Information processing device, information processing method, and computer-readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10425543-B2
Application number	US-201815922031-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2018
Priority date	Mar 16, 2017
Publication date	Sep 24, 2019
Grant date	Sep 24, 2019

Abstract

An information processing device includes a first generator configured to generate screen definition information that defines an input screen for inputting bibliographic information used in flow definition information that defines a workflow; a control unit configured to perform control such that the input screen based on the screen definition information is displayed on a display unit of an image forming apparatus; a first acquisition unit configured to, when first bibliographic information that is input from the input screen is bibliographic information on which second bibliographic information different from the first bibliographic information depends, acquire the second bibliographic information that is associated with the first bibliographic information from association information; and a transmitter configured to transmit the second bibliographic information that is acquired by the first acquisition unit, to the image forming apparatus to display the second bibliographic information on the input screen.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing device, comprising:
a first generator configured to generate screen definition information defining an input screen for inputting bibliographic information usable in flow definition information defining a workflow that is a flow of at least one process performable on image data;
a control unit configured to control of a display, of an image forming apparatus, to display the input screen based on the screen definition information;
a first acquisition unit configured to, upon first bibliographic information input from the input screen displayed being bibliographic information, on which second bibliographic information different from the first bibliographic information depends, receive the first bibliographic information and connection information from the image forming apparatus, generate a query from the first bibliographic information, and transmit the query based on the connection information, to acquire the second bibliographic information that is associated with the first bibliographic information; and
a transmitter configured to transmit the second bibliographic information, acquired by the first acquisition unit, to the image forming apparatus for display of the second bibliographic information on a second input screen, different from the input screen.

2. The information processing device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an integrator configured to integrate the bibliographic information set on the input screen, with the flow definition information; and
a processing unit configured to execute a process on the image data according to the flow definition information integrated with the bibliographic information.

3. The information processing device of claim 2 , further comprising a second acquisition unit configured to acquire the image data, input by the image forming apparatus, wherein
the processing unit is configured to execute a process on the image data acquired by the second acquisition unit, according to the flow definition information.

4. The information processing device of claim 2 , wherein the integrator is configured to replace a tag name defined in the flow definition information, with bibliographic information corresponding to the tag name among the bibliographic information set on the input screen, to integrate the bibliographic information.

5. The information processing device of claim 4 , further comprising a second generator configured to set a flow of at least one process performed on the image data, to generate the flow definition information, wherein
the second generator is configured to define, in the flow definition information, the tag name to allow the tag name to be replaced with at least a piece of bibliographic information among the bibliographic information set on the input screen.

6. The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein
the first generator is configured to set a query for extracting the second bibliographic information, associated with the first bibliographic information, from the association information, and
the first acquisition unit is configured to execute the query to association information, to extract and acquire the second bibliographic information from the association information.

7. The information processing device of claim 6 , wherein the first generator is configured to be able to set a query specifying bibliographic information that is dependency destination, with respect to each input item in the input screen based on the screen definition information.

8. An information processing method comprising:
generating screen definition information defining an input screen for inputting bibliographic information usable in flow definition information defining a workflow that is a flow of at least one process performable on image data;
controlling a display of an image forming apparatus to display the input screen based on the screen definition information;
receiving, upon first bibliographic information input from the input screen displayed being bibliographic information, on which second bibliographic information different from the first bibliographic information depends, the first bibliographic information and connection information from the image forming apparatus, generating a query from the first bibliographic information, and transmitting the query based on the connection information, to acquire the second bibliographic information that is associated with the first bibliographic information; and
transmitting the second bibliographic information acquired to the image forming apparatus for display of the second bibliographic information on a second input screen, different from the input screen.

9. The information processing method of claim 8 , further comprising:
integrating the bibliographic information set on the input screen, with the flow definition information; and
executing a process on the image data according to the flow definition information integrated with the bibliographic information.

10. The information processing method of claim 9 , further comprising second acquiring the image data, input by the image forming apparatus, wherein
during the executing, a process is executed on the image data acquired at the second acquiring, according to the flow definition information.

11. The information processing method of claim 9 , wherein during the integrating, a tag name defined in the flow definition information, is replaced with bibliographic information corresponding to the tag name among the bibliographic information set on the input screen, to integrate the bibliographic information.

12. The information processing method of claim 11 , further comprising:
setting a flow of at least one process performed on the image data, to generate the flow definition information, wherein
during the setting, the tag name to allow the tag name to be replaced with at least any piece of bibliographic information among the bibliographic information set on the input screen, is defined in the flow definition information.

13. The information processing method of claim 8 , wherein
during the generating, a query for extracting the second bibliographic information associated with the first bibliographic information, from the association information, is set, and
during the first acquiring, the query is executed to association information, to extract and acquire the second bibliographic information from the association information.

14. The information processing method of claim 13 , wherein during the generating, a query specifying bibliographic information that is dependency destination, is settable with respect to each input item in the input screen based on the screen definition information.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including programmed instructions that cause a computer to function as:
a first generator configured to generate screen definition information defining an input screen for inputting bibliographic information usable in flow definition information defining a workflow that is a flow of at least one process performable on image data;
a control unit configured to control a display of an image forming apparatus to display the input screen based on the screen definition information;
a first acquisition unit configured to, upon first bibliographic information input from the input screen displayed being bibliographic information on which second bibliographic information different from the first bibliographic information depends, receive the first bibliographic information and connection information from the image forming apparatus, generate a query from the first bibliographic

Assignees

• Kimura Takayuki
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kimura Takayuki

Classifications

• H04N1/00122

  of text or character information only · CPC title

• H04N1/00352 Primary

  Input means (H04N1/00411 takes precedence; input arrangements for computers G06F3/00) · CPC title

• G06F16/907

  Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually · CPC title

• G06F16/903

  Querying (for retrieval from the web G06F16/953) · CPC title

• G06F3/01

  Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer (G06F3/16 takes precedence) · CPC title