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US 11,457,112 B2Granted
Information processing terminal, information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium to display printer screen
AssigneeSato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoichi Saito
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Abstract
An information processing terminal capable of communicating with a server, the information processing terminal including: a request unit configured to request a server to acquire first information that have been displayed on a display screen of a printer capable of communicating with the server; an acquisition unit configured to acquire the first information from the server based on a request from the request unit; and a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display the first information acquired by the acquisition unit.
Claims14
An information processing terminal capable of communicating with printers and a server through a network, the information processing terminal comprising a processor configured to:
- receive an input of selecting a printer among a list of printers acquired from the server, when the information processing terminal is unable to access the printer, the list of printers including an equipment name and status information of each of the printers;
- request the server to acquire information regarding the selected printer and information displayed on a screen of the selected printer;
- acquire the information regarding the selected printer and the information displayed on the screen of the selected printer from the server based on a request from the processor;
- and
- control a display of the information processing terminal to display operation status information of the selected printer, time information of replacement for consumable parts being used in the selected printer, and information displayed on the screen of the selected printer, based on the information acquired by the processor,
- wherein the display is controlled to display an image of a plurality of hard buttons of the selected printer and emulate a layout of the plurality of hard buttons such that a user operates the selected printer by selecting a button in the image of the plurality of hard buttons,
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- control the server such that, in response to the user selecting the button among the plurality of hard buttons in the image, the selected printer updates status to generate and transmit a screen image to the server, and
- control the display of the information processing terminal to display the screen image of the selected printer.
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An information processing terminal capable of communicating with a server, the information processing terminal comprising a processor configured to:
- request a server to acquire first information that have been displayed on a display screen of a printer capable of communicating with the server;
- acquire the first information from the server based on a request from the processor;
- control a display of the information processing terminal to display the first information acquired by the processor;
- request the server to display a plurality of operation targets of the printer on a display of a user terminal device capable of communicating with the server, such that a display style of a selected operation target is different from that of the other operation target(s) among the plurality of operation targets;
- acquire third information from the server, the third information being updated from the first information based on an operation with respect to the selected operation target that has been displayed on the display of the user terminal device;
- and
- control the display of the information processing terminal to display the third information acquired by the processor.
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An information processing method performed by an information processing terminal capable of communicating with printers and a server through a network, the information processing method comprising:
- a reception step of receiving an input of selecting a printer among a list of printers acquired from the server, when the information processing terminal is unable to access the printer, the list of printers including an equipment name and status information of each of the printers;
- a request step for requesting the server to acquire information regarding the selected printer and information displayed on a screen of the selected printer;
- an acquisition step for acquiring the information regarding the selected printer and the information displayed on the screen of the selected printer from the server based on a request made in the request step;
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- a display control step for controlling a display of the information processing terminal to display operation status information of the selected printer, time information of replacement for consumable parts being used in the selected printer, and information displayed on the screen of the selected printer, based on the information acquired by the acquisition step,
- wherein the display control step includes:
- controlling the display to display an image of a plurality of hard buttons of the selected printer and emulate a layout of the plurality of hard buttons such that a user operates the selected printer by selecting a button in the image of the plurality of hard buttons,
- controlling the server such that, in response to the user selecting the button among the plurality of hard buttons in the image, the selected printer updates status to generate and transmit a screen image to the server, and
- controlling the display of the information processing terminal to display the screen image of the selected printer.
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An information processing method performed by an information processing terminal capable of communicating with a server, the information processing method comprising:
- a request step for requesting a server to acquire first information that have been displayed on a display screen of a printer capable of communicating with the server;
- an acquisition step for acquiring the first information from the server based on a request made in the request step;
- a display control step for controlling a display of the information processing terminal to display the first information acquired by the acquisition step;
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- a display style change request step for requesting the server to display a plurality of operation targets of the printer on a display of a user terminal device capable of communicating with the server, such that a display style of a selected operation target is different from that of the other operation target(s) among the plurality of operation targets,
- wherein the acquisition step acquires third information from the server, the third information being updated from the first information based on an operation with respect to the selected operation target that has been displayed on the display of the user terminal device, and
- wherein the display control step controls the display of the information processing terminal to display the third information acquired by the acquisition step.
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A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that includes a program for enabling a computer to perform a method in an information processing terminal capable of communicating with printers and a server through a network, the method comprising:
- a reception step of receiving an input of selecting a printer among a list of printers acquired from the server, when the information processing terminal is unable to access the printer, the list of printers including an equipment name and status information of each of the printers;
- a request step for requesting the server to acquire information regarding the selected printer and information displayed on a screen of the selected printer;
- an acquisition step for acquiring the information regarding the selected printer and the information displayed on the screen of the selected printer from the server based on a request made in the request step;
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- a display control step for controlling a display of the information processing terminal to display operation status information of the selected printer, time information of replacement for consumable parts being used in the selected printer, and information displayed on the screen of the selected printer, based on the information acquired by the acquisition step,
- wherein the display control step includes:
- controlling the display to display an image of a plurality of hard buttons of the selected printer and emulate a layout of the plurality of hard buttons such that a user operates the selected printer by selecting a button in the image of the plurality of hard buttons,
- controlling the server such that, in response to the user selecting the button among the plurality of hard buttons in the image, the selected printer updates status to generate and transmit a screen image to the server, and
- controlling the display of the information processing terminal to display the screen image of the selected printer.
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A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that includes a program for enabling a computer to perform a method in an information processing terminal capable of communicating with a server, the method comprising:
- a request step for requesting a server to acquire first information that have been displayed on a display screen of a printer capable of communicating with the server;
- an acquisition step for acquiring the first information from the server based on a request made in the request step;
- a display control step for controlling a display of the information processing terminal to display the first information acquired by the acquisition step;
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- a display style change request step for requesting the server to display a plurality of operation targets of the printer on a display of a user terminal device capable of communicating with the server, such that a display style of a selected operation target is different from that of the other operation target(s) among the plurality of operation targets,
- wherein the acquisition step acquires third information from the server, the third information being updated from the first information based on an operation with respect to the selected operation target that has been displayed on the display of the user terminal device, and
- wherein the display control step controls the display of the information processing terminal to display the third information acquired by the acquisition step.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.