Method and system for displaying various messages while performing tasks or while idling
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTetsuro Motoyama, Hitoshi Sekine
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Abstract
A method, system and program product for implementing communication to transfer a message for display to a user to a target application unit using an electronic network message or e-mail. A message for display to a user of the application unit may be transferred from, for example, a message center connected to the application unit through a Wide Area Network (WAN) such as the Internet. The message may be displayed on a display window of the application unit when it is determined that a requested task of the application unit will require more than a predetermined amount of time, or the message may be displayed while the application unit is in an idle state.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- transferring a message for display from a first device to an application unit;
- storing, by the application unit, the message for display in a storage area;
- determining, by the application unit, one of (1) whether a requested task requires more than a predetermined amount of time for completion, and (2) whether the application unit is in an idle state;
- and
- transferring, by the application unit, the message for display from said storage area to a display device when the determining step determines that the requested task requires more than the predetermined amount of time for completion, or that the application unit is in an idle state,
- wherein the message for displaying is transferred to the application unit from the first device automatically, and not in response to a request by the application unit.
A system, comprising:
- a first device;
- and
- an application unit configured to store a message for display in a storage area, to determine one of (1) whether a requested task requires more than a predetermined amount of time for completion, and (2) whether the application unit is in an idle state, and to transfer said message for display from said storage area to a display device when the requested task requires more than the predetermined amount of time for completion, or when the application unit is in an idle state, wherein said first device is configured to transfer said message for display to said application unit automatically, and not in response to a request by said application unit.
A program product including a computer readable medium embodying program instructions for causing a system to perform the steps of:
- transferring a message for display from a first device to an application unit;
- storing, by the application unit, the message for display in a storage area;
- determining, by the application unit, one of (1) whether a requested task requires more than a predetermined amount of time for completion, and (2) or whether the application unit is in an idle state;
- and
- transferring, by the application unit, the message for display from said storage area to a display device when the step of determining determines that the requested task requires more than the predetermined amount of time for completion, or that the application unit is in an idle state,
- wherein the message for displaying is transferred to the application unit from the first device automatically, and not in response to a request by the application unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.