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Granted Patent B2
US 9,235,720 · App. 11/299,979 · Granted Jan 12, 2016

Image processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and storage medium

Inventor: Shiro Kunori (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06F21/6209G06F17/2235G06F17/30884G06F21/608G06F2221/2149
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,235,720
App. No.
11/299,979
Granted
Jan 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In providing an image processing apparatus having a browser, it is aimed to improve the operability of the web browser and enhance access restriction. In order to solve conventional problems, an information processing method according to the present invention has the following steps. That is, an information processing method for a browser which operates in an image processing apparatus communicably connected to a network and receives and displays a content from the network includes a detection step (step S 902 ) of detecting whether link information to another content included in a content permitted to be displayed by the browser is selected, and a restriction step (steps S 903 and S 904 ) of restricting access to another content in the case the link information to another content is detected to be selected in the detection step.

Claims (21)

1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:

a web browser capable of displaying a web page and configured to change a web page being displayed in accordance with a user's operation; and

a processor configured to, in a case where the user's operation corresponds to a designation of a link attribute which is included in the web page being displayed and which indicates a change of the web page being displayed, check for whether or not the link attribute includes an invalid keyword, wherein the invalid keyword is a specific tag,

wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case where the link attribute includes the invalid keyword, invalidate the change of the web page being displayed;

in a case where the link attribute does not include the invalid keyword, allow the change of the web page being displayed; and

in a case where the user's operation corresponds to a designation using a bookmark of the web browser, allow the change of the web page being displayed.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the invalid keyword is an “<a>” tag.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the web browser performs control not to accept a user's input of a URL.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image processing apparatus is a printing apparatus.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the web browser is activated, the web browser displays, as an initial screen, a list of content information which is registered as the bookmark.

6. A control method for controlling an image processing apparatus which includes a web browser capable of displaying a web page and configured to change a web page being displayed in accordance with a user's operation, the control method comprising:

in a case where the user's operation corresponds to a designation of a link attribute which is included in the web page being displayed and which indicates a change of the web page being displayed, check for whether or not the link attribute includes an invalid keyword, wherein the invalid keyword is a specific tag;

in a case where the link attribute includes the invalid keyword, invalidating the change of the web page being displayed;

in a case where the link attribute does not include the invalid keyword, allowing the change of the web page being displayed; and

in a case where the user's operation corresponds to a designation using a bookmark of the web browser, allowing the change of the web page being displayed.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute a control method for controlling an image processing apparatus which includes a web browser capable of displaying a web page and configured to change a web page being displayed in accordance with a user's operation, the control method comprising:

in a case where the user's operation corresponds to a designation of a link attribute which is included in the web page being displayed and which indicates a change of the web page being displayed, check for whether or not the link attribute includes an invalid keyword, wherein the invalid keyword is a specific tag;

in a case where the link attribute includes the invalid keyword, invalidating the change of the web page being displayed;

in a case where the link attribute does not include the invalid keyword, allowing the change of the web page being displayed; and

in a case where the user's operation corresponds to a designation using a bookmark of the web browser, allowing the change of the web page being displayed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2005
From: KUNORI, SHIRO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 017361/0734 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2004-360494 · Dec 13, 2004 · national
JP 2005-170051 · Jun 9, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060129912A1 · Jun 15, 2006