Information processing apparatus configured to detect settings in a conflicting relation, information processing method, and information processing system

An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus including a memory and a processor, the information processing method comprising:

• accessing, via a browser, a Web application installed in an external apparatus to obtain, from the external apparatus, a screen to be displayed and one or more scripts to execute;
• and
• executing the one or more scripts on the browser such that, when the information processing apparatus executes a processing request received, via the browser, from the Web application associated with the external apparatus, the one or more scripts are configured to,
• obtain, externally from the Web application associated with the external apparatus, setting information prescribing therein setting conditions set on the Web application, the setting conditions having setting values associated therewith that are selectable by a user for each of the setting conditions, the setting values initially having initial setting values associated therewith,
• obtain, internally from the memory, conflict information indicating at least a conflict, in the setting information obtained externally from the Web application, between the setting values associated with a first one of the setting conditions and the setting values associated with a second one of the setting conditions that conflict when simultaneously set during execution of the processing requested via the browser,
• detect the conflict between the setting values for different setting items included in the setting information obtained externally from the Web application based on the conflict information obtained internally from the memory such that the information processing apparatus detects the conflict when the information processing apparatus executes the processing request,
• display, via a display device, a screen display information including information associated with the conflict between the setting values for different setting items included in the setting information, and requesting an input setting from the user, the input setting being associated with the conflict between the setting values for different setting items included in the setting information, and
• receive, from the user, the input setting,
• wherein the information processing apparatus is one of a plurality of information processing apparatuses each having unique conflict information internally stored in respective ones of the information processing apparatuses such that, upon execution of the one or more scripts obtained from the external apparatus, each of the plurality of information processing apparatuses is configured to,
• obtain the setting information from the external apparatus, and
• ascertain whether the setting information externally obtained from the external apparatus conflict based on the unique conflict information stored internally in the respective ones of the information processing apparatuses.

An information processing system comprising:

• an external apparatus;
• and
• an information processing apparatus connected to the external apparatus via a network the information processing apparatus including a memory and a processor, the memory including computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, configures the processor to,
• access, via a browser, a Web application installed in the external apparatus to obtain, from the external apparatus, a screen to be displayed and one or more scripts, and
• execute the one or more scripts on the browser such that, when the information processing apparatus executes a processing request received, via the browser, from the Web application associated with the external apparatus, the one or more scripts are configured to,
• obtain, externally from the Web application associated with the external apparatus, setting information prescribing setting conditions set on the Web application, the setting conditions having setting values associated therewith that are selectable by a user for each of the setting conditions, the setting values each initially having initial setting values associated therewith;
• obtain, internally from the memory, conflict information indicating at least a conflict, in the setting information obtained externally from the Web Application, between the setting values associated with a first one of the setting conditions and the setting values associated with a second one of the setting conditions that conflict when simultaneously set during execution of the processing requested via the browser;
• detect the conflict between the setting values for different setting items included in the setting information obtained externally from the Web Application based on the conflict information obtained internally from the memory such that the information processing apparatus detects the conflict when the information processing apparatus executes the processing request;
• display, via a display device, a screen display information including information associated with the conflict between the setting values for different setting items included in the setting information, and requesting an input setting from a user, the input setting being associated with the conflict between the setting values for different setting items included in the setting information;
• and
• receive, from the user, the input setting,
• wherein the information processing apparatus is one of a plurality of information processing apparatuses each having unique conflict information internally stored in respective ones of the information processing apparatuses such that, upon execution of the one or more scripts obtained from the external apparatus, each of the plurality of information processing apparatuses is configured to,
• obtain the setting information from the external apparatus, and
• ascertain whether the setting information externally obtained from the external apparatus conflict based on the unique conflict information stored internally in the respective ones of the information processing apparatuses.