Terminal device, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer program for terminal device, and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9648140-B2
Application number	US-201414170090-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2014
Priority date	Mar 11, 2013
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

A terminal device may receive server-side display order information transmitted from a server device. The server-side display order information may indicate a server-side display order, designated on a server side, of a plurality of object images included in a display screen displayed on a display unit of the terminal device. A terminal device may store terminal device-side display order information when a predetermined operation is received. The terminal device-side display order information may indicate a terminal device-side display order which is an order different from the server-side display order. A terminal device may display, in the display screen, the plurality of object images: in accordance with the server-side display order when a storage unit of the terminal device is not storing the terminal device-side display order information; and in accordance with the terminal-side display order when the storage unit is storing the terminal device-side display order information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A terminal device comprising:
a communication unit configured to connect with a network;
an operation reception unit;
a storage unit;
a display unit configured to display various kinds of images; and
a control device configured to perform:
receiving, via the communication unit, screen data from a server which is connected with the network, the screen data indicating one of a plurality of display screens, and each of the display screens displaying a plurality of object images;
receiving, via the communication unit, server-side display order information transmitted from the server,
the server-side display order information indicating a server-side display order, designated on a server side, of a plurality of object images included in the display screen displayed on the display unit, and the server-side display order information being assigned to each of the plurality of display screens;

storing terminal device-side display order information in the storage unit when a predetermined operation is received via the operation reception unit, the terminal device-side display order information being generated for each of the plurality of display screens,
the terminal device-side display order information indicating a terminal device-side display order which is an order different from the server-side display order;

displaying, in the display screen, the plurality of object images in accordance with the server-side display order when the storage unit is not storing the terminal device-side display order information regarding the received screen data;
displaying, in the display screen, the plurality of object images in accordance with the terminal-side display order when the storage unit is storing the terminal device-side display order information regarding the received screen data;
determining whether or not a specific object image is selected from among the plurality of object images, the specific object image being an image for accepting an instruction for switching the display screen; and
sending requirement information to the server, via the communication unit, when it is determined that the specific object image is selected, the requirement information being information for requiring the server to send, to the terminal, screen data indicating a new display screen,

wherein the screen data indicating the new display screen is received from the server in response to the requirement information being sent, and the displaying of the plurality of object images in accordance with the server-side display order and the displaying of the plurality of object images in accordance with the terminal-side display order include displaying, in the display screen, the plurality of object images for the new display screen.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein
the storage unit stores first identification information for identifying an object display screen from among the plurality of display screens,
the object display screen is a screen for displaying the plurality of object images in accordance with the terminal-side display order,
the receiving of the screen data includes receiving the screen data and second identification information identifying the screen data,
the displaying of the plurality of object images in accordance with the terminal-side display order includes displaying the plurality of object images in accordance with the terminal-side display order, when the first identification information stored in the storage unit is identical to the received second identification information.

3. The terminal device according to claim 2 , wherein
the terminal device-side display order information includes a plurality of types of terminal device-side display order information,
the storage unit is configured to store type information in association with the first identification information,
the type information indicating what type of terminal device-side display order information is to be used,
the displaying of the plurality of object images in accordance with the terminal-side display order includes displaying the plurality of object images in accordance with the terminal-side display order that is indicated by a type of the terminal device-side display order information that is indicated by the type information, when the first identification information stored in the storage unit is identical to the received second identification information.

4. The terminal device according to claim 2 , wherein the storing of the terminal device-side display order information includes storing, when the predetermined operation for inputting the terminal device-side display order is received, terminal device-side display order information indicating the received terminal device-side display order in the storage unit,
the terminal device-side display order information being stored in the storage unit in association with the first identification information identifying the display screen displayed on the display unit.

5. The terminal device according to claim 4 , wherein the displaying of the plurality of object images in accordance with the terminal-side display order includes displaying a first object image for accepting the predetermined operation for inputting the terminal device-side display order, when the first identification information stored in the storage unit is identical to the received second identification information.

6. The terminal device according to claim 4 , wherein
the storing of the terminal device-side display order information includes storing first information and second information indicating in the storage unit in association with the first identification information identifying the display screen displayed on the display unit, when the predetermined operation for selecting a moving target object image and the predetermined operation for inputting a display order of the moving target object image are received,
the first information indicating the moving target object image, and
the second information indicating the display order of the moving target object image,
the displaying of the plurality of object images in accordance with the terminal-side display order includes displaying the plurality of object images in accordance with the first information and the second information, when the first information and the second information are in association with the first identification information and when the first identification information stored in the storage unit is identical to the received second identification information.

7. The terminal device according to claim 4 , wherein
the control device is further configured to perform storing a number of times when each of the plurality of object images is selected,
the storing of the terminal device-side display order information includes storing first instruction information in the storage unit in association with the first identification information identifying the display screen displayed on the display unit, when receiving the predetermined operation for instructing to sort the plurality of object images in an order such that the object image which have the greater number of times is displayed more preferentially than the object image which has the smaller number of times,
the first instruction information being information for instructing the display unit to display the plurality of object images in accordance with the numbers of times,
the displaying of the plurality of object images in accordance with the terminal-side display order includes displaying the plurality of object images in accordance with the first instruction information, when the first instruction information is in association with the first identification information and when the first ident

Assignees

• Urakawa Yutaka
• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Urakawa Yutaka

Classifications

• H04N1/00411 Primary

  the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen · CPC title

• H04L67/42 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/322

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/01

  Protocols · CPC title

• H04L67/61

  taking into account QoS or priority requirements · CPC title