Information processing system for starting up a browser, user terminal, information processing device, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9578084-B2
Application number	US-201313788577-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2013
Priority date	Mar 14, 2012
Publication date	Feb 21, 2017
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017

Abstract

An information processing system comprises a user terminal and an information processing device. A remote operation screen image for remotely operating the information processing device is displayed with the user terminal so that the information processing device is operated by remote control via the user terminal. The information processing device includes: a screen image controlling part for receiving operation information from the user terminal; a contents determining part for determining if contents accessed by a browser are internal contents of the information processing device when the operation information is a process request requiring start up of the browser; and a browser controlling part for starting up a first browser on the information processing device when the internal contents are to be accessed, and sending a browser start up instruction to cause start up of a second browser installed on the user terminal when external contents are to be accessed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing system comprising a user terminal and an information processing device that allow communication therebetween, a remote operation screen image for remotely operating said information processing device being displayed with said user terminal so that said information processing device is operated by remote control via said user terminal, wherein
said information processing device includes:
a processor that:
creates the remote operation screen image to be displayed with said user terminal and sends the created remote operation screen image to said user terminal, and receives operation information based on an operation made on the remote operation screen image from said user terminal;
determines whether or not contents accessed by a browser to be run are internal contents stored in said information processing device or external contents stored outside the information processing device when the operation information received from said user terminal is a process request requiring start up of the browser; and
starts up a first browser on said information processing device, creates a display screen image displayed with said user terminal based on a display screen image showing the internal contents displayed by said first browser and sends the display screen image to said user terminal when it is determined that the internal contents are to be accessed, and sends a browser start up instruction to said user terminal and an instruction to acquire the external contents without going through said first browser after causing said user terminal to start up a second browser installed on said user terminal when it is determined that the external contents stored outside the information processing device are to be accessed, and
said user terminal includes:
a display part on which a variety of information is displayed; and
a processor that:
causes the remote operation screen image received from said information processing device to be displayed on said display part, and sends the operation information including the operation to start up said first browser on said information processing device based on user's operation to said information processing device with the remote operation screen image being displayed on said display part;
displays the display screen image on said display part when the display screen image that is created in response to the internal contents stored in said information processing device is received from said information processing device after sending said operation information; and
starts up said second browser on said user terminal and causes a display screen image showing the external contents stored outside said information processing device and acquired by said running second browser without going through said first browser to be displayed on said display part in response to receiving said browser start up instruction from said information processing device after sending the operation information.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
said processor of said information processing device further determines if the internal contents are private internal contents which are access restricted internal contents and are not acquired directly via access from outside the information processing device or open internal contents which are openly available and access to said open internal contacts from outside is not restricted when the contents accessed by the first browser are the internal contents, and
said processor of said information processing device starts said first browser up on said information processing device when it is determined that the internal contents to be accessed are the private internal contents, and sending said browser start up instruction to said user terminal when it is determined that the internal contents to be accessed are the open internal contents.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
said processor of said user terminal causes the display screen image showing the external contents acquired by said second browser to be displayed on said display part as a part of the remote operation screen image in response to start up of said second browser.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
said processor of said user terminal sends an instruction on print output to said information processing device in response to receiving an instruction on print output by a user with the remote operation screen image being displayed on said display part, and
said information processing device further includes:
an image forming part for producing print output based on the remote operation screen image being displayed with said user terminal in response to receiving said instruction on print output.

5. The information processing system according to claim 4 , wherein
said processor of said user terminal generates data for print output based on the display screen image showing the external contents acquired by said second browser and sends the generated data for print output to said information processing device together with said instruction on print output in response to receiving said instruction on print output by the user with the display screen image being displayed on said display part, and
said image forming part produces print output based on said data for print output received together with said instruction on print output.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor of said information processing device sends the internal contents to said user terminal after converting the internal contents into another data different from original data of the internal contents when the contents accessed by the first browser to be run are the internal contents stored in said information processing device.

7. The information processing system according to claim 6 , wherein the processor in said information processing device converts the internal contents into image data and then sends the image data to said user terminal.

8. A user terminal capable of establishing communication with an information processing device, said user terminal displaying a remote operation screen image for remotely operating said information processing device, thereby operating said information processing device by remote control, comprising:
a display part on which a variety of information is displayed; and
a processor that:
causes the remote operation screen image received from said information processing device to be displayed on said display part, and sends operation information including the operation to start up a first browser on said information processing device based on user's operation to said information processing device with the remote operation screen image being displayed on said display part;
displays a display screen image on said display part when the display screen image is created in response to contents being internal contents stored in said information processing device and when the display screen image is received from said information processing device after sending said operation information; and
starts up a second browser on said user terminal when the contents are external contents stored outside of said information processing device, and causes a display screen image showing the external contents stored outside said information processing device and acquired by said second browser without going through said first browser to be displayed on said display part in response to receiving a browser start up instruction from said information processing device when it is determined that the contents are the external contents stored outside the information processing device instea

Assignees

• Sakiyama Daisuke
• Yamada Masami
• Ohshima Atsushi
• Teramoto Keisuke
• Tamura Atsushi
• Hisada Yukina
• Konica Minolta Business Tech

Inventors

• Sakiyama Daisuke
• Yamada Masami
• Ohshima Atsushi
• Teramoto Keisuke
• Tamura Atsushi
• Hisada Yukina

Classifications

• H04N1/00464

  using browsers, i.e. interfaces based on mark-up languages · CPC title

• G06F3/1285

  Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server · CPC title

• H04N1/00204

  with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server (programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561) · CPC title

• H04N1/4413

  involving the use of passwords, ID codes or the like, e.g. PIN · CPC title

• H04N2201/0049

  By wire, cable or the like · CPC title