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US 12,430,293 · App. 17/878,976 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium for selecting and executing a workflow on file by dragging and dropping the file on a particular folder

Inventor: Yuki Toda (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06F16/168G06F3/04845G06F3/0486
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Patent No.
US 12,430,293
App. No.
17/878,976
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: if a file serving as a process target is dragged to a folder where a workflow including multiple steps is set beforehand, display the steps included in the workflow set in the folder; and if the file is dropped onto a step of interest out of the displayed steps, perform a process of executing the workflow, starting with the step of interest.

Claims (26)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

if a file serving as a process target is dragged to a folder where a workflow including a plurality of steps is set beforehand, display the steps included in the workflow set in the folder; and

if the file is dropped onto a step of interest out of the steps displayed, perform a process of executing the workflow, starting with the step of interest,

wherein the processor is configured to, if the file is dragged to the step of interest, further display a thumbnail image showing execution result prediction of execution of the workflow starting with the step of interest on the dragged file.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, if the file is dragged to the step of interest, further display process contents of each of the steps of the workflow, starting with the step of interest.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, if the file is dragged over the displayed thumbnail image showing the execution result prediction and dropped onto a second workflow, execute the second workflow in succession to the workflow of the execution result prediction.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to, if the file is dragged over the displayed thumbnail image showing the execution result prediction and dropped onto a second workflow, execute the second workflow in succession to the workflow of the execution result prediction.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, if an infeasible step is present, display the infeasible step in a display form indicative of infeasibility.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to select, out of the displayed steps, a step to be executed, by using a trajectory along which the file has been dragged.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to select, as an execution target out of the displayed steps, a step that has undergone a predetermined operation.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the predetermined operation is to position the file on the step of interest until a predetermined time duration elapses with the file in a dragged state.

9. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

display both a folder where a workflow including a plurality of steps is set beforehand and the steps of the workflow set in the folder;

edit the displayed workflow using a trajectory along which a thumbnail image has been dragged, the thumbnail image showing execution result prediction of execution of a step on a file serving as a process target and being displayed when the file is dragged to the step among the steps displayed; and

if the file is dropped, perform a process that executes the edited workflow.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to further display a step that is enabled to be registered as a step of the workflow.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to, if an infeasible step is present, display the infeasible step in a display form indicative of infeasibility.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to select, out of the displayed steps, a step to be executed, by using the trajectory along which the file has been dragged.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to select, as an execution target out of the displayed steps, a step that has undergone a predetermined operation.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the predetermined operation is to position the file on a step of interest until a predetermined time duration elapses with the file in a dragged state.

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

if a file serving as a process target is dragged to a folder where a workflow including a plurality of steps is set beforehand, displaying the steps included in the workflow set in the folder; and

if the file is dropped onto a step of interest out of the displayed steps, performing a process of executing the workflow, starting with the step of interest,

wherein the process further comprises, if the file is dragged to the step of interest, further displaying a thumbnail image showing execution result prediction of execution of the workflow starting with the step of interest on the dragged file.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2022
From: TODA, YUKI
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 060692/0304 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-015120 · Feb 2, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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