IP Library Granted Patent US 11,182,050
Granted Patent B2
US 11,182,050 · App. 16/514,095 · Granted Nov 23, 2021

Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventors: Chizuko Sento (Kanagawa, JP); Naozo Yoshioka (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06F3/0482G06F3/04817G06F21/31
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Patent No.
US 11,182,050
App. No.
16/514,095
Granted
Nov 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus receives a plurality of electronic messages and calculates a number of electronic messages that satisfy a preset condition among the plurality of electronic messages. The preset condition may be associated with address information of the electronic message. The calculated number is displayed as a badge on an icon for activating an application that refers to the received electronic messages.

Claims (36)

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a processor programmed to:

receive a plurality of electronic messages;

after counting a total number of the received plurality of electronic messages,

(i) determine whether or not an address of a sender of a received electronic message is one of addresses registered in an address book of the image processing apparatus, and

(ii) when the address is determined to be one of the addresses registered in the address book, add 1 to a separate counter counting a number of electronic messages received from addresses registered in the address book;

repeat (i) and (ii) for each one of the received plurality of electronic messages; and

display the number counted by the separate counter as a badge on an icon for activating an application that refers to the received electronic messages, wherein the number displayed as the badge on the icon is a number of both read and unread electronic messages.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to

display both the total number of the received plurality of electronic messages and the number counted by the separate counter, as the badge on the icon.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the electronic messages are e-mails; and

the application is an email application.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the image processing apparatus is a smartphone; and

the application is an email application on the smartphone.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the application is an email application; and

the badge is displayed on the icon for the email application.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for image processing, the process comprising:

receiving a plurality of electronic messages;

after counting a total number of the received plurality of electronic messages,

(i) determining whether or not an address of a sender of a received electronic message is one of addresses registered in an address book of image processing apparatus including the computer, and

(ii) when the address is determined to be one of the addresses registered in the address book, adding 1 to a separate counter counting a number of electronic messages received from addresses registered in the address book;

repeating (i) and (ii) for each one of the received plurality of electronic messages; and

displaying the number counted by the separate counter as a badge on an icon for activating an application that refers to the received electronic messages, wherein the number displayed as the badge on the icon is a number of both read and unread electronic messages.

7. A method for image processing performed by an image processing apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of electronic messages;

after counting a total number of the received plurality of electronic messages,

(i) determining whether or not an address of a sender of a received electronic message is one of addresses registered in an address book of the image processing apparatus, and

(ii) when the address is determined to be one of the addresses registered in the address book, adding 1 to a separate counter counting a number of electronic messages received from addresses registered in the address book;

repeating (i) and (ii) for each one of the received plurality of electronic messages; and

displaying the number counted by the separate counter as a badge on an icon for activating an application that refers to the received electronic messages, wherein the number displayed as the badge on the icon is a number of both read and unread electronic messages.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to:

count a total number of the received plurality of electronic messages, wherein the total number of the received plurality of electronic messages includes a number of both read and unread electronic messages; and

after the counting of the total number is completed, perform (i) and (ii).

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056078/0098 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-131696 · Jul 1, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15446716 · Mar 1, 2017
Related Publication 20190339826A1 · Nov 7, 2019