Data processing apparatus and display processing method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHaruo Machida
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Abstract
There is disclosed a data processing apparatus which uses a visual element to recognizably provide a system environment which flexibly and quickly changes in response to any request for the grasping of the constitution and operation situation of the entire system or the constitution and operation situation of a favorite device registered by each user.
Claims76
A data processing apparatus which can communicate with a plurality of data processing apparatuses via a network, the data processing apparatus comprising:
- first obtaining means for obtaining first information on the plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network;
- first display means for displaying icons indicating the plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network on a display based on said first information;
- selecting means for selecting a desired data processing apparatus from the plurality of data processing apparatuses;
- second display means for displaying the icon indicating the data processing apparatus selected by said selecting means on the display;
- display selecting means for selecting either of the display by said first display means and the display by said second display means;
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- switch control means for switching the display by said first display means and the display by said second display means in accordance with the selection by said display selecting means.
A data processing apparatus which can communicate with other data processing apparatuses via a network, the data processing apparatus comprising:
- obtaining means for obtaining information of a plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network;
- and
- display control means for displaying icons indicating the plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network in a first area of a display, and displaying an icon indicating a data processing apparatus selected from the plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network in a second area different from said first area of said display, based on said information obtained by said obtaining means.
A display processing method in a data processing apparatus which can communicate with a plurality of data processing apparatuses via a network, the display processing method comprising:
- a first obtaining step of obtaining first information on the plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network;
- a first display step of displaying icons indicating the plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network on a display based on said first information;
- a selecting step of selecting a desired data processing apparatus from the plurality of data processing apparatuses;
- a second display step of displaying the icon indicating the data processing apparatus selected by said selecting step on the display;
- a display selecting step of selecting either of the display by said first display step and the display by said second display step;
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- a switch control step of switching the display by said first display step and the display by said second display step in accordance with the selection by said display selecting step.
A display processing method in a data processing apparatus which can communicate with other data processing apparatuses via a network, the display processing method comprising:
- an obtaining step of obtaining information of a plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network;
- and
- a display control step of displaying icons indicating the plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network in a first area of a display, and displaying an icon indicating a data processing apparatus selected from the plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network in a second area different from said first area of said display, based on said information obtained by said obtaining step.
A computer-readable memory medium that stores a display processing program of a data processing apparatus which can communicate with a plurality of data processing apparatuses via a network, said display processing program comprising the steps of:
- a first obtaining step of obtaining first information on the plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network;
- a first display step of displaying icons indicating the plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network on a display based on said first information;
- a selecting step of selecting a desired data processing apparatus from the plurality of data processing apparatuses;
- a second display step of displaying the icon indicating the data processing apparatus selected by said selecting step on the display;
- a display selecting step of selecting either of the display by said first display step and the display by said second display step;
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- a switch control step of switching the display by said first display step and the display by said second display step in accordance with the selection by said display selecting step.
A computer-readable memory medium that stores a display processing program of a data processing apparatus which can communicate with other data processing apparatuses via a network, the display processing program comprising the steps of:
- an obtaining step of obtaining information of a plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network;
- and
- a display control step of displaying icons indicating the plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network in a first area of a display, and displaying an icon indicating a data processing apparatus selected from the plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network in a second area different from said first area of said display, based on said information obtained by said obtaining step.
A display processing program of a data processing apparatus which can communicate with a plurality of data processing apparatuses via a network, the display processing program comprising:
- a first obtaining step of obtaining first information on the plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network;
- a first display step of displaying icons indicating the plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network on a display based on said first information;
- a selecting step of selecting a desired data processing apparatus from the plurality of data processing apparatuses;
- a second display step of displaying the icon indicating the data processing apparatus selected by said selecting step on the display;
- a display selecting step of selecting either of the display by said first display step and the display by said second display step;
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- a switch control step of switching the display by said first display step and the display by said second display step in accordance with the selection by said display selecting step.
A display processing program of a data processing apparatus which can communicate with other data processing apparatuses via a network, the display processing program comprising the steps of:
- an obtaining step of obtaining information of a plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network;
- and
- a display control step of displaying icons indicating the plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network in a first area of a display, and displaying an icon indicating a data processing apparatus selected from the plurality of data processing apparatuses connected to the network in a second area different from said first area of said display, based on said information obtained by said obtaining step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.