JPH11134278A - Information processor and its processing method, and storage medium where program thereof is stored - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display more information of unread mails by using a small display area by displaying information of the unread mails in a display style corresponding to the number of the mails. SOLUTION: Whether or not a user has read a received mail is discriminated and managed, and when unread mail are managed, information regarding the mails is displayed in a display style corresponding to the number of the mails. When there is not new mail, no new mail display is made and the total number of mails in Inbox is displayed (S401 to 404). When there is one new mail, the contents of the new mail itself are displayed (S405). When there are more than one new mail and less than a specific maximum value, the sender name, reception day and time, and subjects are displayed (S406). When there are new mails more than the maximum value, the total number of the new mails is displayed and when there are mails from the same sender, the sender's name and the number of the mails are displayed (S407 to 408).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, and more particularly to an information processing apparatus capable of managing information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, electronic mail has been transmitted and received using a computer, and files and schedule information have been managed.

[0003] Software that handles such mails includes software that notifies a user of the arrival of a new mail.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technology, mail software must be started in order to know what kind of mail has been received. Must be selected and opened.

[0005] In addition, personal information of a user, such as e-mails and schedules, is managed by a computer owned by the user, and cannot be handled by other devices.

In order to store and manage a file, a user needs to create a plurality of folders, specify a folder when storing a file, and issue an instruction or an operation to store the file in the folder. Also, it is sometimes difficult to understand where the stored file is. Further, such a file and the above-mentioned mail have been managed completely independently.

[0007] Further, when a process is executed according to an instruction,
After execution, the contents of the instruction could not be confirmed. Also, in order to execute the same processing again, it was necessary to issue an instruction again in the same procedure.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus, comprising: a receiving unit for receiving an e-mail; and a method for identifying whether or not a user has read the received e-mail. And a display unit that, when the management unit manages a mail that is not read by the user, displays information about the mail in a display mode corresponding to the number of the mails.

According to another aspect, the information processing apparatus is provided with a designation unit for designating a device to be accessed, an input unit for inputting a user's password, and an access to the device designated by the designation unit. Transmission means for transmitting the input password, request means for requesting the personal information of the user, and output means for outputting the personal information of the user transmitted in response to the request. .

According to another aspect, the information processing apparatus has a file storage means for storing a file of information in a category based on the type of processing performed on the information, and a file storage means for storing information in the information to be stored. Determining means for determining the type of processing performed;
Storage control means for storing the file of the information to be stored in the file storage means in a classification based on the type determined by the determination means.

According to another aspect, an information processing apparatus includes: an execution unit configured to execute a process based on a processing instruction command; a processing instruction command storage unit capable of storing a plurality of processing instruction commands; A search condition designating unit for designating a search condition relating to an attribute, and a search unit for searching a processing instruction command from the processing instruction command storage unit based on the search condition designated by the search condition designating unit.

According to another aspect, the information processing method includes a receiving step of receiving the mail, and a step of receiving the received mail.
A management process for identifying and managing whether or not the user has read,
A display step of displaying information about the mail in a display mode according to the number of the mails, when the mail not read by the user is managed by the management step.

According to another aspect, in the information processing method, a designation step of designating a device to be accessed, an input step of entering a user's password, and an access to the device designated in the designation process are performed. A transmitting step of transmitting the input password; a requesting step of requesting the personal information of the user; and an outputting step of outputting the personal information of the user transmitted in response to the request. .

According to another aspect, the information processing method includes a determining step of determining the type of processing performed on the information to be stored and a classification based on the type of processing performed on the information. A file storage unit that stores the information file to be stored in the file storage unit that stores the information file in a classification based on the type determined in the determination step.

According to another aspect, the information processing method includes an execution step of executing a process based on the processing instruction command, a search condition specifying step of specifying a search condition relating to an attribute of the processing instruction command, A search step of searching for a processing instruction command from a processing instruction command storage unit capable of storing a plurality of processing instruction commands based on a search condition specified by the condition specifying step.

According to another aspect, a receiving step of receiving a mail on a storage medium capable of storing a program, and a managing step of identifying and managing whether or not a user has read the received mail are provided. And a display step of displaying information about the mail in a display mode corresponding to the number of the mails when the mail that the user has not read is managed by the management step.

According to another aspect, a specifying step of specifying a device to be accessed in a storage medium capable of storing a program, an inputting step of inputting a password of a user,
A transmitting step of accessing the device specified by the specifying step and transmitting the input password; a requesting step of requesting personal information of the user; and the user transmitted in response to the request And an output step of outputting the personal information.

According to another aspect, a determining step of determining the type of processing performed on information to be stored in a storage medium capable of storing a program, and determining the type of processing performed on the information. A file storage unit that stores a file of information to be stored is stored in a file storage unit that stores a file of information in a classification based on the type based on the type determined in the determination step. doing.

According to another aspect, an execution step of executing a process based on a processing instruction command in a storage medium capable of storing a program, and a search condition specifying step of specifying a search condition relating to an attribute of the processing instruction command And a search step of searching for a processing instruction command from a processing instruction command storage unit capable of storing a plurality of processing instruction commands based on the search condition specified by the search condition specifying step.

[0020]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of the present embodiment, and shows a relationship among a user 101, a client 102, a server 103, a database 104, and a daemon 105. The client 102 and the server 103 may be on the same device, or may be on different devices connected via a network or the like.

The user 101 performs some operation on the client 1
When the request is made to 02, the client 102 generates a request corresponding to the operation and transmits it to the server 103. Server 103
Interprets the received request, exchanges it with the database 104, and performs processing such as addition / deletion of a Job which is a processing instruction command and acquisition of data. As a result, if necessary, create the corresponding HTML page and
Send to 102. The client 102 displays the received HTML page and prompts the user 101 for a new operation.

Jobs stored in the database 104 are monitored by the daemon 105, and the daemon 105 executes processes such as printing, transmission, and notification corresponding to the Job whose execution conditions are satisfied.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram according to the present embodiment.

In FIG. 1, various devices are connected to a network 201, and data is transmitted and received through the network 201. The printer 202 prints data received via a network and has an input / output operation unit 203. The input / output operation unit 203 performs various displays to the user and receives an instruction from the user. The scanner 204 and the multifunction device 205 also have the same input / output operation unit. The scanner 204 is for optically reading data printed on paper or the like, and the multifunction device 205 is connected to the printer 202 and the scanner.
It has 204 functions. Personal computer 2
In step 06, documents and images are created, and personal data such as user mails and schedules are managed.

Each of the printer 202, the scanner 204, the multifunction device 205, and the personal computer 206 functions as the client and server described above.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the printer according to the present embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2, a touch panel 301 displays a printer status and a menu screen to a user, and allows the user to select a menu item or input a character using a displayed keyboard by touching the display surface. It can be carried out. Instead of the touch panel 301, a normal display and keyboard may be prepared.

The CPU 302 executes various programs including the processing procedure described later with reference to the flowchart, and controls each unit of the apparatus connected by the system bus 308. Reading unit 3
03 reads image information recorded on paper or the like. Communication unit
304 transmits and receives data including instructions and status to and from a desktop or printer via a network.

The ROM 305 stores fixed data and programs. The RAM 306 temporarily stores data and programs. Hard disk drive (HDD) 307
Can permanently store programs and data, and are used as the database described above. The system bus 308 is
Each unit of the above-described device is connected, and used as a medium for transmitting and receiving data, addresses, and control signals between the devices. Various programs including the processing procedures described later with reference to the flowcharts may be stored in the ROM 305 or the HDD 307.
May be loaded into the RAM 306 prior to or during the execution of the processing as needed.

A personal computer (desktop) has a display, a keyboard and a mouse in place of a touch panel, and the basic hardware configuration is a printer even though there is a difference in performance except that there is no printing unit. It is assumed that this is the same as

FIGS. 12 to 14 show examples of the initial screen of the desktop. When you launch the desktop and log in, you will first see a screen like the one in Figures 12-14. In the present embodiment, information relating to a new mail addressed to the user is displayed at the top of the screen, and the job of the held user is displayed at the center of the screen. Here, FIG. 12 shows a case where there are four new mails, FIG. 13 shows a case where there are three new mails, and FIG. 14 shows a case where there is only one new mail. Thus, in the present embodiment, the display mode is changed according to the number of mails. The display relating to the mail will be displayed on any screen thereafter.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of the new mail display process.

First, the number of new mails is obtained. If there is no new mail, "No New Message" is displayed, and the total number of mails in the Inbox is displayed (steps S401 to S404). If there is one new mail, the contents of the new mail are displayed as shown in FIG. 14 (step S405). When the number of new mails is two or more and the predetermined maximum value (three in this case, but this setting can be changed), the sender name, reception date and time, and subject are displayed as shown in FIG. (Step S
406). Also, when the number is larger than the maximum value, as shown in FIG.
The total number of new mails is displayed, and when there are a plurality of mails from the same sender, the sender name and the number of mails are displayed (steps S407 to S408).

When there are a plurality of new e-mails, the e-mail can be selected to display or print the contents of the e-mail, and all the new e-mails can be printed (steps S409 to S414).

Next, a search for a Job will be described. FIG.
9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a job search setting process on the job search setting screen. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a job search setting screen.

On the Job search setting screen shown in FIG. 15, the Job search conditions include Job Name (job name), From Devic
e (operating device name), To Device (operating device name), To Person (operating user name), After Time / Befo
Re time (operation time zone) and Action type (action type) can be used, and these can be set as AND or OR. Also, symbols such as (*,?) Can be used partially.

In FIG. 5, the operation of the user is acquired,
If it is Search, based on the set search conditions, FIG.
(Steps S501 to S501)
Four). If the operation is Cancel, the search process is canceled and the process returns to the main menu (step S505). If the operation is Help, a Help screen corresponding to the current screen is displayed (step S506). When a common item that does not depend on the screen, such as the Main Menu, is selected, a corresponding process is performed (step S507). If another operation has been performed, other processing is performed (step S508).

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a job search processing procedure.

The search condition of the job is obtained, and if there is an unprocessed job, one of the jobs is obtained, a matching process with the search condition is performed, and a matching job is added to the search result. When there are no unprocessed Jobs, a list of search results is displayed (Steps S601 to S605).

The display of Job obtained as a search result is Job
Use Name, To / From, Action Type, etc.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the search condition matching process.

For each Job, Job Name (job name), F
rom Device (operating device name), To Device (operating device name), To Person (operating user name), After T
Matches with ime / Before time (operation time zone) and Action type (action type) search conditions.
When a Job that satisfies all the search conditions is found, it is added to the search result list (steps S701 to S713). All j
When processing is completed for ob, a search list is displayed.

Thus, "Jo sent to ~ yesterday"
b "and" files printed this morning ". Then, the user can easily check the contents of the job and execute the job again.

Next, the filing process will be described. 8 to 10 are flowcharts showing the procedure of the filing process.

In the system of this embodiment, the types of folders to be filed are Intray, Out Tray, and Filed.
Mail, Filed Document, User Filed Mail, Explorer, T
There is a rash.

When filing is requested, if the request type is Incoming Document which is input or reception, the file is filed to the Intray folder. In the Intray folder, depending on the type of data, if it is Mail, Ma
If it is filed in the il folder and Job / Message, Job
Filed in the / Message folder, and if the data is scanned and input, it is filed in the Scanned In folder
(Steps S801 to 807).

When the type of request is Outgoing Document which is output or transmission, the file is stored in the Out Tray folder. In the Out Tray folder, depending on the type of data, if it is Mail, it is filed to the Mail folder, and if it is Job / Message, it is filed to the Job / Message folder (steps S808 to 811).

If the request type is delete, Tr
Filed in the ash folder. In the Trash folder, depending on the type of data, if it is Mail, it is filed to the Mail folder, if it is Document, it is filed to the Document folder, and if it is Win File, it is filed to the Win File folder (steps S901 to S901). 906). If the request type is another application, the request is filed in another application (step S907).

Further, if the type of request is otherwise,
If there is a user's selection, the file is created in the folder created by the user. If there is no selection, the mail header attribute (To, CC To, Fro
m, Subject), and based on it, Filed Mail
Filing to a folder. On the other hand, if the document is a document, the attributes (owner, keyword, category) of the document are acquired and filed in the Filed Document folder (steps S1001 to 1007).

Next, the setting of the voice modem will be described. If you select setup on the initial menu screen,
The setup setting screen is displayed. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of the setup setting screen. When voice modem settings is selected on the setup setting screen in FIG. 16, a voice modem setting screen is displayed.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a voice modem setting screen. Figure 11 shows voice for notification by phone
It is a flowchart showing the procedure of the setting process of a modem.

If there is a telephone notification request, the desk
e If you have a Modem, set the phone number.If you do not have one, have a Voice Modem and specify a proxy device that can be used for phone notification by device name and address (steps S1101 to 1104). . As shown in FIG. 17, here, up to three such proxy devices can be set. In this way, if you do not have a Voice modem, set the proxy device and set the proxy proxy
Using vice, notification by telephone becomes possible.

Next, a case where the desktop (personal computer) 206 is operated from the printer 202 will be described. Similar processing can be performed from the scanner 204 and the multifunction device 205.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a procedure of an access process from a printer to another device. this is,
The flow of processing when access to another device or access to the desktop is selected from the main menu of the printer is shown.

In step S8001, a device address is specified, and in step S8002, a login screen is downloaded from the device at that address. Step S8003
Then, log in according to this screen. If the login is successful, the menu screen after login is downloaded from the logged-in device in steps S8004 to 8005.

When the operation target device is a printer,
The process advances to step S8006 to perform processing of another printer in the same manner as the own printer. If the operation target is a desktop, the process advances to step S8007 to perform desktop processing described later with reference to FIG. In this case, a menu screen as shown in FIGS. If the operation target is another device, the process advances to step S8008 to perform processing of another device.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the desktop. Go from the printer main menu
It shows the flow of processing when you log in by selecting your own desktop in to My Desktop. First, step S82
01, display the main menu of the desktop. In step S8202, a process (action) is selected.

If file printing is selected in step S8202, the flow advances to step S8204 to perform file printing processing described later with reference to FIG. If acquisition of unread mail is selected, the process proceeds to step S8205, and an unread mail acquisition process described later with reference to FIG. 20 is performed. If read mail acquisition is selected, the flow advances to step S8206 to perform a read mail acquisition process described later with reference to FIG. When the schedule print is selected, the process proceeds to step S8207, and FIG.
For 9, a schedule print process described later is performed. If the schedule reference is selected, the process advances to step S8208 to perform a schedule reference process described later with reference to FIG. If the address book reference is selected, step S8
Proceeding to 209, an address book reference process is performed. If logout is selected, the flow advances to step S8210 to perform logout processing.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing an unread mail processing procedure. This shows the flow of processing when trying to read unread e-mail by accessing your desktop. In step S8300, a list of unread mail is displayed. FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of an unread mail list. In step S8301, a mail to be processed is selected.
In step S8302, a process for the selected mail is selected.

If the main menu is selected in step S8302, the process returns to the desktop main menu in step S8304. If "Open" is selected,
In step S8305, the selected mail is opened to display the contents. FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the contents of a mail. If the previous display or the subsequent display is selected in step S8306, the process returns to step S8305 to display the contents of the corresponding mail. If print or delete is selected, delete the mail in step S8308 and step S8309, respectively.
Is printed. If printing or deletion is selected in step S8302,
In step S8309, the mail is deleted, and the mail is printed in step S8309. If all printing is selected, step S831
At 0, all mail is printed. "Read mail (Ol
If “d)” is selected, the read mail process described later with reference to FIG. 21 is performed.

In the mail printing in step S8309, the user accesses his / her desk, obtains the mail, and prints the mail. As for printing, the printer itself or another printer can be designated as a printing destination, and a printing time can be designated. In the print of all e-mails in step S8310, the user accesses his / her desk to acquire and print all e-mails. In the email deletion in step S8308, the user accesses his / her desk and deletes the email. At that time, confirmation may be made as to whether or not to really delete.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing a read mail processing procedure. This shows the flow of processing when the user accesses his / her desktop and tries to read a read mail. In step S8401, a list of read mails is displayed. FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example of a read mail list. In step S8402, a mail to be processed is selected.
In step S8403, a process for the selected mail is selected.

If the main menu is selected in step S8404, the process returns to the desktop main menu in step S8405. If "Open" is selected,
In step S8406, the selected mail is opened and its contents are displayed. FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the contents of a mail. If the previous display or the subsequent display is selected in step S8407, the process returns to step S8406 to display the contents of the corresponding mail. If print or delete is selected, delete the mail in step S8409 and step S8410, respectively.
Is printed. Even if printing or deletion is selected in step S8402,
The deletion of the mail of No. 9 and the printing of the mail of Step S8410 are executed. When “Unread mail (Unread)” is selected, the processing of the unread mail described with reference to FIG. 20 is performed.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of file processing. This shows the flow of processing when accessing one's own desktop and trying to operate on files on the desktop. Step S880
In step 1, make settings for file acquisition. FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating an example of a setting screen for acquiring a file. Here, a file name can be set. Step S8802
Then, a process to be executed for acquisition is selected.

If search is selected in step S8802, search conditions are set in step S8803, and in step S8804,
Perform a search for files on the desktop and step S880
In 5, a list of files corresponding to the setting conditions is displayed. If a file list (Show All) is selected in step S8802, a list of files on the desktop is displayed. FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating an example of a list display of files on the desktop. In step S8807, a file is selected from the search result or the list display. When selected in this way, or when instructing acquisition by inputting a file name in step S8802, in step S8808,
The file is retrieved from the desktop. Steps
In step S8809, a process for this file is selected. Figure 28
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process selection screen for an acquired file. If printing is selected here, step S881
Print the file obtained in step 1. If transmission is selected, the acquired file is transmitted in step S8812.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart of the schedule display process.

When ViewShcedule is selected from the main menu, a schedule menu is displayed. here,
It is possible to display two types of schedules, a daily schedule and a monthly schedule. To display the daily schedule, specify the display date, and to display the monthly schedule, specify the display date (steps S2901 to 2904). ). If Done is selected, the screen returns to the previous screen, and if Logout is selected, logout processing is performed (steps S2905, 2915).

In the case of the daily schedule, the schedule of the designated day is displayed every hour, and when the subject is clicked, the details of the schedule are displayed. Here, when the next display is selected, the next day's schedule is displayed, when the previous display is selected, the previous day's schedule is displayed, and when the print is selected, the currently displayed schedule is printed (steps S2907 to 2910).

In the case of a monthly schedule, a schedule for a specified month is displayed. Here, when the next display is selected, the schedule for the next month is displayed, when the previous display is selected, the schedule for the previous month is displayed, and when the print is selected, the currently displayed schedule is printed (steps S2911 to S2911).
2914).

The functions used in the processing of the above-described embodiment will be described below.

FIG. 30 shows a function Void for displaying a schedule.
It is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of CreateScheduleHTMLPage. If the selection variable is 1, set ViewSchedule to HTML
Display on the page, if the selected variable is 2, PrintSchedule
Is displayed on the HTML page (steps S3001 to 3003).

FIG. 31 shows a function Void for displaying a schedule.
It is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of ScheduleViewProc.

The user click action is acquired, and In
It sets itialize to Yes (steps S3101 to 3102). If the type of selection is View Schedule, set Operation to View; if the type of selection is Print Schedule, Operat
The ion is set to Print (steps S3103 to 3105). And if the schedule type is Day View, Sele
Set ct to DayClick and for Month View, select
MonthClick is set and Year is set to the specified year (steps S3106 to 3108). If the type of date specification is a complete date, set Value to the specified date; if it is a month name, set Value
Is set to the designated month (steps S3109 to 3111). Then, an entry is created in datadump, ini, and the data is dumped (steps S3112 to 3113).

FIG. 32 shows a function Void for displaying a schedule.
It is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of ScheduleViewProc. This is done by running datadump.exe by the daemon.

A data acquisition request is transmitted to the schedule application, the data acquisition status is read, and if the data acquisition is completed and the data acquisition size is not zero, the data is acquired from datadump.dat and displayed.
If the data acquisition size is zero, General Error HTML
The page is displayed (steps S3201 to 3208).

FIG. 33 shows a function for displaying an error message.
It is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of Void DisplayErrorHTMLPage.

If an error occurs when the schedule application requests data acquisition and data is acquired from datadump.exe, an error message HTML page for notifying the user of the error is displayed, and StrSourc is displayed.
Keep track of any errors that occurred while retrieving data from Microsoft Outlook or LotusOrganizer to e (steps S3301-3304).

FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a function for generating a message. If the selection variable is 1, generate a DayView message, if it is 2, MonthView
Create a message. And to StrDesktop, view
Whether the Schedule button or the printSchedule button is pressed and this function is called is held as a caller (steps S3401 to 3403).

FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a function Void MakeDayViewHTMLPage for displaying a schedule in units of one day.

Here, the three strings Init_Str, Send_Str, and Rem_Str are converted into integer values. These string values determine whether the back forward button can or cannot be used on this page. strCurrPage contains the current page number, StrTotalPage is the specified DayViewSch
Contains the total number of edule schedule pages. Thereby, the Back / Forward button is set, the page number of the current page is set, and the total number of pages of the selected DayViewSchedule is set (steps S3501 to 3503).

Here, if the schedule type is application 1, a time, a subject, and a location header are set. On the other hand, in the case of the application 2, the time and the header of the subject are set (steps S3504 to S350).
6). Further, a command button is set, a display start date is acquired, the date is displayed at the top of the header, and data is acquired and displayed (steps S3507 to 3511).

FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a function Void DisplayMonthViewHTMLPage for displaying a schedule on a monthly basis.

First, the Back / Forward button is set, the page number of the current page is set, and the selected MonthViewSch
Set the total number of edule pages (steps S3601 to 360
3). Here, if the type of the schedule is application 1, the header of time, subject, and location is set. On the other hand, in the case of the application 2, the time and the header of the subject are set (steps S3604 to 3606). Further, a command button is set, a display start date is acquired, the date is displayed at the top of the header, and data is acquired and displayed (steps S3607 to 3611).

FIG. 37 shows a function Void for displaying Description.
It is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of DisplayDescriptionHTMLPage. When the Discription button is pressed, a Description page related to the specified schedule entry is displayed (steps S3701 to 3702).

FIGS. 38 to 39 are flowcharts showing the processing procedure of the function Void MonthViewProc () for processing a monthly schedule.

Display the MonthlyViewHTML page, and Descrip
When the Option command button is pressed, data is acquired from Datadump.dat, nodes of all linked lists are acquired, and Descfi
The HTML page of le is created, and the DescriptionHTML page is displayed (steps S3801 to 3806). When the Back / Forward button is pressed, the corresponding data is obtained from Datadump.dat and the MonthlyViewHTML page is displayed (step S3807)
~ 3809). When the Print button is pressed, Intialize changes to Fals
e, Operation to Print, Select to Mon
Set to thClick (steps S3901 to 3904).

Then, the data is written to the memory, the data is dumped, a print file is created, and the print file name is written (steps S3905 to 3908). If the creation of the print file is successful, the job is sent. If the creation of the job fails, an error HTML page is displayed (steps S3909 to S391).
1).

FIGS. 40 to 41 are flowcharts showing the processing procedure of the function Void DayViewProc () for processing a schedule on a daily basis.

First, the DayViewHTML page is displayed, and Descr
When the iption command button is pressed, data is acquired from Datadump.dat, nodes of all linked lists are acquired, and Desc
An HTML page of file is created, and a DescriptionHTML page is displayed (steps S4001 to 4006). When the Back / Forward button is pressed, the corresponding data is obtained from Datadump.dat and the DayViewHTML page is displayed (steps S4007 to S4007).
4009). When the Print button is pressed, Intialize is False
, Set Operation to Print, and Select to DayC
lick is set (steps S4101 to 4104).

Then, the data is written to the memory, the data is dumped, a print file is created, and the print file name is written (steps S4105 to 4108). If the creation of the print file is successful, the job is sent. If the creation of the job fails, an error HTML page is displayed (steps S4109 to S411).
1).

FIG. 42 shows a function V for processing the description.
It is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of oid DescriptionProc ().

When the Description HTML page is displayed and the OK button is pressed, Int_count, Send_count, and Rem_Count are obtained, and data is obtained from Datadump.dat (step S420).
1-4204). If the schedule type is Month, MonthV
The iewHTML page is displayed, and in the case of Day, the DayViewHTML page is displayed (steps S4205 to 4207).

Next, file processing will be described. Figure
43 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a function VoidDrivesHTMLPage for displaying a drive. The total number of drives existing in the user machine is obtained, and all drives are displayed (steps S4301 to 4302).

FIG. 44 shows a function Void Dri for processing a drive.
It is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of veProc (). The name of the specified drive is acquired, and the current directory is set (steps S4401 to 4402). If the directory setting succeeds, a link list is acquired, and if the directory setting fails, the entire drive list is displayed (steps S4403 to 4405).

FIG. 45 shows a function Vo for updating the display of Explorer.
It is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of id RefreshExplorerPage.

A drive designated as the desktop is displayed on the left side of PVExplorer, all the files and directory nodes of the designated drive are displayed, and nodes of the list are displayed (steps S4501 to 4503). If the node in the list is not empty, the data values of the selected drive and the selected node are set to zero (steps S4504 to 450)
Five). If the node is clicked, a new page is set, and if the item is clicked, the selected item is acquired, and a hidden file related to the acquired item is set (steps S4506 to 4510).

FIG. 46 shows a function Void Refre for the updating process.
It is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of shProc (). When the node is selected, the name of the parent is checked. If the parent is the desktop, the entire drive list is displayed. Otherwise, the current directory is set (steps S4601 to S4601).
605). If the process is successful, get a linked list and Exp
A lorer page is obtained (steps S4606 to 4608).

Hereinafter, the mail processing will be described. Figure
47 is a function to log in to the mail system SXMailClient
It is a flowchart showing the procedure of Login.

The user is confirmed by the password, the VIM session is opened, and if it succeeds, the CCMail can be accessed, and if it fails, the access becomes impossible (step S4).
701-4705).

FIG. 48 shows a function SXTo for obtaining the total number of mails.
It is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of talMail. CCMai
l, and returns the total number of mails of the specified type (Sxmtype) (steps S4801 to 4802). In the CCMail system, Sxmtype is limited to two types, old / new.

FIG. 49 shows a function Void SXGet for obtaining a mail.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of Mail. Log in to CCMail, retrieve the first count of the specified type of mail from the CCMail system, and return the header information of the mail to pMails (steps S4901-4903).

FIG. 50 shows a function SXGetN for acquiring the next mail.
It is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of extMail. CCMai
Log in to l, retrieve the next count of the specified type of mail, and return the header information of the mail to pMails (steps S5001 to 5003).

FIG. 51 shows a function SXDeleteMa for deleting a mail.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of il. Log in to CCMail and delete the specified message from CCMail (steps S5101-5102).

FIG. 52 shows a function SXGe for extracting the contents of a mail.
It is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of tMailContent.

Log in to CCMail and take out the contents (content, body) of the specified mail (steps S5201 to S520)
2). If the RTF format flag is True and the format of the displayed e-mail is other than simple text, store it in the file with the specified file name in RTF format; otherwise store it in simple text format (step S5203-5206).

FIG. 53 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a function for making a mail read. Log in to CCMail,
The designated mail type is read (old) (steps S5301 to 5302).

The present invention may be applied to an apparatus composed of a single device or a system composed of a plurality of devices. Further, a storage medium storing a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to an apparatus or a system, and a computer in the apparatus or the system reads out and executes the program code stored in the storage medium. May be achieved by:

Further, by reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium by the computer in the apparatus or the system, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are directly realized, but also the instructions based on the program code. The case where the above-described functions are realized by processing of an OS or the like running on a computer is also included.

In these cases, the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

[0111]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the unread mail information is displayed in a display mode corresponding to the number of mails, there is an effect that as much information as possible about the unread mail can be displayed by using a small display area.

There is another effect that personal information managed by the user's device can be output by another device.

Further, since the information is filed in a classification based on the type of processing, there is an effect that the filing operation instruction is simplified and management is facilitated.

Further, since the processing instruction command is stored and can be searched, there is an effect that the content of the executed processing instruction command can be easily confirmed and re-executed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the scanner according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of a new mail display process.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a job search setting process.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a job search processing procedure.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a search condition matching process.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of filing processing.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of filing processing.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of filing processing.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a voice modem setting process.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of an initial screen of a desktop.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of an initial screen of a desktop.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of an initial screen of a desktop.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a job search setting screen.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a setup setting screen.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a voice modem setting process.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an access process to another device.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating a desktop processing procedure.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing an unread mail processing procedure.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing a read mail processing procedure.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of an unread mail list.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the contents of a mail.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an example of a read mail list.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of file processing.

FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating an example of a setting screen for acquiring a file.

FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating an example of a desktop file list display.

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process selection screen for an acquired file.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart of a schedule display process.

FIG. 30 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a function for displaying a schedule.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a function for displaying a schedule.

FIG. 32 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a function for displaying a schedule.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a function for displaying an error message.

FIG. 34 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a function for generating a message.

FIG. 35 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a function for displaying a schedule on a daily basis.

FIG. 36 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a function for displaying a monthly schedule.

FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a function for displaying Description.

FIG. 38 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a function for processing a monthly schedule.

FIG. 39 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a function for processing a monthly schedule.

FIG. 40 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a function for processing a schedule on a daily basis.

FIG. 41 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a function for processing a schedule on a daily basis.

FIG. 42 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a function for processing of Description.

FIG. 43: Function for displaying drives Void DrivesHTMLPag
It is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of e.

FIG. 44 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a function for processing a drive.

FIG. 45 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a function for updating the display of Explorer.

FIG. 46 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a function for update processing.

FIG. 47 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a function for logging in to the mail system.

FIG. 48 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a function for acquiring the total number of mails.

FIG. 49 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a function for acquiring a mail.

FIG. 50 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a function for acquiring the next mail.

FIG. 51 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a function for deleting a mail.

FIG. 52 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a function for extracting the contents of a mail.

FIG. 53 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a function for making a mail read.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 user 102 client component 103 server component 104 database 105 daemon 201 network 202 printer 203 input / output operation unit 204 scanner 205 multifunction device 206 personal computer 301 touch panel 302 CPU 303 printing unit 304 communication unit 305 ROM 306 RAM 307 HDD 308 system bus

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Claims (42)

[Claims] 1. A receiving means for receiving a mail, a managing means for identifying and managing whether or not a user has read the received mail, and a mail which the user has not read is managed by the managing means. A display unit for displaying information about the mail in a display mode corresponding to the number of the mails. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display means displays the contents of the mail when there is one corresponding mail. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display means displays a mail list when the number of the corresponding mails is a predetermined number or less. 4. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display means displays the number of mails when said mails are larger than a predetermined number. 5. The display means, when the number of applicable mails is larger than the predetermined number and there are a plurality of mails from the same source, displays the source and the number of mails from the source. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein: 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when there is no corresponding mail, the display unit displays at least one of a message indicating that there is no corresponding mail and the total number of mails. 7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising processing means for performing a printing process or a reading process of the information. 8. A designating means for designating a device to be accessed, an inputting means for inputting a user's password, a transmitting means for accessing a device designated by the designating means and transmitting the entered password. An information processing apparatus comprising: a request unit that requests the personal information of the user; and an output unit that outputs the personal information of the user transmitted in response to the request. 9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the personal information is a mail received by the user. 10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the personal information is schedule information of the user. 11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said output means displays said personal information. 12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said output means prints said personal information. 13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising processing means for performing information printing processing or information reading processing. 14. A file storage means for storing a file of information by classification based on the type of processing performed on the information, a determining means for determining the type of processing performed on the information to be stored, An information processing apparatus comprising: a storage control unit that stores a file of the information to be stored in the file storage unit in a classification based on the type determined by the determination unit. 15. The file storage means according to claim 14, wherein a file of input or received information is stored in a first folder, and a file of output or transmitted information is stored in a second folder. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1. 16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising processing means for performing a printing process or a reading process of the information. 17. An execution means for executing a process based on a processing instruction command, a processing instruction command storage means capable of storing a plurality of processing instruction commands, and a search condition specifying means for specifying a search condition relating to an attribute of the processing instruction command. An information processing apparatus comprising: a search unit configured to search a processing instruction command from the processing instruction command storage unit based on a search condition specified by the search condition specifying unit. 18. The processing instruction command storage means stores at least one of a name of the processing instruction command, a device or user name related to the processing, a time related to the processing, and a type of processing as attributes of the processing instruction command. Claim 1 characterized by the following:
7. The information processing apparatus according to 7. 19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising processing means for performing information printing processing or information reading processing. 20. A receiving step of receiving an e-mail, a managing step of identifying whether or not the user has read the received e-mail, and managing the received e-mail. A display step of displaying information about the mail in a display mode corresponding to the number of the mails. 21. The information processing method according to claim 20, wherein in the displaying step, when there is one corresponding mail, the contents of the mail are displayed. 22. The information processing method according to claim 20, wherein in the displaying step, a list of mails is displayed when the number of the corresponding mails is a predetermined number or less. 23. The information processing method according to claim 20, wherein in the displaying step, when the number of the corresponding mails is larger than a predetermined number, the number of the mails is displayed. 24. In the displaying step, when the number of applicable mails is larger than the predetermined number and there are a plurality of mails from the same sender, displaying the sender and the number of mails from the sender. The information processing method according to claim 23, characterized in that: 25. The information processing method according to claim 20, wherein in the displaying step, when there is no corresponding mail, at least one of a message indicating that there is no corresponding mail and a total number of mails is displayed. 26. The information processing method according to claim 20, further comprising a processing step of performing a printing process or a reading process of the information. 27. A designating step of designating a device to be accessed, an inputting process of inputting a password of a user, a transmitting process of accessing the device designated in the designating process and transmitting the entered password. An information processing method comprising: a requesting step of requesting the user's personal information; and an output step of outputting the user's personal information transmitted in response to the request. 28. The information processing method according to claim 27, wherein the personal information is a mail received by the user. 29. The information processing method according to claim 27, wherein the personal information is schedule information of the user. 30. The information processing method according to claim 27, wherein said personal information is displayed in said output step. 31. The information processing method according to claim 27, wherein said personal information is printed in said output step. 32. The information processing method according to claim 27, further comprising a processing step of printing or reading information. 33. A discriminating step of discriminating a type of processing performed on information to be stored, and a file storage unit for storing a file of information in a classification based on the type of processing performed on the information. And a file storage step of storing a file of the information to be stored in a classification based on the type determined in the determination step. 34. In the file storage step, a file of input or received information is stored in a first folder of the file storage unit, and a file of output or transmitted information is stored in a second folder of the file storage unit. The information processing method according to claim 33, wherein the information is stored. 35. The information processing method according to claim 33, further comprising a processing step of printing or reading information. 36. An execution step of executing a process based on a processing instruction command, a search condition specifying step of specifying a search condition relating to an attribute of the processing instruction command, and a search condition specified by the search condition specifying step. A retrieval step of retrieving a processing instruction command from a processing instruction command storage unit capable of storing a plurality of processing instruction commands. 37. The processing instruction command storage unit stores, as attributes of the processing instruction command, at least one of a name of the processing instruction command, a device or user name related to the process, a time related to the process, and a type of the process. 37. The information processing method according to claim 36, wherein: 38. The information processing method according to claim 36, further comprising a processing step of printing or reading information. 39. A receiving step of receiving an e-mail, a managing step of identifying whether or not the user has read the received e-mail, and managing the received e-mail. A display step of displaying information about the mail in a display mode corresponding to the number of the mails. 40. A designating step of designating a device to be accessed, an inputting process of inputting a user's password, a transmitting process of accessing the device designated by the designating process and transmitting the entered password. A program storing a program comprising: a requesting step of requesting the user's personal information; and an output step of outputting the user's personal information transmitted in response to the request. Possible storage medium. 41. A discriminating step of discriminating a type of a process performed on information to be stored, and a file storage unit that stores a file of information in a classification based on the type of a process performed on the information. And a file storage step of storing a file of the information to be stored in a classification based on the type determined in the determination step. 42. An execution step of executing a process based on a processing instruction command, a search condition specifying step of specifying a search condition relating to an attribute of the processing instruction command, and a search condition specified by the search condition specifying step. And a retrieval step of retrieving a processing instruction command from a processing instruction command storage unit capable of storing a plurality of processing instruction commands. A storage medium capable of storing a program.