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US 12,625,654 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and image forming method
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorMakoto Yoshimi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a processor configured to: in a case where the image forming apparatus delegates a process to an external apparatus, acquire from the external apparatus to which the process is delegated, first information with regard to progress of the process delegated to the external apparatus; and present the acquired first information in a listing screen for information with regard to executed-process history.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- in a case where the image forming apparatus delegates a first process to an external apparatus to be performed by the external apparatus, acquire from the external apparatus, first information with regard to a progress of the first process delegated to the external apparatus;
- present concurrently in a listing screen (i) a progress of a second process being performed by the image forming apparatus and (ii) the progress of the first process based on the acquired first information;
- in a case where a coordination process for coordinating the second process performed by the image forming apparatus with the first process delegated to the external apparatus by the image forming apparatus is performed,
- acquire second information with regard to a progress of the second process performed by the image forming apparatus;
- and
- present the acquired first information and the acquired second information in association with each other;
- store information with regard to coordination-process history and connection information in association with each other, the connection information being used to establish connection to the external apparatus to which the first process is delegated;
- and
- acquire the first information again from the external apparatus to which the process is delegated, at one or more of the following time points:
- after the image forming apparatus returns to a normal state after entering a waiting state after the coordination process is performed, the waiting state being a state in which one or more functions of the image forming apparatus are restricted;
- and
- after the image forming apparatus is powered on after being powered off after the coordination process is performed.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer in an image forming apparatus to execute a process, the process comprising:
- in a case where the image forming apparatus delegates a first process to an external apparatus to be performed by the external apparatus, acquiring from the external apparatus, first information with regard to a progress of the first process delegated to the external apparatus;
- presenting concurrently in a listing screen (i) a progress of a second process being performed by the image forming apparatus and (ii) the progress of the first process based on the acquired first information;
- in a case where a coordination process for coordinating the second process performed by the image forming apparatus with the first process delegated to the external apparatus by the image forming apparatus is performed,
- acquiring second information with regard to a progress of the second process performed by the image forming apparatus;
- and
- presenting the acquired first information and the acquired second information in association with each other;
- storing information with regard to coordination-process history and connection information in association with each other, the connection information being used to establish connection to the external apparatus to which the first process is delegated;
- and
- acquiring the first information again from the external apparatus to which the process is delegated, at one or more of the following time points:
- after the image forming apparatus returns to a normal state after entering a waiting state after the coordination process is performed, the waiting state being a state in which one or more functions of the image forming apparatus are restricted;
- and
- after the image forming apparatus is powered on after being powered off after the coordination process is performed.
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An image forming method performed by using an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- in a case where the image forming apparatus delegates a first process to an external apparatus to be performed by the external apparatus, acquiring from the external apparatus, first information with regard to a progress of the first process delegated to the external apparatus;
- and
- presenting concurrently in a listing screen (i) a progress of a second process being performed by the image forming apparatus and (ii) the progress of the first process based on the acquired first information;
- in a case where a coordination process for coordinating the second process performed by the image forming apparatus with the first process delegated to the external apparatus by the image forming apparatus is performed,
- acquiring second information with regard to a progress of the second process performed by the image forming apparatus;
- and
- presenting the acquired first information and the acquired second information in association with each other;
- storing information with regard to coordination-process history and connection information in association with each other, the connection information being used to establish connection to the external apparatus to which the first process is delegated;
- and
- acquiring the first information again from the external apparatus to which the process is delegated, at one or more of the following time points:
- after the image forming apparatus returns to a normal state after entering a waiting state after the coordination process is performed, the waiting state being a state in which one or more functions of the image forming apparatus are restricted;
- and
- after the image forming apparatus is powered on after being powered off after the coordination process is performed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.