Information processing apparatus, network system, device-map display method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShigeo Nara
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus provides the user with a status of a device on a network correctly and efficiently to improve the work efficiency of the user. A display unit displays a device map according to information previously stored in a storage unit, when an application for displaying the device map (status of the device on the network) is activated, and re-displays the device map thereafter according to the latest information obtained by an obtaining unit.
Claims50
An information processing apparatus capable of activating an application for displaying information of a device on a network on a display screen, comprising:
- storage means for storing information of the device on the network in a resident memory;
- first display control means for displaying information of the device on the network on the display screen according to the information stored in the storage means, when the application is activated;
- obtaining means for obtaining information of the device on the network through the network when the application is activated;
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- second display control means for updating a content of the information displayed by the first display control means, according to the information obtained by the obtaining means.
An information processing method for displaying information of a device on a network on a display screen, comprising:
- a reading step of reading information of the device on the network from a resident memory;
- a first display control step of displaying information of the device on the network on the display screen according to the information stored in the resident memory, when the application is activated;
- an obtaining step of obtaining information of the device on the network through the network when the application is activated;
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- a second display control step of updating a content of the information displayed in the first display control step, according to the information obtained in the obtaining step.
A computer program for displaying information of a device on a network on a display screen, comprising:
- a reading step of reading information of the device on the network from a resident memory;
- a first display control step of displaying information of the device on the network on the display screen according to the information stored in the resident memory, when the application is activated;
- an obtaining step of obtaining information of the device on the network through the network when the application is activated;
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- a second display control step of updating a content of the information displayed in the first display control step, according to the information obtained in the obtaining step.
An information processing apparatus capable of activating an application for displaying information of a device on a network on a display screen, comprising:
- a storage unit for storing information of the device on the network in a resident memory;
- a first display control unit for displaying information of the device on the network on the display screen according to the information stored in the storage unit, when the application is activated;
- an obtaining unit for obtaining information of the device on the network through the network when the application is activated;
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- a second display control unit for updating a content of the information displayed by the first display control unit, according to the information obtained by the obtaining unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.