IP Library Granted Patent US 12,445,401
Granted Patent B2
US 12,445,401 · App. 17/985,362 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Information processing apparatus, method of controlling information processing apparatus, and storage medium

Inventor: Kenichi Shiraishi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04L51/216H04L51/56
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Patent No.
US 12,445,401
App. No.
17/985,362
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus, which transmits a message to an information-sharing service managing messages on a thread format including a plurality of messages, obtains, in a case where a reply mode is set on the information processing apparatus by a user before a first message is transmitted to the information-sharing service with a scanned document, information on a plurality of threads from the information-sharing service, and extracts first threads relevant to the user from the obtained information on the plurality of threads. The extracted first threads are displayed, and the user specifies a thread from the displayed first threads as a first destination to which the first message is to be transmitted.

Claims (22)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a display device;

at least one memory that stores instructions; and

at least one processor that executes the instructions to:

display a setting screen for receiving a user operation related to a subject and a reply mode;

obtain information on a plurality of threads from an information-sharing service in a case where the reply mode is set on the setting screen, wherein the information-sharing service manages messages on a thread format including a plurality of messages;

extract information corresponding to first threads relevant to the user from the obtained information on the plurality of threads;

display the extracted information corresponding to the first threads on a subject field of the setting screen;

receive a user specification of a thread from the displayed information on the subject field, so the message is managed as a reply to the user specified thread by the information-sharing service; and

transmit, to the information-sharing service, a message to which the user specified thread is set as the subject with a scanned document.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information corresponding to the first threads are extracted from the obtained information on the plurality of threads by filtering threads whose update date and time are after a predetermined date and time.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the information corresponding to the first threads are extracted from the obtained information on the plurality of threads which are sorted in an order of update date and time.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor executes the instructions to further display detailed information of one thread selected from the first threads by the user in response to selecting the one thread from the displayed information corresponding to the first threads by the user.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the detailed information is displayed on a tooltip or a dialog.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information corresponding to the first threads are displayed on a pulldown list.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program to cause a computer of an information processing apparatus to perform:

displaying a setting screen for receiving a user operation related to a subject and a reply mode;

obtaining information on a plurality of threads from an information-sharing service in a case where the reply mode is set on the setting screen displayed on a display device of the information processing apparatus, wherein the information-sharing service manages messages on a thread format including a plurality of messages;

extracting information corresponding to first threads relevant to the user from the obtained information on the plurality of threads;

displaying the extracted information corresponding to the first threads on a subject field of the setting screen;

receiving a user specification of a thread from the displayed information on the subject field, so that the message is managed as a reply to the user specified thread by the information-sharing service; and

transmit, to the information-sharing service, a message to which the user specified thread is set as the subject with a scanned document.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2022
From: SHIRAISHI, KENICHI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 061931/0258 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-185483 · Nov 15, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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