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Definitions

• the present invention relates to an information processing apparatus provided with a Web browser for displaying operation screens provided from a Web server, a method for controlling the apparatus, the Web server that provides operation screens to the information processing apparatus provided with the Web browser, a method for controlling the server, and a storage medium.
• HTML hyper text markup language
• peripherals each having a scanner and a printer are provided with the above Web browser.
• Such MFPs receive operation screen data from a Web server,
• 2006-127503 (Literature 1), a Web server provides operation screens on which instruction data is inputted to use various functions provided to a MFP. That is, the user of the MFP inputs data describing an
• the received instruction is notified to the Web server according to the Web browser in the MFP.
• the Web server having received the notification requests the MFP to execute various kinds of processing according to contents of the instruction data inputted by the user. Thereafter, the MFP having received the request executes the requested processing.
• the MFP having received the request executes the requested processing.
• Laid-Open No. 2006-135644 (Literature 2), as in the case of Literature 1, a Web server provides operation screens on which instruction data is input to use various functions provided to a MFP. Likewise, the user of the MFP inputs data describing an instruction to the MFP. Then the provided instruction is notified to the Web server as a request by using the Web browser in the MFP. The Web server having received the
• notification creates a script in which various kinds of processing to be executed by the MFP are described based on the provided instruction.
• the created script is sent from the Web server to the MFP as a response to the request from the Web server.
• a Web server executes processing based on instruction data input via an operation screen
• the Web server generates HTML data
• generated HTML data is transmitted to the Web browser as a response to the request from the Web browser.
• a time limit (timeout period) is set from the sending of a request to a Web server to the
• Timeout processing refers to processing for
• invalidating an issued request By invalidating the issued request, another request can be issued instead of waiting a response to the request, for example.
• the Web browser in the MFP receives a request for processing execution from the Web server as a response to the request from the Web browser. In that case, no timeout occurs at the Web browser.
• the Web server has passed script data to the MFP as a response, another display cannot be produced with the Web browser on the instruction of the Web server. Because of this, during the execution of the script and after the execution, it is difficult to dynamically change display of processing at the MFP from the Web application .
• the present invention has been accomplished in view of the foregoing problems.
• the present invention provides an information processing apparatus capable of automatically selecting a destination at a Web server in accordance with the execution condition of processing requested from the Web server, the Web server, a control method, and a storage medium.
• an information processing apparatus including a Web browser with which an
• the apparatus comprises first transmission means for transmitting, to the Web server, first
• execution means for receiving, from the Web server, response data to the first request data transmitted by the first transmission, means and then executing image processing based on the received
• a Web server providing an operation screen to an information processing apparatus including a Web browser
• the server comprises first reception means for receiving, from the information processing apparatus, first request data describing contents of a user' s instruction via an operation screen displayed with the Web browser, transmission means for transmitting, to the information processing apparatus, response data to the first request data received by the first reception means, and second reception means for receiving, from the information processing apparatus, second request data generated based on the response data, wherein the response data includes plural addresses to be accessed according to events that can occur when the information processing apparatus executes image processing based on the response data, and the second reception means receives the second request data transmitted to one of the addresses corresponding to an event having occurred when the information processing apparatus has executed the image processing.
• a method for controlling an information processing apparatus including a Web browser with which an operation screen provided from a Web server is displayed, the method comprises a first transmission step of transmitting, to the Web server, first request data describing contents of a user' s instruction via the operation screen displayed with the Web browser, an execution step of receiving, from the Web server, response data to the first request data transmitted in the first transmission step and then executing image processing based on the received
• the method comprises a first reception step of receiving, from the information processing apparatus, first request data describing contents of a user' s instruction via an operation screen displayed with the Web browser, a transmission step of transmitting, to the information processing apparatus, response data to the first request data received in the first reception step, and a second reception step of receiving, from the information processing apparatus, second request data generated based on the response data, wherein the response data includes plural addresses to be accessed according to events that can occur when the information processing apparatus executes image processing based on the response data, and in the second reception step, the second request data transmitted to one of the addresses corresponding to an event having occurred when the information processing apparatus has executed the image processing is received.
• an information processing apparatus capable of automatically selecting a destination at a Web server in accordance with the execution condition of processing requested from the Web server, the Web server, a control method, and a storage medium.
• FIG. 1 is an illustration showing the entire configuration of an information processing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention .
• FIG. 2 is block diagram showing the
• FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a
• FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a
• FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram showing a processing procedure for the information processing system.
• FIG. 6 is an illustration showing an example of a setting UI displayed with a Web browser.
• FIG. 7 is a figure showing an example of a script file.
• FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a detail
• FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a detail procedure of request response processing at a Web application.
• FIG. 10 is an illustration showing an example of a setting UI representing completion by the Web browser.
• FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a software configuration in a MFP according to a second embodiment .
• FIG. 12 is a schematic block diagram
• FIG. 13 is a figure showing an example of
• a MFP having a scanner function, a printer function, etc. is used by way of illustration.
• the MFP is provided with a Web browser for displaying operation screens provided from a Web server.
• a request is issued to the Web server for a user interface (UI) for a screen display corresponding to the event by using the Web browser .
• UI user interface
• An information processing system comprises a MFP 110 and a Web server 120 connected to the MFP 110 via a network such as a LAN 100 or the like (Ethernet) .
• the MFP 110 and the Web server 120 are configured so that they can
• the MFP 110 reads original images, and can transmit the image data (which is sometimes referred to as document data) obtained by the reading to a
• a Web application provided to the Web server 120 transmits HTML page data to be displayed at the MFP 110 as a response.
• the information processing system does not necessarily comprise the MFP 110 and the Web server 120; devices different from those in type may be used such that they are connected to the LAN 100 and can communicate with each other. And further, although the LAN connection is adopted as a method for
• the connecting method according to the invention is not limited to the LAN connection; for example, any other network such as a WAN (a public network) , serial transmission methods such as the use of USB, parallel transmission methods such as the use of a Centronics interface, the use of SCSI, etc., and so on can also be applied.
• WAN public network
• serial transmission methods such as the use of USB
• parallel transmission methods such as the use of a Centronics interface, the use of SCSI, etc., and so on can also be applied.
• the MFP 110 comprises a scanner unit 112 for inputting document images, a printer unit 113 for outputting the images, a control section (controller) 200 for controlling the whole MFP 110, and an operation unit 111 where the user performs desired operations.
• the scanner unit 112 scans images on documents under exposure to light, and inputs obtained reflected light into a CCD to convert the image data into electrical signals. Then the electrical signals are converted to luminance signals composed of RGB color signal components, following which the luminance signals are output to the control section 200 as digital image data. Incidentally, the documents are loaded in a document feeder. When the user has issued an instruction for the start of their reading at the operation unit 111, a document reading instruction is given from the control section 200 to the scanner unit 112. Upon taking the instruction, the scanner unit 112 reads the documents fed from the document feeder one after the other. Note that as the method for reading documents, a method whereby each document is placed on a glass surface (not shown) and scanned by moving an exposure unit may be used instead of such an automatic feeding scheme using the document feeder.
• the printer unit 113 is an image forming FP that forms images on forms based on the image data from the control section 200.
• the electrophotographic method using a photoconductor drum and a photoconductor belt is used as an image forming method in this embodiment, the image forming method according to the invention is not limited to such a system; for example, an inkjet printing system, wherein printing is done using a method of jetting ink from a micronozzle array on forms, can also be applied.
• the control section 200 is electrically connected with the operation unit 111, the scanner unit 112, and the printer unit 113, and connected to the LAN 100 via a network I/F 206.
• the control section 200 is connected with other apparatus via the LAN 100, by which communications under HTTP can be carried out.
• a CPU 201 exercises centralized control of access to various MFPs in connection and access from other MFPs based on a control program and so on stored in a ROM 202; and besides the CPU 201 also exercises centralized control of various kinds of processing carried out at the control section 200.
• the latter control also includes the execution of programs represented in the form of flowcharts referred to later.
• a boot program for the peripheral is loaded into the ROM 202.
• a RAM 203 serves as a system work memory for the operation of the CPU 201 and a memory for storing image data temporarily.
• the RAM 203 has a region where even after the power supply of the
• a hard disk drive (HDD) 204 can be loaded with system software, and can store image data.
• An operation unit I/F 205 is an interface for connecting a system bus 211 and the operation unit 111.
• operation unit I/F 205 receives image data to be
• a network I/F 206 is connected to the LAN 100 and the system bus 211 to receive and transmit information.
• a scanner I/F 207 corrects, processes, and edits image data from the scanner unit 112.
• the scanner I/F 207 has the function of determining whether transmitted image data is color image data (in other words, whether the data is
• An image processing unit 208 subjects image data to change-orientation processing, compression processing, decompression processing, and so on. And further, images stored in the HDD 204 can be combined with each other into one image.
• a printer I/F 209 receives image data from the image processing unit 208 and subjects the image data to image forming processing while referring to attribute data added to the image data. After the image formation, the image data is output to the printer unit 113.
• the MFP is a network MFP that performs via-UI display in this embodiment
• information processing apparatus different from that in type, such as a general-purpose computer connected with a general-purpose scanner, a general-purpose printer, etc., may be used.
• the Web server 120 comprises a CPU 301, a RAM 302, a ROM 303, an input device 304, a network I/F 305, a HDD 306, a display 307, and a pointing device 308. All of these components are intercommunicably connected with one another via a system bus 309.
• a keyboard is used by way of illustration.
• a CRT display is used by way of illustration.
• a mouse is used by way of
• Control programs such as an operating system and a Web application, are loaded into the ROM 303 or the HDD 306.
• the CPU 301 carries out the
• the CPU 301 executes processing for
• a HTTP communication unit 401 is one of the software modules with which the network I/F 206 is operated to carry out communications under HTTP.
• a Web browser 402 is connected with the Web server 120 via the HTTP communication unit 401. By using the Web browser 402, the CPU 201 issues a request to the Web server 120 for an operation screen represented in HTML, executes the rendering of HTML data describing the operation screen sent from the Web server 120 via the HTTP communication unit 401 to display the data at the operation unit 111, and notifies the Web server 120 of input to the
• CPU 201 analyzes script information from the Web browser 402, splits the information into plural pieces of job information included in the script, and notifies a job management unit 404 to execute the jobs in the order specified in the script.
• the job management unit 404 manages the job information and instruct a job execution unit 405 to execute the jobs in the order based on the contents of the instruction from the script execution unit 403.
• the foregoing modules is used to execute processing based on job setting.
• job setting For example, where the job is a scan job, paper documents are read by operating the scanner unit 112, and image data is stored in the HDD 204.
• the job is a transmission job
• transmitting image data stored in the HDD 204 is executed by operating the network I/F 206.
• the Web server 120 is provided with a Web
• the Web application 501 comprises a presentation unit 502 and a logic unit 503. These software modules are loaded into the HDD 306 of the Web server 120, and executed by the CPU 301.
• the CPU 301 uses the
• presentation unit 502 to transmit data describing the screen to be displayed with the Web browser 402 in the MFP 110 as a response via the HTTP communication unit 504 to the MFP 110. And further, the presentation unit 502 receives input information from the user input via an operation screen displayed with the Web browser 402 from the MFP 110 via the HTTP communication unit 504.
• the CPU 301 processes input information from the MFP 110 passed from the presentation unit 502. For example, in response to an input from the user, a screen to be displayed is changed, or job definition data for carrying out the device function of the MFP 110 is generated.
• the HTTP communication unit 504 is a software module with which the network I/F 305 is operated to carry out communications under the HTTP.
• the user presses a hardware button for transmission (not shown) on the operation unit 111 of the MFP 110 to start the Web browser 402.
• a hardware button for transmission (not shown) on the operation unit 111 of the MFP 110 to start the Web browser 402.
• the Web browser 402 issues a request to the Web
• the CPU 201 issues a request using a HTTP GET command to the Web application 501 in which the contents indicated through the URL are held (step SI) .
• HTML data is passed from the Web browser 402 to the HTTP
• HTML data describing a setting screen is generated and sent to the Web browser 402 as a HTTP response according to the presentation unit 502 of the Web application 501 (step S2) .
• the received HTML data is analyzed and the setting screen is displayed at the operation unit 111.
• FIG. 6 shows a GUI panel 701.
• GUI button 704 is a button for issuing an instruction as to the execution of function; when the user has pressed the button, an instruction as to the start of scanning is issued.
• the Web browser 402 (the first transmission means) (that is, first processing request data is transmitted) (step S3) .
• the GUI button 704 of FIG. 6 has been pressed by the user, parameters set at the text box control 702 and the radio button 703 are notified to the Web application 501 according to the Web browser 402. In such
• HTTP POST command is used.
• HTML data describing an in-execution screen is generated by using the presentation unit 502 of the Web application 501.
• script data for processing execution by the MFP is generated based on setting data included in the POST command issued at step S3.
• session ID session identification data
• a session ID retention time session ID timeout period
• data describing the timeout period is not only retained in the Web application 501, but written into the script. That is, the script data serves as setting data in which the timeout period at the Web browser 402 is stipulated.
• step S4 The Web browser 402 splits the HTTP
• FIG. 6 shows a GUI panel 801. On the GUI panel 801, a display for
• FIG. 7 shows an example of the script data for the processing execution generated by using the logic unit 503 sent to the Web browser 402.
• the script data according to the invention has been represented in extensible markup language (XML) , any format can be used on the precondition that the MFP 110 can process data represented in that.
• XML extensible markup language
• EventHandler tag 901 is a part where processing performed on events during the script execution is described.
• Event Type refers to an attribute representing kinds of events, and
• AllError refers to all error events occurring during the script execution .
• the "Notify” tag refers to processing at the time of event occurrence.
• the "URL” tag as a subelement of the “Notify” tag refers to a URL
• the "Notifyltem” tag which is also a subelement of the “Notify” tag, represents a query character string at the latter part of the URL .
• “Key” and “Value” included in the attribute refer to "Key” and “Value” in the query character string, respectively; in this example, the query character string represents session ID for identifying a script through the use of the Web
• jobType refers to the value of the attribute
• SerceJobType refers to the kind of job
• value of the "errorEvent” value refers to the value of the attribute
• EventName refers to an event name given to an event having occurred and dynamically generates the value at the time of event occurrence.
• the tag 901 means that when a scanner jam has occurred during the scanning based on the job script, a URL
• the "EventHandler” tag 902 represents access to a URL corresponding to an event “Start of Transmission” (SendStart) .
• the “EventHandler” tag 903 represents access to a URL corresponding to an event “Processing Timeout” (TimeOut).
• the script has a structure where the broad classification of the events is determined based on the former parts (addresses) of the URLs (that is, the addresses) and details are determined based on the latter parts of the URLs (that is, the query character strings) .
• the "Scan” tag 904 represents setting information concerning scanning processing executed based on the script.
• the setting of "DocumentSize” is "AUTO” setting
• "ColorMode” is "GRAY_SCALE” mode.
• the "Send” tag 905 represents setting information concerning transmission processing executed based on the script.
• This example shows a transmission to a server (server name: "ftpserver.xxx.com”) under FTP.
• server name “ftpserver.xxx.com”
• FTP server name: "ftpserver.xxx.com”
• “FileFormat” PDF
• fileName "test”.
• the Web browser 402 passes the scrip data sent at step S4 to the script execution unit 403 (step S5) .
• the script execution unit 403 executes a job according to
• step S6 instructs the Web browser 402 to acquire contents provided through a URL corresponding to an event having occurred actually of the URLs (addresses) included in the script data (step S6) . Then the Web browser 402
• the second transmission means issues a request using a HTTP GET command to acquire contents provided through the URL indicated with the script execution unit 403
• step S7 Since the URL used to issue the request is generated according to a script
• the Web application can recognize what kind of event has occurred at the MFP from the URL indicating the accessed content.
• the Web application can also recognize
• the Web server 120 passes HTML data
• FIG. 10 shows an example of a setting UI representing the completion of the processing by the Web browser 402.
• a button used to return to the menu screen after the completion of the use of the Web application and a button used to call up a setting screen for executing transmission processing following rescanning.
• the script execution unit 403 Upon receiving the script data from the Web browser 402 at step S5, the script execution unit 403 starts the following processing. To begin with, the script execution unit 403 splits the script data into individual job data, and registers the job data in the job management unit 404 (step Sll) . In the example of FIG. 7, the data is split into two items of job data, that is, a scan job and a transmission job. And further, at this point in time, the script execution unit 403 starts a timer for measuring the timeout period described in the script. When a time period measured with the timer has become longer than the overtime period, a timeout event occurs.
• the job management unit 404 makes the job execution unit 405 start to execute the job (step S12) .
• the script execution unit 403 monitors the statuses of the job execution unit 405 and the device, and determines whether or not the events described in the script have occurred (step S13) .
• the script execution unit 403 creates a URL and requests the Web browser 402 to carry out communications based on the data in the script (step S14) .
• the data in the script includes a description of inputting job
• a query character string is created to create a URL.
• step S14 processing at step S14 is omitted, and operation at step S15 is executed. Then the job management unit 404 monitors the job execution unit 405, and determines whether the job is finished or not (step S15) . When the job is finished, the job management unit 404 determines
• step S16 whether or not all the jobs described in the script are finished. On the other hand, when the job is not finished, a return to step S13 is made.
• step S16 When the determination that all the jobs are not finished has been made at step S16, a return to step S12 is made to execute the next job. On the other hand, when all the jobs are finished, the processing is finished. [0075] (Detail Procedure of Request-Response Processing in Web Application 501 (FIG. 9))
• the logic unit 503 of the Web application 501 obtains a list of presently held session ID (step S21). Then the logic unit 503 determines whether or not session ID included in a query character string of a URL accepted at the HTTP communication unit 504 is included in the list obtained at step S21 (step S22) . When the session ID is included in the list, the determination that it is a valid request dealt with within a fixed time period based on a script created at the logic unit 503 is made, and a request to the presentation unit 502 to generate HTML data describing the result of the
• step S23 the determination is made.
• the logic unit 503 makes a request to the presentation unit 502 to generate HTML data for notifying the error to the user (step S24).
• the presentation unit 502 transmits the generated HTML data via the HTTP communication unit 504 to the Web browser 402 (step S25) .
• suitable screen data can be displayed because it is possible to issue a request at the Web browser 402 according to setting described in a script before the session timeout.
• the MFP executes
• a MFP is controlled using JavaScript data in HTML data; and besides, at the time of the occurrence of a processing execution event, a request is made to a Web server for a UI for a screen display corresponding to the event. That is, a
• a Web browser 1302 not only has the function of the Web browser 402 according to the first embodiment, but can execute a JavaScript program for invoking the job management unit 1303.
• step S33 processing from the start of the Web browser 1302 to step S33 is the same as step S3 executed in the first embodiment, and thus a
• the presentation unit 502 of the Web application 501 generates HTML data describing an in-execution screen in response to a request issued from the Web browser 1302 at step S33.
• the logic unit 503 generates a JavaScript program for processing execution at the MFP 110 based on setting information included in the Post command issued at step S33. And further, the logic unit 503 generates session ID and sets a timeout period as in the case of the first embodiment, following which the logic unit 503 converts these data items to JavaScript codes. Then the logic unit 503 passes the generated JavaScript program to the presentation unit 502.
• the presentation unit 502 transmits HTML data combined with the JavaScript program to the Web browser 1302 as a HTTP response (step S34) .
• the Web browser 1302 makes the operation unit 111 display the in-execution screen according to the received HTTP response, and executes the JavaScript program in the HTML data. Only when the job has been executed normally at the job management unit 1303 according to the JavaScript program, processing from step S35 to step S39 is executed.
• the Web application 501 transmits contents representing normal completion to the Web browser 1302 (step S40) .
• This processing is the same as that described in the first embodiment (see FIG. 9) .
• FIG. 13 shows an example of the foregoing
• HTML data Parts denoted by reference numerals 1501 to 1506 are JavaScript parts.
• the Web browser 1302 displays HTML data, and then executes the JavaScript program in order starting from 1501.
• the JavaScript part 1501 is a part for setting parameters for scanning processing.
• "colorMode” is set to “FullColor”
• “resolution” is set to 300 dpi
• "timeOut” is set to 20 min.
• the "CreateEventHandler" function in the JavaScript part 1502 generates an instance of a process handler for an event in job processing.
• This function refers to a JavaScript definition extended by the Web browser 1302 itself according to this
• a first argument is used to represent an identifier for a handling event.
• a second argument is used to represent an identifier for processing executed in correspondence with the event.
• a third argument is used to represent job processing to be executed at the time of the occurrence of the event.
• a fourth argument is used optionally.
• an intended URL shall be specified.
• two event processing handlers are generated. One of the handlers indicates setting that upon "TimeOut", the job is canceled and contents indicated with a relative URL presented as
• a "scan" function for scanning job execution is executed.
• This function is a JavaScript function extended by the Web browser 1302 itself according to the second embodiment.
• a first argument is used to specify reference to a document produced as a result of the scanning.
• a second argument is used to specify setting on the scanning execution.
• a third argument is used to specify an event processing handler.
• the Web browser 1302 In response to the call of the "scan" function, the Web browser 1302 according to the second embodiment passes parameters specified with the
• the job management unit 1303 calls up the job execution unit 1304 to execute the scanning job. And further, the job management unit 1303 monitors the statuses of the device and the job during the job execution. When an event defined in the event processing handler has occurred during the monitoring, the event is processed. Therefore, in the case where the event processing handlers as the JavaScript part 1502 in FIG. 13 are registered, upon the occurrence of a timeout, an instruction to make a request for contents indicated through the specified URL is issued to the Web browser 1302. Such an instruction is also issued when some error has occurred.
• the Web browser 1302 receives an identifier for image data stored in the HDD 204 from the job management unit 1303 as the value of the first argument, and also receives the result of the scanning processing from the job management unit 1303 as the return value of the function.
• the JavaScript part 1504 is a part used to set parameters for transmission processing.
• the parameters for FTP transmission and the file name and format of a file to be transferred are specified .
• handlers are defined.
• AllError setting that upon the occurrence of error
• JavaScript part 1502 the codes "%J0B_TYPE%" and
• the JavaScript part 1506 represents the execution of a "send" function for the execution of a transmission job. This function is also a JavaScript part extended by the Web browser 1302 itself according to the second embodiment.
• a first argument is used to represent document data to be transmitted.
• a second argument is used to represent setting for the execution of the transmission.
• a third argument is used to represent an event processing handler.
• management unit 1303 issues an instruction to acquire contents indicated through the URL specified with the Web browser 1302 while continuing the transmission execution .
• query character strings are added according to specification of a script and HTML data in the first and second embodiments
• a software configuration may be used in which software in a MFP automatically generates query character strings including the statuses of jobs and job identifiers and a request is issued from a Web browser.
• URLs are used in accordance with the kinds of events is received in the first and second embodiments, a
• software configuration may be used in which one URL is used to indicate all events and notification of kinds of events is provided by using query character strings.
• HTTP GET command is issued to a URL at the time of the occurrence of some event in the first and second
• a software configuration may be used in which a request using a HTTP POST command may be issued.
• the statuses and identifiers of jobs are described at the body of the request using the POST command instead of query character strings.
• aspects of the present invention can also be realized by a computer of a system or apparatus (or devices such as a CPU or MPU) that reads out and
• the program is provided to the computer for example via a network or from a recording medium of various types serving as the memory device (e.g., computer-readable medium) .

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