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US 12,596,466 B2Granted
Information processing apparatus, controlling method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKenta Inoue
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Abstract
There are provided an information processing apparatus, a controlling method, and a storage medium, which are capable of suppressing a decrease in operating efficiency in a case of using an external service. To this end, connection to an external service is established based on connection information associated with a menu screen to be displayed on a display unit.
Claims17
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a display control unit capable of selectively displaying a plurality of menu screens including a first menu screen and a second menu screen different from the first menu screen on a display unit, wherein buttons to perform a plurality of functions including a copy function and a scan function can be displayed on the first menu screen and buttons to perform a plurality of functions including a copy function and a scan function can be displayed on the second menu screen;
- an association unit configured to associate the first menu screen with first authentication information to establish connection to an external service and associate the second menu screen with second authentication information different from the first authentication information to establish the connection to the external service;
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- a connection unit configured to establish the connection to the external service based on the first authentication information associated with the first menu screen displayed on the display unit in a case where an instruction to connect to the external service is accepted on the first menu screen and establish the connection to the external service based on the second authentication information associated with the second menu screen displayed on the display unit in a case where the instruction to connect to the external service is accepted on the second menu screen.
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A method of controlling an information processing apparatus provided with
- a display control unit capable of selectively displaying a plurality of menu screens including a first menu screen and a second menu screen different from the first menu screen on a display unit, wherein buttons to perform a plurality of functions including a copy function and a scan function can be displayed on the first menu screen and buttons to perform a plurality of functions including a copy function and a scan function can be displayed on the second menu screen,
- the method of controlling the information apparatus comprising:
- an associating step of associating the first menu screen with first authentication information to establish connection to an external service and associating the second menu screen with second authentication information different from the first authentication information to establish the connection to the external service;
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- a connecting step of establishing the connection to the external service based on the first authentication information associated with the first menu screen displayed on the display unit in a case where an instruction to connect to the external service is accepted on the first menu screen and establishing the connection to the external service based on the second authentication information associated with the second menu screen displayed on the display unit in a case where the instruction to connect to the external service is accepted on the second menu screen.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling an information processing apparatus provided with
- a display control unit capable of selectively displaying a plurality of menu screens including a first menu screen and a second menu screen different from the first menu screen on a display unit, wherein buttons to perform a plurality of functions including a copy function and a scan function can be displayed on the first menu screen and buttons to perform a plurality of functions including a copy function and a scan function can be displayed on the second menu screen,
- the storage medium causing the computer to execute the method of controlling the information processing apparatus comprising:
- an associating step of associating the first menu screen with first authentication information to establish connection to an external service and associating the second menu screen with second authentication information different from the first authentication information to establish the connection to the external service;
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- a connecting step of establishing the connection to the external service based on the first authentication information associated with the first menu screen displayed on the display unit in a case where an instruction to connect to the external service is accepted on the first menu screen and establishing the connection to the external service based on the second authentication information associated with the second menu screen displayed on the display unit in a case where the instruction to connect to the external service is accepted on the second menu screen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.