MESSAGE WINDOW DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT

• US 20070234221A1
• Filed: 03/12/2007
• Published: 10/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: ISHIBASHI, Yuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,266,541 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/759
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A disclosed technology is for controlling the operation of displaying message windows. Plural message windows are not displayed at the same time in response to plural requests being made to start displaying the same message window.

Claims

1. A message window display control apparatus comprising:

a display unit configured to display a message window;

a request unit configured to make a request to start or end displaying a message window; and

a display control unit configured to control the display unit not to display plural message windows at the same time in response to the request unit making plural requests to start displaying the same message window.

2. The message window display control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display requirement table indicating whether the message window needs to be displayed;

wherein

the display control unit refers to the display requirement table so that an error does not occur in response to the request unit making the request for which the message window does not need to be displayed.

3. The message window display control apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a display counter configured to count a number of the message windows being displayed; and

a request counter configured to count a number of the requests being made to start displaying the message window;

wherein

the display control unit reduces the number indicated by the display counter and the number indicated by the request counter in response to the error.

4. The message window display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the request unit makes the request to forcibly start or forcibly end displaying the message window.

5. The message window display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

a display requirement table indicating whether the message window needs to be displayed is referred to so that an error does not occur in response to the request unit making the request for which the message window does not need to be displayed.

6. A message window display control method comprising the step of:

refraining from displaying plural message windows at the same time in response to plural requests being made to start displaying the same message window.

7. The message window display control method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of:

reducing, in response to an error, a number indicated by a display counter configured to count the number of the message windows being displayed and a number indicated by a request counter configured to count the number of the requests being made to start displaying the message window.

8. The message window display control method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of:

making a request to forcibly start or forcibly end displaying the message window.

9. A program product that causes a computer to execute a procedure comprising the steps of:

displaying a message window;

making a request to start or end displaying the message window; and

refraining from displaying plural message windows at the same time in response to plural requests being made to start displaying the same message window.

10. The program product according to claim 9 that causes a computer to execute the procedure further comprising the step of:

referring to a display requirement table indicating whether the message window needs to be displayed so that an error does not occur in response to the request made for which the message window does not need to be displayed.

11. The program product according to claim 10 that causes a computer to execute the procedure further comprising the steps of:

counting a number of the message windows being displayed;

counting a number of the requests being made to start displaying the message window; and

reducing the number of the counted message windows and the number of the counted requests in response to the error.

12. The program product according to claim 9 that causes a computer to execute the procedure further comprising the step of:

making the request to forcibly start or forcibly end displaying the message window.