JP2005228106A - Network corresponding equipment, operation picture editing method, program for executing the same method and computer-readable recording medium with the same program stored - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To extremely simply customize the operation picture of equipment without making it necessary to learn the knowledge of a program language. <P>SOLUTION: This network corresponding equipment is provided with a browser display data converting means for converting display data of an operation picture into browser display data for browser-displaying the display of an operation picture on a host device, a simple format converting means for converting a format for describing the converted browser display data into a predetermined simple format, an editing means for editing browser display data based on edition performed on the host device for the browser display data by the converted simple format and an operation picture converting means for displaying the operation picture by the display data of the operation picture converted based on the edited browser display data by the simple format. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a network-compatible device, an operation screen editing method, a program for executing the method, and a computer-readable recording medium storing the program, and more specifically, a multifunction device connected to a host device via a network The present invention relates to a technique for easily editing an operation screen for setting various functions of a network compatible device.

  In recent years, functions of multi-function peripherals having a plurality of functions such as a copy, a scanner, and a printer have become complicated. This complicates screen display processing for the user to set up and operate the device, and displays a menu that is layered for each major function category such as copy, fax, and scanner. The device has been devised to make it easier to operate. For example, as shown in FIG. 20 showing an operation screen of a conventional multifunction peripheral, the operation display panel 100 provided in the apparatus main body is provided with copy, document box, fax, printer, and scanner buttons 101 to 105, and each button is displayed. Press to access the menu for each function.

  As a method for controlling such an operation screen, a method performed by a program incorporated in a device such as a multifunction machine is generally used. In this method, the part for describing the operation screen and the part for operating the device are not clearly separated in the program of the device, and there is a problem in that it is inefficient in proceeding with the development of the device. For example, every time the screen specifications are changed, it is necessary to compile and link the program again.

  On the other hand, HTML (HyperText Markup Language), which is a language for describing Web pages, can be used to describe the appearance of a document. By describing the operation screen of the device in the HTML language that is generally used, it becomes possible to clearly separate the work of the screen designer and the function designer, and the development efficiency of complicated devices will increase. Can be expected. A program incorporated in the device is described in a programming language such as C language, C ++ language, or Java (registered trademark) language. In order to develop such a program, a software development engineer with knowledge of these programming languages is required. On the other hand, knowledge of HTML is not always necessary to describe a Web page, and it can be done relatively easily by using an HTML editor. Thus, it is expected that the efficiency of device development will be improved by configuring the operation screen of the device in HTML.

  On the other hand, there is an increasing demand for the user of the device to customize the operation of the device so that it matches his business process. As one method, by installing a dedicated application, the user can customize the operation screen or cause the device to perform a special operation.

  In recent years, with increasing interest in security, devices having a function for performing user authentication have appeared in order to manage users who operate devices. In such a device, when the user uses the device, it can be operated so as to permit an operation after inputting a code or a password corresponding to the user and performing authentication. As described above, if the device authenticates the user, it is very convenient if an operation screen preferable for the authenticated user is displayed. For example, when performing fax transmission, it is more convenient to display only the destinations frequently transmitted by the user than to display all the transmission destinations registered in advance in the device. Alternatively, the color scheme of the operation screen is preferably high contrast for color blind users.

  However, in the method of developing a dedicated application as described above in a programming language, it is difficult to say that a general user who does not have programming language knowledge can easily customize the operation of the device.

Therefore, in Patent Document 1, the setting items or setting values such as various functions or printing conditions in the printing apparatus are browsed for the display information of the hypertext type, and the browsing functions and the setting values such as the printing conditions are changed. That is, what can change a screen in the order which the user customized is proposed.
JP 2001-166907 A

  However, in Patent Document 1, a file must be directly edited to change the operation screen, and it is not easy to make a change without requiring knowledge of a programming language.

  The present invention is for solving this problem, and it is possible to customize the operation screen of the device very easily without requiring knowledge of a programming language. The network compatible device, the operation screen editing method, and the method are executed. An object of the present invention is to provide a program for reading and a computer-readable recording medium storing the program.

  In order to solve the above problems, as shown in FIG. 1, which is a block diagram showing the configuration of a network-compatible device of the present invention, an operation screen is connected to the host device 1 via the network 2 and performs settings for various functions. The network-compatible device 3 of the present invention has browser display data conversion means 3-1, simple format conversion means 3-2, editing means 3-3, and operation screen conversion means 3-4. The browser display data conversion means 3-1 converts the display data of the operation screen into browser display data in order to display the display of the operation screen on the host device 1. The simple format conversion means 3-2 converts the format for describing the browser display data converted by the browser display data conversion means 3-1, into a predetermined simple format. The editing unit 3-3 edits the browser display data based on the editing performed on the host device 1 with respect to the browser display data in the simple format converted by the simple format conversion unit 3-2. Then, the operation screen conversion unit 3-4 displays the operation screen with the display data of the operation screen converted based on the browser display data in the simple format after being edited by the editing unit 3-3. Therefore, it is possible to provide a network-compatible device that can customize the operation screen of the device very easily without requiring knowledge of a programming language.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2 which is a block diagram showing another configuration of the network compatible device of the present invention, the network compatible device 3 of the present invention includes a browser display data creation means 3-5 and an operation screen conversion means 3-6. And have. The browser display data creation unit 3-5 newly creates browser display data in a predetermined simple format for browser display on the host device 1. Then, the operation screen conversion unit 3-6 displays the operation screen with the display data of the operation screen converted based on the browser display data in the simple format created by the browser display data creation unit 3-5. Therefore, it is possible to provide a network-compatible device that can customize the operation screen of a new device very easily without requiring knowledge of a programming language.

  Furthermore, by providing authentication means for authenticating whether browser display data for the display of the operation screen can be edited on the host device, the operation screen can be customized for each user and intended falsification can be prevented.

  Further, by setting in advance whether or not to perform authentication by the authentication means, it is possible to cope with a user who does not need an editing function.

  Furthermore, by displaying a list of operation screens after editing by the editing means, it is possible to improve the work efficiency of the device manager.

  Further, by describing the list information in a general-purpose data format, it is possible to further improve the work efficiency of the manager of the device.

  As another invention, according to the operation screen editing method, the display data of the operation screen is converted into browser display data in order to display the operation screen on the host device. Then, the format for describing the converted browser display data is converted into a predetermined simple format. Further, the browser display data is edited based on the editing performed by the host device on the browser display data in the converted simple format. Finally, the operation screen is displayed with the display data of the operation screen converted based on the browser display data in the simple format after editing. Therefore, it is possible to customize the operation screen of the device very easily without requiring knowledge of the programming language.

  As another invention, according to the operation screen editing method, browser display data in a predetermined simple format is newly created for browser display on the host device, and based on the browser display data in the created simple format. The operation screen is displayed based on the converted operation screen display data. Therefore, the operation screen of a new device can be customized very easily without requiring knowledge of a programming language.

  Furthermore, as another invention, a program for executing an operation screen editing method for editing an operation screen for setting in various functions of a network compatible device connected to a host device via a network displays the operation screen by a computer. A function for converting operation screen display data into browser display data for browser display on the host device, a function for converting the format for describing the converted browser display data into a predetermined simple format, and a converted simple format A function that edits the browser display data based on the editing performed on the host device with respect to the browser display data by the browser, and the operation screen by the display data of the operation screen converted based on the browser display data in the simple format after editing And a function of displaying. Therefore, the operation screen editing method that can customize the operation screen of the device very easily without requiring knowledge of the programming language can be executed in general.

  As another invention, a program for executing an operation screen editing method for editing an operation screen for performing settings in various functions of a network-compatible device connected to a host device via a network is a browser on the host device by a computer. It has a function of newly creating browser display data in a predetermined simple format for display, and a function of converting it into display data of an operation screen based on the created browser display data in a simple format. Therefore, the operation screen editing method capable of customizing the operation screen of a new device can be executed on a general basis without any knowledge of the programming language.

Furthermore, as another invention, a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for executing the operation screen editing method is characterized. Therefore, it is possible to construct a general operation screen editing system without changing the existing system.
A new operation screen display can be easily created.

  According to the operation screen editing method of the present invention, it is possible to customize the operation screen of the device very easily without requiring knowledge of a programming language.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a network compatible device to which the operation screen editing method of the present invention is applied. The network compatible device 10 of the present invention shown in the figure includes a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, a timer control unit 14, an operation port I / F unit 15, a hard disk I / F unit 16, a communication control unit 17, a network control unit 18, and an encoding. A decoding unit 19, a scanner I / F unit 20, a plotter I / F unit 21, an SRAM 22, a LAN communication control unit 23, and a character generator 24, which are connected by an internal bus 25. CPU11 controls each component and the whole. The ROM 12 stores various data. The RAM 13 stores a control program. The timer control unit 14 controls time. The operation port I / F unit 15 interfaces with an operation screen (not shown). The hard disk I / F unit 16 has an interface with a hard disk (not shown). The communication control unit 17 controls FAX communication. The network control unit 18 has an electrical interface with a general network (PSTN). The encoding / decoding unit 19 compresses and decompresses image information necessary for FAX communication. The scanner I / F unit 20 interfaces with a scanner (not shown). The plotter unit I / F unit 21 interfaces with a plotter unit (not shown). The SRAM 22 holds information when the power is turned off. The LAN communication control unit 23 controls Ethernet (registered trademark) communication with a host device 30 such as a personal computer. The character generator 24 holds font information of characters. Note that the LAN communication control unit 23 corresponds to Ethernet (registered trademark) as a physical layer, and performs a TCP / IP protocol, MIME (Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions) conversion for email communication, and SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). Send. It also implements the HTTP protocol for displaying web pages. In order to provide a Web service interface, it implements XML Parser that analyzes XML data and SOAP protocol.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the software configuration of the network compatible device of FIG. The network-compatible device shown in the figure includes a data control unit 31, a print control unit 32, a scanner control unit 33, an operation screen control unit 34, a mail control unit 35, a LAN control unit 36, a LAN driver 37, a FAX protocol 38, and a modem control. A portion 39 is included. The operation screen control unit 34 has an HTML rendering engine in order to generate a screen to be displayed on the operation screen connected to the operation port I / F unit 15 in FIG.

  Next, the process for displaying the operation screen will be described with reference to FIG. 5 which shows an outline. The network-compatible device holds data describing the operation screen in a predetermined format in the databases 41 and 42. Data should use a general-purpose format such as XML. On the other hand, the operation screen is converted into HTML, imaged by the HTML rendering engine, and output to the operation screen. Conversion from XML data to HTML is performed by the XSLT processor 43. The conversion rule is described in XSL, and the XSL data is also stored in the device database 42. The advantage of converting and generating HTML data from XML is that the HTML of the output result can be changed by changing the XSL that is the conversion rule. For example, if the output destination device is a response to a request from a browser of a host device such as a personal computer instead of the device operation screen, the layout should be suitable for display on the host device screen. Various interfaces for using the function of the device are displayed on the operation screen of the network compatible device. For example, a fax destination address book, a fax communication history, paper and magnification settings in copy condition settings, and device network settings. The elements constituting these screens include not only fixed characters and image information but also elements such as settings stored in the device and buttons for causing the device to perform some operation.

  Here, FIG. 6 shows an example of a screen displayed on the operation screen by the network compatible device. For the sake of simplicity, a screen displayed when selecting an image quality mode, a paper size, and a variable magnification by copying is illustrated. In the figure, “text” and “photo” are displayed, and when the user selects the respective areas, the copy mode is switched to the text mode or the photo mode. The selected mode is notified to the user by inverting the color or changing the color. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example when the same screen as FIG. 6 is displayed on the browser of the host device. The user accesses the network compatible device by inputting a URL representing the operation screen of the network compatible device into the address field of the browser. The HTML data that is responded to the request from the browser of the host device is XML data converted by XSL, just like the operation screen.

  FIG. 8 is an example of the XML data of FIG. The button element is an element displayed as a button on the operation screen. Buttons that can only be selected, such as “text” and “photo”, are identified by the group element. The action when each button is selected is represented by the do attribute of the action element. The value of the do attribute shall operate so as to call an internal program of the device. The open attribute of the action element indicates an operation for transitioning the display from this screen to another screen. As described above, the operation screen can be displayed on the operation screen and the browser on the host device by the configuration as shown in FIG. 6, but the user can edit the operation screen more easily. In order to do this, a screen as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the browser on the host device. Compared with FIG. 7, “edit” which is a link to a screen for editing the operation screen is added. In order to display this screen, for example, the operation screen of the device is usually entered as a URL “http://127.0.0.1/mfp/copy/copysetting” in the address field of the browser.

  Alternatively, when “? Edit” is added to the address as shown below, a screen with a link to the edit screen may be displayed.

  http://127.0.0.1/mfp/copy/copysetting?edit

  Therefore, if “? Edit” is added to the end of the requested address in the network-compatible device, it is determined that the user is requesting editing of the operation screen.

  When the [Edit] link in FIG. 9 is clicked, a screen as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed. There is an area in the page where you can edit the text. In this area, the user can input information for constructing the operation screen by interpretation by the network compatible device. When the [Update] button is pressed, the text input in the input area is transmitted to the network compatible device. The network device that receives the text analyzes the text and converts it into an XML file that composes the screen. The updated operation screen is displayed by performing the conversion from XML to HTML as described above.

  Further, the format for describing the operation screen to be edited by the user may follow a unique rule as shown in FIG. In this example, a character string starting with a “$” mark is interpreted as a command for configuring the screen. For example, $ title is used to specify the character string displayed in the screen title. Groups that can only be selected one button at a time are described in order, and the beginning and end of the group are represented by $ group and $ groupend. The operation of the button is represented by the $ button command. In the example, a name displayed on the button, a parameter indicating an operation when the button is pressed, and a keyword indicating an operation to be executed are specified. Since buttons are not the only elements that make up the screen, instructions corresponding to screen elements are provided, such as $ list for representing a list of choices and $ editbox, which is an input area for entering a fax number, etc. Shall.

  Thus, in addition to changing the existing operation screen, in order to add a new operation screen, for example, when the following URL is specified, the creation of a new page is instructed.

  http://127.0.0.1/mfp/copy/usersetting?new

  Therefore, if “? New” is added to the end of the requested address, the network compatible device determines that the user is requesting a new edit of the operation screen via the host device. In this case, HTML data for displaying the editing screen as shown in FIG. 12 is returned to the browser of the host device. Note that the processing when the [Update] button is pressed is the same as in the example of FIG.

  Next, as a mechanism for restricting users who can use a network device, there is a method of making it impossible to use a network-compatible device unless authentication information such as a user code, a user name and a password is input. According to these methods, it is possible to determine who is currently operating the network compatible device. As an example, let us consider a case where authentication is performed using a user code and the user code of the user is “12345678”. When this user performs normal fax transmission, for example, an operation screen as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed. In the figure, there are a button for specifying the resolution of fax transmission, and a text input field for inputting a fax number from the numeric keypad of the network compatible device. Below that, a list of fax destinations registered in the network compatible device is displayed. However, if this user sends a fax only to three destinations that are usually determined in business, this operation screen is not necessarily an ideal fax transmission setting screen. Therefore, in such a case, the problem is solved by defining an operation screen that can be edited for each user. For example, by inputting the following URL, it is possible to edit the operation screen for the user with the user code = “12345678”.

  http://127.0.0.1/mfp/fax/faxsetting?edit&id=12345678

  The network compatible device that requested this URL interprets that the fax transmission setting screen (faxsetting) is requested to be edited because “? Edit” is included in the address. Further, since “& id = 12345678” is included, it is interpreted that the user's operation screen whose user code is “12345678” is requested to be edited.

  In this way, if the user edits and registers his / her own dedicated fax transmission setting screen, the user's fax transmission setting screen is operated so that the user's edited fax transmission setting screen is displayed from the next time onward.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a fax transmission setting screen edited by the user. The user is set to display three transmission destinations frequently used by the user and recently sent destinations. An example of the setting is shown in FIG. Among these, “$ text” is a command for displaying a character string, and “$ recentusedfaxaddress” is a command for displaying, for example, the three most recent from a list of destinations that the user has recently transmitted. is there.

  In the method of the present invention described above, anyone can freely edit the operation screen as long as the URL for editing the operation screen is known. However, such a situation is not desirable for security, so it is better to have a mechanism that can restrict the users who can edit.

  For example, when a URL such as “http://127.0.0.1/mfp/copy/copysetting?edit” is specified, the network compatible device determines that editing of the operation screen is requested. At this time, it is preferable to restrict the user from entering the user name and password and displaying the edit screen only for the user who passed the BASIC authentication.

  In addition, a user who thinks that a function capable of editing an operation screen of a network compatible device is not preferable in terms of security may disable this function by setting the network compatible device. In order to control the operation screen editing function of the network compatible device, it is preferable to store setting information in a storage device in the device and provide an operation screen for changing the setting.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a setting screen for the operation screen editing function. To allow anyone to edit on the setting screen shown in the figure, select the [Allow all users to edit] button and press the [Setting] button. Similarly, the desired level is set. The [Allow only administrator] option is set when the access level of the user who uses the device is distinguished from the administrator and the general user. The “Allow only authenticated users” option is a setting that allows the operation screen to be changed only from authenticated users and domains.

  By the way, it is convenient if the administrator of the network-compatible device can manage the change of the operation screen by some method. For example, when the following URL is specified, a list of updated operation screens may be displayed.

  http://127.0.0.1/mfp/recentchanges.html

  When this URL is requested, the network compatible device will update the screen name, date and time of update, and the link to the URL to display the screen, etc., in order from the newest file of the stored XML file. It responds to the browser of the host device in the form of HTML. If the device has a database engine therein, the update information of the operation screen page may be registered in the database, and the list information of the update screen may be generated from the result of the database query. An example when such a response is displayed on the browser is shown in FIG. What is displayed in the [Screen Name] column is the name of the edited operation screen. A hyperlink is specified for the item in this column, and the changed screen can be accessed by clicking the link.

Further, instead of outputting the list information of the edited screen as HTML, it may be output as XML which is a general-purpose data format. RSS ¹ is one of the most widely used formats for describing Web site update information. By outputting the operation screen update information in the RSS format, it becomes possible to refer to the update information of the device with commercially available RSS reader software and RSS aggregator software. An example of RSS data output by such a network-compatible device is shown in FIG. In the figure, the output in RSS version 0.91 format is shown. Currently, multiple versions of RSS are mixed, so which version is the choice at the time of implementation. Alternatively, a plurality of versions may be output, and the versions may be switched by setting. An RSS document has a channel element, and its child elements include elements such as title, link, and description. These represent general information about the site, so set general information about the device. The changed screen information is represented by one or more item elements. One item element includes a title, a link, a description element, and the like. In this example, the description element is omitted.

  Next, FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a specific apparatus for starting a program for executing the operation screen editing method of the present invention. That is, this figure shows hardware constructed from a microprocessor or the like that executes software according to the operation screen editing method in the above embodiment. In the figure, the operation screen editing system includes an interface (hereinafter abbreviated as I / F) 51, a CPU 52, a ROM 53, a RAM 54, a display device 55, a hard disk 56, a keyboard 57, and a CD-ROM drive 58. Also, a general-purpose processing device is prepared, and a readable recording medium 59 such as a CD-ROM stores a program for executing the operation screen editing method of the present invention. Further, a control signal is input from an external device via the I / F 51, and an instruction by the operator or a program of the present invention is automatically activated by the keyboard 57. Then, the CPU 52 performs control processing according to the above-described operation screen editing method according to the program, stores the processing result in a storage device such as the RAM 54 or the hard disk 56, and outputs it to the display device 55 or the like as necessary. As described above, by using the recording medium recorded with the program for executing the operation screen editing method of the present invention, an operation screen editing system can be constructed universally without changing the existing system.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications and substitutions are possible as long as they are described within the scope of the claims.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the network corresponding | compatible apparatus of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows another structure of the network corresponding | compatible apparatus of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the network corresponding | compatible apparatus to which the operation screen editing method of this invention is applied. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a software configuration of the network compatible device in FIG. 3. It is a figure which shows an outline about the process which displays an operation screen. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen which a network corresponding apparatus displays on an operation screen. It is a figure which shows the example when the same screen as FIG. 6 is displayed with the browser of the host apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the XML data of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the browser display with the host device by the operation screen edit method which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the edit screen of the operation screen by the operation screen edit method which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the data by the format for describing the operation screen which a user edits. It is a figure which shows an example of the browser display in the host apparatus for editing the operation screen newly. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an operation screen when performing normal fax transmission. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a fax transmission setting screen edited by a user. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the data for describing the operation screen of FIG. It is a figure which shows the setting screen of an operation screen edit function. It is a figure which shows an example when a response is displayed with the browser. It is a figure which shows an example of the data for describing the operation screen of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the specific apparatus for starting the program which performs the operation screen edit method of this invention. It is a figure which shows the operation screen of the conventional multifunction machine.

Explanation of symbols

10; network compatible device, 11; CPU, 12; ROM,
13; RAM, 14; timer control unit,
15; Operation port I / F part, 16; Hard disk I / F part,
17; Communication control unit, 18; Network control unit, 19; Encoding / decoding unit,
20; Scanner I / F section, 21; Plotter I / F section, 22; SRAM,
23; LAN communication control unit, 24; Character generator,
25; Internal bus; 30; Host device; 31; Data control unit; 32; Print control unit;
33; Scanner control unit, 34; Operation screen control unit, 35; Mail control unit,
36; LAN controller, 37; LAN driver, 38; FAX protocol,
39; modem control unit, 41, 42; database, 43; XSLT processor,
44; operation screen display; 45; browser display.

Claims (11)

In a network-compatible device that has an operation screen that is connected to the host device via a network and performs settings for various functions.
Browser display data conversion means for converting display data of the operation screen into browser display data in order to display the operation screen on the host device.
Simple format conversion means for converting the format for describing the browser display data converted by the browser display data conversion means into a predetermined simple format;
Editing means for editing browser display data based on editing performed on the host device with respect to browser display data in the simple format converted by the simple format conversion means;
A network-compatible device, comprising: an operation screen conversion unit that displays the operation screen by display data of the operation screen converted based on browser display data in a simple format after being edited by the editing unit. In a network-compatible device that has an operation screen that is connected to the host device via a network and performs settings for various functions
Browser display data creating means for newly creating browser display data in a predetermined simple format for browser display on the host device;
A network-compatible device, comprising: an operation screen conversion unit that displays the operation screen by display data of the operation screen converted based on browser display data in a simple format created by the browser display data creation unit.   The network-compatible device according to claim 1, further comprising an authentication unit, wherein the authentication unit authenticates whether browser display data corresponding to the display of the operation screen can be edited on the host device.   The network-compatible device according to claim 3, wherein whether to perform authentication by the authentication unit is set in advance.   The network compatible device according to claim 1, wherein a list of operation screens edited by the editing unit is displayed.   6. The network compatible device according to claim 5, wherein the list information is described in a general data format. In an operation screen editing method for editing an operation screen for performing settings in various functions of a network compatible device connected to a host device via a network,
Converting the display data of the operation screen into browser display data in order to display the display of the operation screen on the host device on a browser, converting the format for describing the converted browser display data into a predetermined simple format, The browser display data is edited based on the editing performed on the host device with respect to the converted browser display data in the simple format, and the operation screen display data is converted based on the browser display data in the simple format after editing. The operation screen editing method, wherein the operation screen is displayed. In an operation screen editing method for editing an operation screen for performing settings in various functions of a network compatible device connected to a host device via a network,
A new browser display data in a predetermined simple format for browser display on the host device is newly created, and the operation screen is displayed by the display data of the operation screen converted based on the browser display data in the created simple format. An operation screen editing method characterized by: In a program for executing an operation screen editing method for editing an operation screen for performing settings in various functions of a network compatible device connected to a host device via a network by a computer,
A function of converting display data of the operation screen into browser display data in order to display the operation screen on the host device as a browser;
A function for converting the format for describing the converted browser display data into a predetermined simple format;
A function for editing browser display data based on editing performed on the host device with respect to the browser display data in the converted simple format;
A program for executing an operation screen editing method, comprising: a function of displaying the operation screen by display data of the operation screen converted based on browser display data in a simple format after editing. In a program for executing an operation screen editing method for editing an operation screen for performing settings in various functions of a network compatible device connected to a host device via a network by a computer,
A function for newly creating browser display data in a predetermined simple format for browser display on the host device;
A program for executing an operation screen editing method, comprising: a function of displaying the operation screen based on display data of the operation screen converted based on the browser display data in a simple format created. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for executing the operation screen editing method according to claim 9 or 10.

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