Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and method for information processing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSatoki Watariuchi
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Abstract
A configuration is provided in which in a case where a user operation is performed on an image forming apparatus or a data processing apparatus while the image forming apparatus and the data processing apparatus are operating in cooperation with each other, the automatic clearing timers of both the apparatuses are reset.
Claims19
An information processing apparatus configured to be capable of communicating with a terminal, the information processing apparatus including an operation unit,
- the information processing apparatus comprising:
- a counting unit configured to count a time during which no user operation on the operation unit of the information processing apparatus is accepted;
- a performing unit configured to perform an automatic clearing process in a case where a predetermined time is counted by the counting unit;
- and
- a resetting unit configured to reset the time, during which no user operation on the operation unit of the information processing apparatus is accepted, counted by the counting unit based on information based on a user operation accepted on an operation unit of the terminal different from the operation unit of the information processing apparatus even if the user operation is accepted on the operation unit of the terminal.
An information processing system including a terminal and an information processing apparatus including an operation unit,
- the information processing system comprising:
- a performing unit configured to perform an automatic clearing process in the information processing apparatus in response to a predetermined time counted in a state in which a predetermined condition is satisfied,
- wherein the predetermined condition includes a condition that no user operation on the operation unit of the information processing apparatus is accepted, and
- wherein the time counted is reset based on information based on a user operation accepted on an operation unit of the terminal different from the operation unit of the information processing apparatus even if the user operation is accepted on the operation unit of the terminal.
A method for an information processing apparatus configured to be capable of communicating with a terminal, the information processing apparatus including an operation unit,
- the method comprising:
- counting a time during which no user operation on the operation unit of the information processing apparatus is accepted;
- performing an automatic clearing process in a case where a predetermined time is counted in the counting;
- and
- resetting the time, during which no user operation on the operation unit of the information processing apparatus is accepted, counted in the counting based on information based on a user operation accepted on an operation unit of the terminal different from the operation unit of the information processing apparatus even if the user operation is accepted on the operation unit of the terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.