JP7424213B2 - Information processing device, information processing method, program, and information processing system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, a program, and an information processing system.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique is known in which setting items for each function of an application are displayed in a predetermined order on a setting screen of the application, and input of setting values for each function is received from the user. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses displaying setting items on a setting screen in the order in which a user operates a plurality of setting items.

Conventionally, it has been difficult to receive settings for already installed applications and settings for newly installed applications from a user using a unified user interface.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technology that can receive settings for already installed applications and settings for newly installed applications from a user using a unified user interface.

an installation section that additionally installs a second application, a first setting item of the first application, and a second setting item of the second application , and a setting value for the second setting item is specified by the user. a setting unit that stores a setting value specified by the user in a storage unit in association with identification information of the second setting item; A display unit that aggregates and displays setting items of the same category among the second setting items, and a setting value stored in the storage unit in association with the identification information of the second setting item. a processing unit that executes processing by a second application; the processing unit includes a value indicating the display order of the first setting items, and a display order that is next to the display order of the first setting items. An information processing device is provided , in which a value based on a value indicating a display order of a third setting item is stored in the storage unit as a value indicating a display order of a second setting item .

Settings for already installed applications and settings for newly installed applications can be received from the user through a unified user interface.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of an information processing device according to an embodiment. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of an information processing device according to a first embodiment. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing executed by the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in a settings DB according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in a settings DB according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in a settings DB according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a setting structure showing the hierarchy and display order of setting items according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a setting screen according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a setting screen according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a setting screen according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a setting screen according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a setting screen according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of an information processing system according to a second embodiment. It is a figure explaining the comparative example of a setting screen.

Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The information processing device 10 according to the embodiment includes, for example, an image forming device such as a multifunction peripheral/product/printer (MFP), an electronic whiteboard, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a computer such as a server, a video conference device, a HUD (Head equipment, industrial machinery, medical equipment, home appliances, automobiles, PCs (Personal Computers), game consoles, etc. In the following, a multifunction device having a copy function, a scanner function, etc. will be described as an example of the information processing device 10.

[First embodiment]
In the first embodiment, an example is described in which setting operations for each pre-installed application and setting operations for each additionally installed application are accepted on the same setting screen by a pre-installed setting program. explain. Thereby, settings for already installed applications and settings for newly installed applications can be received from the user through a unified user interface.

<Hardware configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of an information processing device 10 according to an embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing device 10 includes a controller 110, a short-range communication circuit 120, an engine control section 130, an operation panel 140, and a network I/F 150.

Of these, the controller 110 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101, a system memory (MEM-P) 102, a north bridge (NB) 103, a south bridge (SB) 104, and an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated circuit) 106, a local memory (MEM-C) 107 which is a storage unit, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) controller 108, and an HD (Hard Disk) 101 which is a storage unit. (Accelerated Graphics Port) bus 121.

Among these, the CPU 101 is a control unit that performs overall control of the information processing apparatus 10. NB103 is a bridge for connecting CPU101, MEM-P102, SB104, and AGP bus 121, and is a memory controller that controls reading and writing to MEM-P102, a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) master, and AGP target. has.

The MEM-P 102 includes a ROM 102a that is a memory for storing programs and data that realize each function of the controller 110, and a RAM 102b that is used as a memory for developing programs and data, and for drawing when printing the memory. Note that the program stored in the RAM 102b is configured to be provided as an installable or executable file recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, CD-R, or DVD. You may.

The SB 104 is a bridge for connecting the NB 103 to PCI devices and peripheral devices. The ASIC 106 is an IC (Integrated Circuit) for image processing that includes hardware elements for image processing, and has the role of a bridge that connects the AGP bus 121, the PCI bus 122, the HDD 108, and the MEM-C 107, respectively. This ASIC 106 includes a PCI target and an AGP master, an arbiter (ARB) that is the core of the ASIC 106, a memory controller that controls the MEM-C 107, and multiple DMACs (Direct Memory Access Controllers) that rotate image data using hardware logic, etc. , and a PCI unit that transfers data between the scanner section 131 and the printer section 132 via the PCI bus 122. Note that the ASIC 106 may be connected to a USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface or an IEEE 1394 (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1394) interface.

MEM-C 107 is a local memory used as a copy image buffer and code buffer. The HD 109 is a storage for storing image data, font data used during printing, and forms. The HD 109 controls data reading or writing to the HD 109 under the control of the CPU 101. The AGP bus 121 is a bus interface for a graphics accelerator card proposed to speed up graphics processing, and can speed up the graphics accelerator card by directly accessing the MEM-P 102 with high throughput. .

Further, the short-range communication circuit 120 includes a short-range communication circuit 120a. The short-range communication circuit 120 is a communication circuit such as NFC or Bluetooth (registered trademark).

Further, the engine control section 130 includes a scanner section 131 and a printer section 132. The operation panel 140 also includes a panel display section 140a such as a touch panel that displays current setting values, a selection screen, etc., and receives input from the operator, as well as displaying setting values for conditions related to image formation such as density setting conditions. The operation panel 140b includes a numeric keypad for accepting instructions, a start key for accepting copy start instructions, and the like. The controller 110 controls the entire information processing apparatus 10, and controls, for example, drawing, communication, input from the operation panel 140, and the like. The scanner section 131 or the printer section 132 includes image processing sections such as error diffusion and gamma conversion.

Note that the information processing apparatus 10 can sequentially switch and select the document box function, copy function, printer function, and facsimile function using the application switching key on the operation panel 140. When the document box function is selected, the mode becomes document box mode, when the copy function is selected, the mode becomes copy mode, when the printer function is selected, the mode becomes printer mode, and when the facsimile mode is selected, the mode becomes facsimile mode.

Further, the network I/F 150 is an interface for performing data communication using the communication network 100. Near field communication circuit 120 and network I/F 150 are electrically connected to ASIC 106 via PCI bus 122.

<Functional configuration>
Next, with reference to FIG. 2, the functional configuration of the information processing device 10 according to the embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the functional configuration of the information processing device 10 according to the embodiment. The information processing device 10 includes a storage unit 11, an installation unit 12, a setting unit 14, a processing unit 15A, and a processing unit 15B (hereinafter simply referred to as the “processing unit 15” if there is no need to distinguish between them), and It has a display section 16. The functions of each of these units may be realized through cooperation between one or more programs installed in the information processing device 10 and the CPU 104 of the information processing device 10. Note that the number of processing units 15 is not limited to the example in FIG. 2 .

The storage unit 11 stores various data. The installation unit 12 is an application program (an example of a "second application") that is additionally installed in response to an operation by a user such as an administrator at a timing such as after the start of operation of the information processing apparatus 10. (also referred to as "Application B") is installed on the information processing device 10. The installation unit 12 may be realized, for example, by cooperation between a program for installing application B (installer of application B) and the CPU 104 of the information processing device 10.

The setting unit 14 receives settings for a plurality of applications installed in the information processing device 10 from the user. Further, the setting unit 14 sets each setting item for each application installed in the information processing device 10, for example, according to instructions from the installation unit 12. Further, the setting unit 14 aggregates (arranges, consecutively arranges, etc.) the setting items of the same category among the setting items of each application, for example.

The display unit 16 displays each setting item on the setting screen in an order based on information set by the setting unit 14 that indicates the display order of each setting item for each application. Note that the setting unit 14 and the display unit 16 may be realized by cooperation between a setting program installed in advance when the information processing device 10 is shipped from the factory, and the CPU 104 of the information processing device 10.

The processing unit 15A executes processing using an application program (an example of a "first application"; hereinafter also referred to as "application A" as appropriate) installed in advance when the information processing device 10 is shipped from the factory. The processing unit 15A may be realized by cooperation between the application A and the CPU 104 of the information processing device 10. The processing unit 15A may execute basic processing related to each function, such as copying, printing, and scanning, based on information set by the user through the setting unit 14.

The processing unit 15B executes processing by the additionally installed application B based on information set by the user through the setting unit 14. The processing unit 15B may be realized by cooperation between the application B and the CPU 104 of the information processing device 10. The processing unit 15B may perform extended processing regarding at least a portion of each function, such as copying, printing, and scanning, based on information set by the user through the setting unit 14. In this case, the processing unit 15B may, for example, execute "unauthorized copy prevention printing" processing in which a background pattern and character string for preventing unauthorized copying are embedded and printed.

Each functional unit of the embodiment described above can also be realized by one or more processing circuits. Here, the term "processing circuit" in this specification refers to a processor that executes each function using software, such as a processor implemented using an electronic circuit, or an ASIC (Application Circuit) designed to execute each function described above. Specific Integrated Circuit), DSP (digital signal processor), FPGA (field programmable gate array), and conventional circuit modules.

<Processing>
Next, an example of a process executed in the information processing apparatus 10 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing executed in the information processing device 10 according to the embodiment. FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the setting DB 111 according to the embodiment. FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the setting DB 111A according to the embodiment. FIG. 4C is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the setting DB 111B according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a setting structure showing the hierarchy and display order of setting items according to the embodiment. FIGS. 6A to 6C are diagrams illustrating an example of a setting screen according to the embodiment. 7A and 7B are diagrams illustrating an example of a setting screen according to the embodiment.

In the following, an example will be described in which application B is additionally installed on the information processing apparatus 10 in which one or more applications A have already been installed. Note that it is assumed that the information processing device 10 has already successfully authenticated a user such as an administrator.

"install"
In step S1, the installation unit 12 transmits an installation request for application B to the processing unit 15B in response to an operation from a user such as an administrator. Here, the installation request for application B may include, for example, information regarding setting items of application B, information about an executable file (application file) of application B, and the like.

Here, the installation unit 12 may install application B into the information processing device 10 using a function of the OS (Operating System) of the information processing device 10. As a result, the information processing device 10 includes the processing section 15B.

Furthermore, the installation unit 12 may display a button for starting the application B, for example, on the display screen (eg, top screen, desktop screen, standby screen, etc.) of the information processing device 10. This allows the user to use the additionally installed application B by pressing the button.

Subsequently, the installation unit 12 transmits a notification to install application B to the setting unit 14 (step S2). Subsequently, the setting unit 14 transmits a request to register (storage) information regarding the setting items of application B to the processing unit 15B (step S3). Here, the registration request may include information on the path of the setting DB (database) 111 of the storage unit 11.

Subsequently, the processing unit 15B registers information regarding the setting items of application B in the setting DB 111 of the storage unit 11 (step S4). In the example of FIG. 4A, the settings DB 111 contains each record including settings owner, setting item ID, setting type, input range, title (setting item name), setting value, layout screen, and display order (display position). is registered.

The setting owner is information indicating an application to be set. The setting owner may be, for example, the name of the application to be set by the setting item related to the setting item ID. The setting item ID is identification information of a setting item displayed on each setting screen displayed by the setting unit 14. Note that the business operator (person in charge) who develops the information processing device 10, etc., informs the business operator (person in charge) who develops application B, in advance, of each setting item ID for application B, which is unique in the system. May be allocated.

The setting type is the type of value (data) set to the relevant setting item. The input range is the range of values that can be set for the setting item. The title (setting item name) is the name of the setting item. The setting value is the value currently set for the setting item. The arrangement screen is information that specifies the setting screen on which the relevant setting item is displayed, among the setting screens displayed by the setting unit 14. The display order is information that specifies the priority of the display position of the setting item on the setting screen specified on the arrangement screen.

In the example of FIG. 4A, the value of the display order of each setting item of each application is specified by an integer within the range of 1 to 256. Furthermore, in the example of FIG. 4A, a record with setting item ID "2001" and a record with "2002" for application B are added by the "security application" (an example of application B) that implements the processing unit 15B. There is.

The processing unit 15B (application B) executes processing of each function based on the setting value for the setting item whose setting item ID is "2001" and the setting value for the setting item whose setting item ID is "2002". Note that each setting value may be an initial value (default value) specified by application B when application B is installed, if it has not been changed by the user.

In the example of FIG. 4A, the setting item with the setting item ID "2001" is a setting item for the "unauthorized copy prevention printing" function, and the user can specify whether the function is on (enabled) or off (disabled). Can be done. Further, the setting item with the setting item ID "2002" is a setting item for the "print character string" function, and the user can specify the character string to be printed on the copied document or the like. In the example of FIG. 4A, the setting value of the setting item with the setting item ID "2001" is "enabled", and the setting value of the setting item with the setting item ID "2002" is "COPY!", so the document is When a document is copied, the character string "COPY!" is printed on the copied document.

Application B may specify the ID of setting item A1 immediately before the setting item B1 as information indicating the display order of setting item B1 of application B. Then, the processing unit 15B or the setting unit 14 refers to the setting DB 111 in FIG. 4A, and determines the value of the display order of the setting item A1 and the setting that is the next display order of the setting item A1 on the same layout screen as the setting item A1. The value of the display order of item A2 may also be acquired. Then, the processing unit 15B or the setting unit 14 stores the value based on the display order value of the setting item A1 and the display order value of the setting item A2 as the display order value of the setting item B1 in the setting DB 111 of FIG. 4A. You may register. In this case, the processing unit 15B or the setting unit 14, for example, sets a value based on the average value of the display order value of the setting item A1 and the display order value of the setting item A2 as the display order value of the setting item B1. It may be registered in the setting DB 111 in FIG. 4A. Note that the processing unit 15B or the setting unit 14 may use, for example, the average value itself as the value based on the average value. In this case, if "1002" is specified as the ID of the setting item A1 immediately before the setting item B1 whose setting item ID is "2001" and whose title is "Unauthorized copy prevention printing", then the setting item ID is "1002" as shown in FIG. 4A. , "216", which is the average value of "208" and "224", is registered as the display order value of setting item B1. Similarly, if "2001" is specified as the ID of the setting item before setting item B2 whose setting item ID is "2002" and whose title is "Print string", the display of setting item B2 “220”, which is the average value of “216” and “224”, is registered as the order value. As a result, the values indicating the display order of the setting items are distributed, so that when another application is additionally installed later, it is possible to reduce the possibility that a desired display position cannot be specified. Note that the processing unit 15B or the setting unit 14 may use, for example, a value obtained by rounding off the average value as the value based on the above-mentioned average value.

Subsequently, the installation unit 12 transmits a notification to the setting unit 14 indicating that registration of information regarding the setting items of application B has been completed (step S5). Thereby, the setting unit 14 can display a setting screen that accepts settings for a plurality of applications including application A and application B in response to a user's operation.

《Application settings》
Subsequently, the setting unit 14 receives an operation from the user to start the setting function (step S6). Here, for example, a button for starting a setting function (setting application) on a display screen (for example, a top screen, a desktop screen, a standby screen, etc.) of the information processing device 10 may accept a pressing operation.

Subsequently, the setting unit 14 reads information registered in the setting DB 111 (step S7). Next, the setting unit 14 determines the hierarchy of setting items and the display order based on the information registered in the setting DB 111 (step S8). Thereby, for example, a setting screen in which setting items of each category are aggregated can be displayed.

Here, the setting unit 14 determines the display order (display position) of the setting items displayed on each setting screen based on the information stored in the setting DB 111 in FIG. 4A. Here, the setting unit 14 may decide to display each setting item in the descending order of the value of the "display order" item on each setting screen specified in the "arrangement screen" item.

In the example of FIG. 5, it is possible to transition from the “Settings” 501 screen, which is the top screen of the settings screen, to any of the screens such as “System Settings” 511, “Authentication Settings” 512, and “Application Settings” 513. It is shown. In addition, according to the descending order of the value of the "Display Order" item on the "System Settings" 511 setting screen, the setting screen has setting items with setting item IDs "0001" 5111 and setting items "0002" 5112. etc. are displayed in this order. In addition, in order of decreasing value of the item "Display order" on the setting screen of "Application settings" 513, setting item IDs are "0003" 5131, "0004" 5132, "1002" 5133, " It is shown that the setting items "2001" 5134, "2002" 5135, "0005" 5136, "0006" 5137, and "1003" 5138 are displayed in this order.

Subsequently, the setting unit 14 generates a first setting screen based on the determined hierarchy of setting items and the display order (step S9). Subsequently, the display unit 16 displays the generated first setting screen (step S10). In the example of FIG. 6A, the setting unit 14 displays a "system settings" button 602, an "authentication settings" button 603, an "application settings" button 604, etc. on the first settings screen 601 based on the settings structure of FIG. I'm letting you do it.

Subsequently, the setting unit 14 receives an operation on the first setting screen from the user (step S11). Subsequently, the setting unit 14 reads information registered in the setting DB 111 (step S12). Subsequently, the setting unit 14 generates a second setting screen based on the information registered in the setting DB 111 (step S13). Subsequently, the display unit 16 displays the generated second setting screen (step S14). As a result, for example, setting items for an additionally installed application can be set to the same (common) setting items as those for an already installed application without updating the setting program that implements the setting section 14 and display section 16. It can be displayed on the settings screen. Therefore, settings for already installed applications and settings for newly installed applications can be received from the user through a unified user interface.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen 901 when each setting item of each additionally installed application is arranged after each setting item of each application that is already installed at the time of factory shipment. be. In the example of FIG. 9, setting items 911A and 911B related to the copy function of a copy application that are already installed at the time of factory shipment, and setting items 912A and 912B related to the scanner of a scanner application are displayed in order from the top. has been done.

Further, below that, a setting item 913A related to sound output in the copy function and a setting item 913B related to sound output in the scanner function of the additionally installed sound output application are displayed in order. Further, below that, setting items 914A and 914B related to the fraud prevention function of the copy function of the additionally installed "security application" are displayed in order. In the example of FIG. 9, the setting items for each added application are not classified into categories such as copy-related and scanner-related, but are added to the bottom in the order in which they are newly installed.

On the other hand, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the user presses the "application settings" button 604 in FIG. 6A in the process of step S11, the display unit 16 displays the second settings shown in FIG. 6B in the process of step S14. A screen 611 is displayed. In the example of FIG. 6B, the setting unit 14 sets the setting item IDs of FIG. 4A to "0003", "0004", "1002", "2001", " For each setting item, each set of each title 613A to 620A and each set value input field 613B to 620B is displayed in the order of ``2002'', ``0005'', ``0006'', and ``1003''. Note that when the scroll bar 612 is operated up or down, the display unit 16 displays setting items that are not displayed on the display screen while maintaining the display order of each setting item.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in FIG. 6B, each setting item of each added application and each setting item of each already installed application are classified into categories such as copy-related and scanner-related. sorted in the order specified. Therefore, settings for already installed applications and settings for newly installed applications can be received from the user through a unified user interface.

(Modified example 1 of setting DB111)
In the example of FIG. 4A, an example has been described in which the processing unit 15B specifies the display order value of each setting item of each application using an integer within the range of 1 to 256. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 4B, the values of the display order of each setting item of each application may be specified using numerical values of a plurality of hierarchies.

In this case, similar to the example of FIG. 4A, application B may specify the ID of setting item A1 immediately before the setting item B1 as information indicating the display order of setting item B1 of application B. Then, the processing unit 15B may refer to the setting DB 111 in FIG. 4A and obtain the values of each hierarchy in the display order of the setting item A1. Then, the processing unit 15B converts the information having the value of each layer in the display order of the setting item A1 and the value of the layer below it, or the value of the lowest layer in the display order of the setting item A1 to a predetermined value (for example, 1) The increased value may be registered in the setting DB 111A in FIG. 4B as the display order value of the setting item B1. In this case, if "1002" is specified as the ID of the setting item A1 immediately before the setting item B1 whose setting item ID is "2001" and whose title is "Unauthorized Copy Prevention Printing", as shown in FIG. 4B. "2-1-1" having a value of "1" is registered in the hierarchy below "2-1" as the display order value of setting item B1. This can prevent the inability to specify a desired display position when another application is additionally installed later.

(Modified example 2 of setting DB111)
In the example of FIGS. 4A and 4B, an example has been described in which the processing unit 15B specifies the display order value of each setting item of each application. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 4C, a category may be specified for each setting item of each application, and a display order value for each specified category may be specified. Thereby, for example, the display order for each category can be specified more easily.

In the example of the settings DB 111B in FIG. 4C, category items are added to each record compared to the example in FIG. 4A. Note that the value of "display order" may be specified by numerical values of multiple hierarchies as shown in FIG. 4B.

The category is the category (type, attribute) of the setting item related to the setting item ID. The category information may be included in the installation request for application B transmitted from the installation unit 12 in the process of step S1.

In the process of step S8, the setting unit 14 determines the hierarchy of setting items and the display order for each category based on the information registered in the setting DB 111B of FIG. 4C. In the example of FIG. 4C, a category of "copy" or "scanner" is set for each setting item on the "application settings" layout screen. In this case, the setting unit 14 displays the setting items to which the "copy" category is set in the descending order of the "display order" item value on the "application settings" setting screen. Further, the setting unit 14 displays setting items in which the category of "scanner" is set in the setting screen of "application settings" in order of decreasing value of the "display order" item. Note that the display order of each category may be set in advance by an administrator or the like.

(Modification example 1 of setting screen display)
In the second setting screen 611 of FIG. 6B, the display manner of each setting item of the additionally installed application B may be made different from the display manner of each existing setting item. In this case, the setting unit 14 may display objects whose display mode corresponds to the display order of each setting item of application B in association with each setting item, as in the second setting screen 631 in FIG. 6C. . In the example of FIG. 6C, the farther apart the display position of each setting item of application B is from the current display position specified by operating the scroll bar 612, the more "NEW" is associated with each setting item. The size of speech bubbles 616C and 617C has been increased. Therefore, for example, the user can know how much the scroll bar 612 needs to be moved to display each setting item of the additionally installed application B. Note that the display mode depending on the display order of each setting item of application B may include, for example, size, color, blinking, and the like.

(Modification example 2 of setting screen display)
If the number of setting items related to a predetermined function on the second setting screen exceeds the threshold due to additional installation of an application, etc., the setting items related to the predetermined function will be moved to another setting screen. You may move it. Thereby, for example, the user can easily find setting items other than the setting items related to the predetermined function on the second setting screen.

In this case, the setting unit 14 determines that, in the setting DB 111 of FIG. 4A, among the setting items displayed on the predetermined layout screen, a number of setting items equal to or greater than the threshold are registered in the first range of display order values. If so, the setting item may be moved to the third setting screen.

In this case, in the example of the setting DB 111 in FIG. 4A, among the setting items whose arrangement screen is "Application Settings", four or more setting items are included within 32 values in display order. Therefore, the display unit 16 does not display the four setting items on the second setting screen 701 as shown in FIG. 7A, but displays a button 702 that displays the third setting screen for the four setting items. In the example of FIG. 7A, the setting unit 14 displays, as the title of the button 702, a title based on the title of the setting item with the highest display order among the four setting items.

When the button 702 is pressed, the display unit 16 displays the third setting screen 711 shown in FIG. 7B. On the third setting screen 711 in FIG. 7B, the setting unit 14 displays the titles 614A to 617A of the four setting items and the input fields 614B to 627B for each setting value, which were moved from the second setting screen 701 in FIG. 7A. Each pair is displayed.

[Second embodiment]
In the second embodiment, an example will be described in which information regarding each setting item for each additionally installed application is recorded in an external device. Thereby, information regarding each setting item for each application of the information processing device 10 can be managed on the cloud or the like. Note that since the second embodiment is similar to the first embodiment except for some parts, the description will be omitted as appropriate. In the following, descriptions of parts common to the first embodiment will be omitted, and only parts that are different will be described. Note that the information processing apparatus 10 can perform each process of the first embodiment and each process of the second embodiment in combination as appropriate.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the information processing system 1 according to the second embodiment. In the example of FIG. 8, the information processing system 1 according to the second embodiment includes an information processing device 10 and a server 20.

The information processing device 10 according to the second embodiment includes a transmitting/receiving section 17. The transmitting/receiving unit 17 transmits and receives data to and from the server 20 . Further, the server 20 includes a transmitting/receiving section 21 . The transmitting/receiving unit 21 transmits and receives data to and from the information processing device 10 .

The second embodiment differs from the first embodiment mainly in that the server 20 has a storage unit 22 that stores the settings DB 111 instead of the information processing device 10 having the storage unit 11 that stores the settings DB 111.

The processing of the information processing apparatus 10 according to the second embodiment is similar to the processing of the information processing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment described in FIG. 3, but differs mainly in the following points. In the process of step S4 in FIG. The setting unit 14 of the information processing device 10 according to the embodiment reads information registered in the setting DB 111 of the storage unit 22 of the server 20 in steps S7 and S12 of FIG.

<Modified example>
Each functional unit of the information processing device 10 may be realized, for example, by cloud computing provided by one or more computers.

Although the present invention has been described above based on each embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the requirements shown in the above embodiments. These points can be changed without detracting from the gist of the present invention, and can be determined appropriately depending on the application thereof.

1 Information processing system 10 Information processing device 11 Storage unit 111 Setting BD
12 Installation section 14 Setting section 15A Processing section 15B Processing section 16 Display section 17 Transmission/reception section 20 Server 21 Transmission/reception section 22 Storage section

JP2018-047658A

Claims (8)

an installation section that additionally installs a second application;
If a first setting item of the first application and a second setting item of the second application are set, and a setting value for the second setting item is specified by the user, it corresponds to the identification information of the second setting item. a setting unit that stores setting values designated by the user in a storage unit ;
a display unit that aggregates and displays setting items of the same category among the first setting item of the first application and the second setting item of the second application;
a processing unit that executes processing by the second application based on setting values stored in the storage unit in association with identification information of the second setting item;
has
The processing unit includes:
A value based on a value indicating the display order of the first setting item and a value indicating the display order of the third setting item, which is the next display order with respect to the display order of the first setting item, is set as the second setting item. storing it in the storage unit as a value indicating the display order;
Information processing device. The display section is
The first setting item and the second setting item in an order based on information indicating the display order of the first setting item and information indicating the display order of the second setting item, which are set by the setting unit. to display,
The information processing device according to claim 1. The processing unit includes:
A value corresponding to the average value of a value indicating the display order of the first setting item and a value indicating the next display order of the first setting item is set as a value indicating the display order of the second setting item in the storage unit. to remember,
The information processing device according to claim 1 . The display section is
If a number of setting items equal to or greater than a threshold are registered within a predetermined range of display order values on a predetermined screen, the setting items are moved and displayed on a screen other than the predetermined screen;
The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 . The display section is
displaying an object in a display mode according to the current display position specified by operating the scroll bar and the display position of each setting item in association with the second setting item;
The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 . The information processing device
a process of additionally installing a second application;
If a first setting item of the first application and a second setting item of the second application are set, and a setting value for the second setting item is specified by the user, it corresponds to the identification information of the second setting item. and storing the setting values specified by the user in a storage unit ;
A process of collectively displaying setting items of the same category among the first setting item of the first application and the second setting item of the second application;
a process of executing a process by the second application based on a setting value stored in the storage unit in association with identification information of the second setting item;
Run
The process to be executed is
A value based on a value indicating the display order of the first setting item and a value indicating the display order of the third setting item, which is the next display order with respect to the display order of the first setting item, is set as the second setting item. storing it in the storage unit as a value indicating the display order;
Information processing method. In the information processing device,
a process of additionally installing a second application;
If a first setting item of the first application and a second setting item of the second application are set, and a setting value for the second setting item is specified by the user, it corresponds to the identification information of the second setting item. and storing the setting values specified by the user in a storage unit ;
A process of collectively displaying setting items of the same category among the first setting item of the first application and the second setting item of the second application;
a process of executing a process by the second application based on a setting value stored in the storage unit in association with identification information of the second setting item;
Run
The process to be executed is
A value based on a value indicating the display order of the first setting item and a value indicating the display order of the third setting item, which is the next display order with respect to the display order of the first setting item, is set as the second setting item. storing it in the storage unit as a value indicating the display order;
program. An information processing system including a server and an information processing device,
The server is
a storage unit that stores information regarding a first setting item of a first application installed in the information processing device and information regarding a second setting item of a second application additionally installed;
The information processing device includes:
an installation section that additionally installs a second application;
If a first setting item of the first application and a second setting item of the second application are set, and a setting value for the second setting item is specified by the user, it corresponds to the identification information of the second setting item. a setting unit that stores setting values specified by the user in the storage unit ;
a display unit that aggregates and displays setting items of the same category among the first setting item of the first application and the second setting item of the second application based on information stored in the storage unit; ,
a processing unit that executes processing by the second application based on setting values stored in the storage unit in association with identification information of the second setting item;
has
A value based on a value indicating the display order of the first setting item and a value indicating the display order of the third setting item, which is the next display order with respect to the display order of the first setting item, is set as the second setting item. storing it in the storage unit as a value indicating the display order ;
Information processing system.

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