IP Library Granted Patent US 11,863,718
Granted Patent B2
US 11,863,718 · App. 16/856,001 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program

Inventor: Atsushi Maruyama (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
H04N1/00474H04N1/00427H04N1/00432
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Patent No.
US 11,863,718
App. No.
16/856,001
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to perform communication with another apparatus to receive a change in a function of processing data performed in the other apparatus; cause the change to be reflected in the function of the information processing apparatus; execute a process related to a first function of the information processing apparatus on first data in accordance with an instruction from a user, during a period in which communication with the other apparatus is not performed; and display information for specifying the first data in a case where a change in the first function is received from the other apparatus when communication with the other apparatus is performed after executing the process related to the first function on the first data.

Claims (79)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to

perform communication with another apparatus to receive a change in a function of processing data performed in the other apparatus;

cause the change to be reflected in the function of the information processing apparatus;

execute a process related to a first function of the information processing apparatus on first data in accordance with an instruction from a user, during a period in which communication with the other apparatus is not performed;

display information for specifying the first data in a case where a change in the first function is received from the other apparatus when communication with the other apparatus is performed after executing the process related to the first function on the first data; and

execute a return process of returning the first data to a state before execution of the process related to the first function in a case where the change in the first function is received from the other apparatus when communication with the other apparatus is performed after executing the process related to the first function on the first data,

wherein after executing the process related to the first function on the first data, when communication with the other apparatus is performed, an inquiry is made to a user as to whether or not to return a state of the first data in a case where the change in the first function is received from the other apparatus, and the return process is executed in a case where the user instructs to return.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to

execute the process related to the first function, in which the change is reflected, on the first data after the return process.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first function includes a plurality of partial functions of which order is defined,

the change in the first function is a change or deletion of any one partial function of the plurality of partial functions constituting the first function, or an addition of a partial function to the first function, and

the processor is further configured to

execute a return process of returning the first data to a state when a partial function satisfying a predetermined condition after a partial function immediately before the partial function changed, deleted, or added by the change in the first function in the order in a case where the change in the first function is received from the other apparatus when communication with the other apparatus is performed after executing one or more of the partial functions during the period.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein an editing availability attribute is set for each of the partial functions, and the editing availability attribute is an attribute indicating whether or not there is a possibility that the first data is edited by execution of the partial function, and

the predetermined condition is a partial function immediately before a first partial function having the editing availability attribute indicating a possibility of being edited in the order among the partial functions after the partial function immediately before the partial function changed, deleted, or added by the change in the first function.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein whether or not to allow automatic execution of the partial function after the return process is set for each partial function, and

the processor is configured to

perform an automatic execution process of executing each partial function after the partial function changed, deleted, or added by the change in the order until reaching any one of a partial function set not to allow automatic execution or a partial function not executed, among the plurality of partial functions constituting the first function after the change, on the first data after the return process.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein whether or not to allow automatic execution of the partial function after the return process is set for each partial function, and

a processor configured to

perform an automatic execution process of executing each partial function after the partial function changed, deleted, or added by the change in the order until reaching any one of a partial function set not to allow automatic execution or a partial function not executed, among the plurality of partial functions constituting the first function after the change, on the first data after the return process.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein whether or not to allow automatic execution of the partial function after the return process is set for each partial function, and

a processor configured to

perform an automatic execution process of executing each partial function after the partial function changed, deleted, or added by the change in the order until reaching any one of a partial function set not to allow automatic execution or a partial function not executed, among the plurality of partial functions constituting the first function after the change, on the first data after the return process.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the first data after the automatic execution process is displayed, whether or not to accept the displayed first data is inquired to the user, and in a case where a response of acceptance is received from the user, the first data after the automatic execution process is stored as valid data.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first data after the automatic execution process is displayed, whether or not to accept the displayed first data is inquired to the user, and in a case where a response of acceptance is received from the user, the first data after the automatic execution process is stored as valid data.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first data after the automatic execution process is displayed, whether or not to accept the displayed first data is inquired to the user, and in a case where a response of acceptance is received from the user, the first data after the automatic execution process is stored as valid data.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to

record the executed partial function in a case where one or more of the plurality of partial functions of the first function are executed in accordance with an instruction from the user;

perform a display capable of specifying a partial function to be executed next by the instruction of the user in the order, based on the record; and

perform a display capable of specifying a partial function next to the partial function satisfying the predetermined condition after the partial function immediately before the partial function changed, deleted, or added by the change in the first function in the order, as a partial function to be executed next by the instruction of the user in the order in a case where the return process is performed.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to

record the executed partial function in a case where one or more of the plurality of partial functions of the first function are executed in accordance with an instruction from the user;

perform a display capable of specifying a partial function to be executed next by the instruction of the user in the order, based on the record; and

perform a display capable of specifying a partial function next to the partial function satisfying the predetermined condition after the partial function immediately before the partial function changed, deleted, or added by the change in the first function in the order, as a partial function to be executed next by the instruction of the user in the order in a case where the return process is performed.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to

record the executed partial function in a case where one or more of the plurality of partial functions of the first function are executed in accordance with an instruction from the user;

perform a display capable of specifying a partial function to be executed next by the instruction of the user in the order, based on the record; and

perform a display capable of specifying a partial function next to the partial function satisfying the predetermined condition after the partial function immediately before the partial function changed, deleted, or added by the change in the first function in the order, as a partial function to be executed next by the instruction of the user in the order in a case where the return process is performed.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to

record the executed partial function in a case where one or more of the plurality of partial functions of the first function are executed in accordance with an instruction from the user;

perform a display capable of specifying a partial function to be executed next by the instruction of the user in the order, based on the record; and

perform a display capable of specifying a partial function next to the partial function satisfying the predetermined condition after the partial function immediately before the partial function changed, deleted, or added by the change in the first function in the order, as a partial function to be executed next by the instruction of the user in the order in a case where the return process is performed.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to

record the executed partial function in a case where one or more of the plurality of partial functions of the first function are executed in accordance with an instruction from the user;

perform a display capable of specifying a partial function to be executed next by the instruction of the user in the order, based on the record; and

perform a display capable of specifying a partial function next to the partial function satisfying the predetermined condition after the partial function immediately before the partial function changed, deleted, or added by the change in the first function in the order, as a partial function to be executed next by the instruction of the user in the order in a case where the return process is performed.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to

record the executed partial function in a case where one or more of the plurality of partial functions of the first function are executed in accordance with an instruction from the user;

perform a display capable of specifying a partial function to be executed next by the instruction of the user in the order, based on the record; and

perform a display capable of specifying a partial function next to the partial function satisfying the predetermined condition after the partial function immediately before the partial function changed, deleted, or added by the change in the first function in the order, as a partial function to be executed next by the instruction of the user in the order in a case where the return process is performed.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to

record the executed partial function in a case where one or more of the plurality of partial functions of the first function are executed in accordance with an instruction from the user;

perform a display capable of specifying a partial function to be executed next by the instruction of the user in the order, based on the record; and

perform a display capable of specifying a partial function next to the partial function satisfying the predetermined condition after the partial function immediately before the partial function changed, deleted, or added by the change in the first function in the order, as a partial function to be executed next by the instruction of the user in the order in a case where the return process is performed.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

performing communication with another apparatus, and receiving a change in a function of processing data performed in the other apparatus;

causing the change to be reflected in the function of the information processing apparatus;

executing a process related to a first function of the information processing apparatus on first data in accordance with an instruction from a user, during a period in which communication with the other apparatus is not performed; and

displaying information for specifying the first data in a case where a change in the first function is received from the other apparatus when communication with the other apparatus is performed after executing the process related to the first function on the first data; and

execute a return process of returning the first data to a state before execution of the process related to the first function in a case where the change in the first function is received from the other apparatus when communication with the other apparatus is performed after executing the process related to the first function on the first data,

wherein after executing the process related to the first function on the first data, when communication with the other apparatus is performed, an inquiry is made to a user as to whether or not to return a state of the first data in a case where the change in the first function is received from the other apparatus, and the return process is executed in a case where the user instructs to return.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 20, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056308/0444 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2020
From: MARUYAMA, ATSUSHI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052531/0539 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-184606 · Oct 7, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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