System for displaying screen(s) on a remote terminal while using multiple peripheral devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9888137-B2
Application number	US-201514740734-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 16, 2015
Priority date	Jun 17, 2014
Publication date	Feb 6, 2018
Grant date	Feb 6, 2018

Abstract

A processing apparatus having a function to perform specific processing based on a request from a terminal is provided. The processing apparatus includes a connection portion configured to connect the processing apparatus to the terminal; and a processor configured to control the terminal to display a second screen including a part or a whole of a first screen, the first screen having been displayed in the terminal by another processing apparatus with the function before the processing apparatus connects to the terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A processing apparatus having a function to perform specific processing based on a request from a terminal, the apparatus comprising:
a connector connecting the processing apparatus to the terminal; and
a processor and a memory configured to implement the function of:
before the processing apparatus connects to the terminal, when another processing apparatus connects to the terminal to work in coordination with each other to perform the specific processing, causing the processing apparatus to display, in the terminal, a second screen including a part or a whole of a first screen so that the processing apparatus and the terminal work in coordination with each other to perform the specific processing successively, the first screen having been displayed in the terminal by said another processing apparatus.

2. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor and memory are configured to
obtain, from said another processing apparatus, screen data indicating an element corresponding to the part or the whole of the first screen; and
arrange the second screen based on the screen data to control the terminal to display the second screen.

3. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first screen and the second screen is used for a user to perform operation for the specific processing.

4. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first screen includes a first choice of resources for said another processing apparatus, and
the processor and the memory are configured to control the terminal to display, as the second screen, a screen having a second choice of resources for the processing apparatus together with the first choice of resources.

5. The processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the processor and the memory are configured to:
obtain, when being instructed by the terminal to perform, as the specific processing, processing that involves using a resource for said another processing apparatus, the resource from said another processing apparatus to perform the processing.

6. The processing apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a printer,
the specific processing is to print an image onto paper.

7. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor controls the terminal to display the second screen in such a manner that the part or the whole of the first screen appears in a same state as that displayed in the terminal.

8. The processing apparatus of claim 1 :
wherein the second screen displayed on the terminal includes a selectable option for controlling a function of the processing apparatus; and
wherein the part or the whole of the first screen included on the second screen includes a selectable option for controlling a function of the another processing apparatus.

9. A display system comprising:
a terminal; and
a first processing apparatus and a second processing apparatus each of which includes a function to perform specific processing based on a request from the terminal; wherein
the first processing apparatus includes a memory containing instructions that, when executed:
connects the first processing apparatus to the terminal, and
controls the terminal to display a first screen, the first screen being used for a user to perform operation for the specific processing,

the second processing apparatus includes a memory containing instructions that, when executed:
connects the second processing apparatus to the terminal, and
when the first processing apparatus connects to the terminal to work in coordination with each other to perform the specific processing, after the first processing apparatus and the terminal are disconnected from each other and the second processing apparatus connects to the terminal, causes the second processing apparatus to display, in the terminal, a second screen including a part of a whole of the first screen so that the second processing apparatus and the terminal work in coordination with each other to perform the specific processing successively, and

the terminal includes a display displaying the first screen and the second screen.

10. The display system of claim 9 :
wherein the second screen displayed on the terminal includes a selectable option for controlling a function of the second processing apparatus; and
wherein the part or the whole of the first screen included on the second screen includes a selectable option for controlling a function of the first processing apparatus.

11. A display method comprising, when a terminal connects to a processing apparatus having a function to perform specific processing based on a request from the terminal, allowing the processing apparatus to, before the processing apparatus connects to the terminal, when another processing apparatus connects to the terminal to work in coordination with each other to perform the specific processing, cause the processing apparatus to display, in the terminal, a second screen including a part or a whole of a first screen so that the processing apparatus and the terminal work in coordination with each other to perform the specific processing successively, the first screen having been displayed in the terminal by said another processing apparatus.

12. The display method of claim 11 :
wherein the second screen displayed on the terminal includes a selectable option for controlling a function of the processing apparatus; and
wherein the part or the whole of the first screen included on the second screen includes a selectable option for controlling a function of the another processing apparatus.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing thereon a computer program used in a computer having a function to perform specific processing based on a request from a terminal, the computer program causing the computer to perform processing comprising:
connecting the computer to the terminal; and
before the processing apparatus connects to the terminal, when another processing apparatus connects to the terminal to work in coordination with each other to perform the specific processing, causing the processing apparatus to display, in the terminal, a second screen including a part or a whole of a first screen so that the processing apparatus and the terminal work in coordination with each other to perform the specific processing successively, the first screen having been displayed in the terminal by said another processing apparatus.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 :
wherein the second screen displayed on the terminal includes a selectable option for controlling a function of the computer; and
wherein the part or the whole of the first screen included on the second screen includes a selectable option for controlling a function of the another computer.

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Matsuhara Kenji
• Minami Takeshi
• Takahashi Kenichi
• Ozawa Kaitaku
• Shibuta Yoshiaki
• Taniguchi Yosuke
• Tamura Atsushi

Classifications

• H04N2201/0041

  Point to point (H04N2201/0039 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N2201/0094

  Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception · CPC title

• H04N2201/0096

  Portable devices · CPC title

• H04N1/32539

  Detecting or indicating the status of the output devices · CPC title

• H04N1/32534

  details of interfacing · CPC title