an operation on the document file displayed on a display screen of the second operation apparatus, is performed by the operator, the document file information and the operation identification information;

store, in the memory, the document file in association with the document file identification information, and store the UI state information in association with the document file identification information and the operator identification information when the document file, the document file identification information, the operator identification information, and the UI state information are received from the first operation apparatus, and

transmit, when the document file identification information and the operator identification information are received from the second operation apparatus, the document file and the UI state information to the second operation apparatus so that the document file stored in the memory in association with the document file identification information is displayed on the display screen of the second operation apparatus, and so that the at least one UI item is displayed on the display screen of the second operation apparatus in the UI state represented by the UI state information stored in the memory in association with the document file identification information and the operator identification information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display screen of the first operation apparatus is different from the display screen of the second operation apparatus,

the operator identification information received from the first operation apparatus identifies an operator who performs an operation on the document file on the display screen of the second operation apparatus, and

the second operation apparatus performs, when a reproduction operation of reproducing a UI state is performed by the operator of the second operation apparatus, a process of displaying the document file in association with at least one UI item on the display screen of the second operation apparatus in the UI state represented by the UI state information stored in association with the document file and the operator identification information.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the at least one microprocessor is further configured to:

obtain characteristic information representing a characteristic of the display screen of the second operation apparatus or a characteristic of the second operation apparatus, and

the second operation apparatus performs, when the reproduction operation is performed by the operator, a process of displaying the at least one UI item on the display screen of the second operation apparatus in a new display state, which is obtained by performing, in accordance with the characteristic information, a conversion process on the UI state represented by the UI state information stored in association with the document file and the operator identification information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the conversion process is a process of reducing the number of UI items arranged in the UI state.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the conversion process is a process of changing an order in which UI items are arranged in the UI state.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the conversion process is a process of changing a display position or form of the at least one UI item.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein at least one microprocessor performs, when the storage operation is performed by the operator, a process of storing, in association with the document file and the document file identification information but separately from the document file, the UI state information.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one microprocessor is further configured to:

obtain the document file displayed on the display screen of the first operation apparatus, and

perform a process of storing the document file such that the document file identification information and the UI state information are added to the document file.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the process of storing the UI state information comprises storing the position of the at least one UI item on the display, the order of the at least one UI item on the display, and information indicating whether a UI item of the at least one UI item is to be displayed, in association with the operator identification information and the document file identification information.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein at least one microprocessor is configured to:

perform, when a reproduction operation of reproducing a UI state of the at least one UI item is performed by the operator of the second operation apparatus, a process of displaying the at least one UI item on the display screen of the second operation apparatus in the UI state represented by the UI state information stored in association with the document file and the operator identification information, and

perform, when the reproduction operation is performed by the operator of the second operation apparatus, a process of displaying the at least one UI item on the display screen of the second operation apparatus in a new UI state, which is obtained by performing, in accordance with characteristic information, a conversion process on the UI state represented by the UI state information stored in association with the document file and the operator identification information, and

wherein the conversion process comprises performing at least one of a process of reducing the number of UI items arranged in the at least one UI item, a process of changing an order in which the at least one UI item are arranged in the UI, and a process of changing a display position or form of the at least one UI item.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the UI state information comprises a position of UI items on the display, an order of UI items on the display, and information indicating whether an item of the UI items is to be displayed.

9. An information processing system comprising:

a first operation apparatus configured to perform an operation on a document file;

a second operation apparatus configured to perform an operation on the document file; and

a management apparatus configured to manage the document file,

the first operation apparatus including at least one microprocessor configured to;

transmit, when a storage operation of storing a UI state of at least one UI item, which is used for performing an operation on the document file displayed on a display screen of the first operation apparatus, is performed by an operator, the document file, first identification information identifying the document file, second identification information identifying the operator, and UI state information of the document file, the UI state information representing a UI state of the at least one UI item,

the second operation apparatus including at least one microprocessor configured to;

transmit, when a reproduction operation of reproducing a UI state of at least one UI item, which is used for performing an operation on the document file displayed on a display screen of the second operation apparatus, is performed by the operator, the first identification information identifying the document file and the second identification information identifying the operator, and

the management apparatus including;

a memory configured to store the document file in association with the first identification information and store the UI state information in association with the first identification information and the second identification information when the document file, the first identification information, the second identification information, and the UI state information are transmitted by the first operation apparatus, and

at least one microprocessor configured to transmit, when the first identification information and the second identification information are transmitted by the second operation apparatus, the document file to the second operation apparatus so that the document file stored in the memory in association with the first identification information is displayed on the display screen of the second operation apparatus, and the UI state information to the second operation apparatus so that the at least one UI item is displayed on the display screen of the second operation apparatus in the UI state represented by the UI state information stored in the memory in association with the first identification information and the second identification information.

10. An information processing method comprising:

receiving, from a first operation apparatus, when a storage operation of storing a UI state of at least one UI item, which is used for performing an operation on a document file displayed on a display screen of the first operation apparatus, is performed by an operator, the document file, document file identification information, operator identification information, and UI state information of the document file, the UI state information representing a UI state of the at least one UI item;

receiving, from a second operation apparatus, when a reproduction operation of reproducing a UI state of at least one UI item, which is used for performing an operation on the document file displayed on a display screen of the second operation apparatus, is performed by the operator, the document file information and the operation identification information;

storing, in a memory, the document file in association with the document file identification information, and storing the UI state information in association with the document file identification information and the operator identification information when the document file, the document file identification information, the operator identification information, and the UI state information are received from the first operation apparatus, and

transmitting, when the document file identification information and the operator identification information are received from the second operation apparatus, the document file and the UI state information to the second operation apparatus so that the document file stored in the memory in association with the document file identification information is displayed on the display screen of the second operation apparatus, and so that the at least one UI item is displayed on the display screen of the second operation apparatus in the UI state represented by the UI state information stored in the memory in association with the document file identification information and the operator identification information.

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

receiving, from a first operation apparatus, when a storage operation of storing a UI state of at least one UI item, which is used for performing an operation on a document file displayed on a display screen of the first operation apparatus, is performed by an operator, the document file, document file identification information, operator identification information, and UI state information of the document file, the UI state information representing a UI state of the at least one UI item;

receiving, from a second operation apparatus, when a reproduction operation of reproducing a UI state of at least one UI item, which is used for performing an operation on the document file displayed on a display screen of the second operation apparatus, is performed by the operator, the document file information and the operation identification information;

storing, in a memory, the document file in association with the document file identification information, and storing the UI state information in association with the document file identification information and the operator identification information when the document file, the document file identification information, the operator identification information, and the UI state information are received from the first operation apparatus, and

transmitting, when the document file identification information and the operator identification information are received from the second operation apparatus, the document file and the UI state information to the second operation apparatus so that the document file stored in the memory in association with the document file identification information is displayed on the display screen of the second operation apparatus, and so that the at least one UI item is displayed on the display screen of the second operation apparatus in the UI state represented by the UI state information stored in the memory in association with the document file identification information and the operator identification information.

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

receiving, from a first operation apparatus, when a storage operation of storing a UI state of at least one UI item, which is used for performing an operation on a document file displayed on a display screen of the first operation apparatus, is performed by an operator, the document file, document file identification information, operator identification information, and UI state information of the document file, the UI state information representing a UI state of the at least one UI item;

receiving, from a second operation apparatus, when a reproduction operation of reproducing a UI state of at least one UI item, which is used for performing an operation on the document file displayed on a display screen of the second operation apparatus, is performed by the operator, the document file information and the operation identification information;

storing, in a memory, when a storage operation of storing a UI state of the at least one UI item is performed by the operator of the first operation apparatus, the document file such that the document file identification information and the UI state information are added to the document file, and

transmitting, when the document file identification information and the operator identification information are received from the second operation apparatus, the document file and the UI state information to the second operation apparatus so that the document file stored in the memory in association with the document file identification information is displayed on the display screen of the second operation apparatus, and so that the at least one UI item is displayed on the display screen of the second operation apparatus in the UI state represented by the UI state information stored in the memory in association with the document file identification information and the operator identification information.