# US 2023/0053390 A1 · Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and method therefor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0053390 A1 - Document ID: US20230053390A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/820,384 - Filed: 2022-08-17 - Published: 2023-02-23 - Earliest claimed: 2021-08-20 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Toru Sakaguchi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230053390A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/1423: {controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display} - G06F 3/1454: {involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay} - G06F 9/54: Interprogram communication - G09G 2358/00: Arrangements for display data security - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract A method performed by an information processing apparatus including a first display unit, and a terminal including a second display unit includes performing display control of screens to be displayed on the first display unit and the second display unit, wherein a first display control and a second display control are switchable in the display control, the first display control controlling a predetermined screen including secure information to be displayed on the first display unit and not to be displayed on the second display unit, and the second display control controlling the predetermined screen including the secure information to be displayed on the second display unit and not to be displayed on the first display unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method performed by an information processing apparatus including a first display unit, and a terminal including a second display unit, the method comprising: performing display control of screens to be displayed on the first display unit and the second display unit, wherein a first display control and a second display control are switchable in the display control, the first display control controlling a predetermined screen including secure information to be displayed on the first display unit and not to be displayed on the second display unit, and the second display control controlling the predetermined screen including the secure information to be displayed on the second display unit and not to be displayed on the first display unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: controlling, in the display control, in a case where the information processing apparatus receives an operation to display the predetermined screen, the predetermined screen to be displayed on the first display unit, and controlling information of the predetermined screen without transmitting to the terminal; and controlling, in a case where the terminal receives an operation to display the predetermined screen, the information of the predetermined screen to be transmitted to the terminal without displaying on the first display unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined screen is a screen to input security information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined screen is a screen on which a password is to be displayed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: controlling, in the display control, in a case where the information processing apparatus receives an operation to display the predetermined screen, the predetermined screen to be displayed on the first display unit, and controlling a screen different from the predetermined screen to be displayed on the second display unit; and controlling, in a case where the terminal receives an operation to display the predetermined screen, the predetermined screen to be displayed on the second display unit, and controlling a screen different from the predetermined screen to be displayed on the first display unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein a notice indicating that an operation is being received on another apparatus is displayed on the screen different from the predetermined screen. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising controlling, in the display control, in a case where an operation to display a screen different from the predetermined screen is received by the information processing apparatus or the terminal, the screen different from the predetermined screen to be displayed on the first display unit and the second display unit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus functions as a Virtual Network Computing (VNC) server and the terminal functions as a VNC client. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is an image forming apparatus including at least one of a print function and a scan function. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: controlling, in a case where the information processing apparatus receives an operation to display the predetermined screen, an operation to the predetermined screen is accepted by the information processing apparatus without accepting at the terminal, and controlling, in a case where the terminal receives an operation to display the predetermined screen, an operation to the predetermined screen is accepted by the terminal without accepting by the information processing apparatus. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where the terminal receives an operation, corresponding operation information is transmitted from the terminal to the information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus executes processing based on the operation information. ### Claim 12 An apparatus including a first display unit and configured to communicate with a terminal including a second display unit, the apparatus comprising: a memory; and at least one processor in communication with the memory, wherein the at least one processor performs display control of screens to be displayed on the first display unit and the second display unit, wherein a first display control and a second display control are switchable in the display control, the first display control controlling a predetermined screen including secure information to be displayed on the first display unit and not to be displayed on the second display unit, and the second display control controlling the predetermined screen including the secure information to be display on the second display unit and not to be displayed on the first display unit. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein, in the display control, in a case where the apparatus receives an operation to display the predetermined screen, the at least one processor controls the apparatus to display the predetermined screen on the first display unit without transmitting information of the predetermined screen to the terminal, and wherein, in a case where the terminal receives an operation to display the predetermined screen, the at least one processor controls the apparatus to transmit the information of the predetermined screen to the terminal without displaying the predetermined screen on the first display unit. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the predetermined screen is a screen to input security information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the predetermined screen is a screen on which a password is displayed. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein, in the display control, in a case where the apparatus receives an operation to display the predetermined screen, the at least one processor controls the apparatus to display the predetermined screen on the first display unit and controls the terminal to display a screen different from the predetermined screen on the second display unit, and wherein, in a case where the terminal receives an operation to display the predetermined screen, the at least one processor controls the terminal to display the predetermined screen on the second display and controls the apparatus to display a screen different from the predetermined screen on the first display unit. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the screen different from the predetermined screen displays a notice indicating that another apparatus is receiving an operation. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the apparatus functions as a VNC server, and the terminal functions as a VNC client. ### Claim 19 A method performed by a system comprising an information processing apparatus including a first display unit and a terminal including a second display unit, the method comprising: performing display control of screens to be displayed on the first display unit and the second display unit, and wherein a first display control and a second display control are switchable in the display control, the first display control controlling a predetermined screen including secure information to be displayed on the first display unit and not to be displayed on the second display unit, and the second display control controlling the predetermined screen including the secure information to be displayed on the second display unit and not to be displayed on the first display unit.