Data management device, image output device, data management method and computer program product
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsTakeshi Morikawa, Daisetsu Tohyama
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Abstract
An image forming device includes a plurality of boxes, an active job database for storing job information about jobs, a job list generation portion for generating and displaying a job list screen for a user to select one of jobs, a relation box decision portion for deciding a box that is related to the job selected by the user, and a data list generation portion for performing the process of generating and displaying a data list screen that is a list of files stored in the decided box.
Claims19
A data management device for managing data that are used for performing a predetermined process, the device comprising:
- a plurality of storage areas for storing the data;
- a job information storage portion for storing job information about jobs of the predetermined process;
- a job list display portion for performing a process for displaying a job list screen for a user to select one of the jobs in accordance with the job information;
- a related storage area decision portion for deciding the storage area that is related to the job selected by the user;
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- a display portion for performing a process for displaying a screen about the decided storage area.
An image output device comprising:
- a plurality of storage areas for storing output data that are data for outputting an image;
- a job information storage portion for storing job information about jobs of a process for outputting an image;
- a job list display portion for performing a process for displaying a job list screen for a user to select one of the jobs in accordance with the job information;
- a related storage area decision portion for deciding the storage area that is related to the job selected by the user on the job list screen in accordance with the job information of the job;
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- a display portion for performing a process for displaying a screen about the decided storage area.
A data management method for managing data that are used for performing a predetermined process in a storage device having a plurality of storage areas, the method comprising:
- a first step for storing job information about jobs of the predetermined process in a job information storage portion;
- a second step for performing a process for displaying a job list screen for a user to select one of the jobs in accordance with the job information;
- a third step for deciding the storage area that is related to the job selected by the user;
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- a fourth step for performing a process for displaying a screen about the decided storage area.
A computer program product that is used in a computer for managing a storage device having a plurality of storage areas, the computer program product makes the computer execute processes including:
- a storage process for storing job information about jobs of a predetermined process in a job information storage portion;
- a first display process for displaying a job list screen for a user to select one of the jobs in accordance with the job information;
- a decision process for deciding the storage area that is related to the job selected by the user;
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- a second display process for displaying a screen about the decided storage area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.