WO2017150472A1 - システムおよび情報処理方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a system and an information processing method.
- an application description page in which a download button (virtual button) for requesting download of the application is displayed is provided from the server to the computer device (client device) for each of a plurality of applications held by the server. And displayed on the display of the computer device. And, when the download button on the application explanation page is selected, a technique is disclosed that permits the download only if the selected application is supported by the computer device.
- Patent Document 1 when the display content of a page (Web page) introducing an application usable by the device is changed on the server side, the program on the device side is also changed in accordance with the change.
- a page is provided that introduces an application that can be used by the device (including a form in which the page itself is provided and a form in which the device side provides information necessary to generate the page)
- the present invention has been made in view of the above, and a server providing a page introducing an application that can be used by a device can build pages having different display contents, and is disclosed in the area where the device is installed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and an information processing method capable of providing a page introducing only the application being
- the present invention is a system comprising: a plurality of first servers; and an apparatus connected to each of the first servers via a network
- the first server includes at least region information indicating a geographical position where the device is installed from the device, and display information indicating an application that the device corresponding to the region information can use, and the device
- a control unit configured to transmit, to the device, Web content data including at least an application command that causes the device to execute processing related to the application, the Web received from the first server;
- a display control unit that performs control to display a screen based on content data on a display unit; and user operation via the screen From the web browser, the web browser including: an execution unit that requests the device to execute processing related to the application corresponding to the application command by executing the application command included in the web content data accordingly And a process execution unit that executes a process related to an application according to the request based on the request.
- the server providing the page introducing the application that can use the device can construct a page with different display content, and the page introducing only the application published in the area where the device is installed Can be provided.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a system according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the server.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the function of the server.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the function of the application information management module.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the first correspondence information.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of second correspondence information.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the third correspondence information.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of fourth correspondence information.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the fifth correspondence information.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of sixth correspondence information.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of sixth correspondence information.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the function of the control unit.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of functions of the license management module.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of seventh correspondence information.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of eighth correspondence information.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of ninth correspondence information.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of the function of the control unit.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of the function of the application download management module.
- FIG. 18 is a view showing a modification of the server.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of functions of the connection destination providing server.
- FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of functions of the service search module.
- FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of functions of the service search module.
- FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of tenth correspondence information.
- FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example of eleventh correspondence information.
- FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of the function of the control unit.
- FIG. 24 is a block diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the MFP.
- FIG. 25 is a schematic view showing an example of the software configuration of the MFP.
- FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating an example of the function of the operation unit.
- FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating an example of a request for acquiring connection information of a server.
- FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an example of connection information of a server.
- FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating an example of an acquisition request for connection information of each module.
- FIG. 30 is a diagram showing an example of connection information of each module.
- FIG. 31 is a diagram illustrating an example of an acquisition request for connection information of a server and connection information of a connection destination providing server.
- FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating an example of connection information of a server and connection information of a plurality of connection destination providing servers.
- FIG. 33 is a diagram showing an example of the operation screen.
- FIG. 34 is a diagram showing an example of the area information setting screen.
- FIG. 35 is a diagram showing an example of the area information setting dialogue screen.
- FIG. 36 is a diagram showing an example of a sales company information input screen.
- FIG. 37 shows an example of the error screen.
- FIG. 38 is a diagram showing an example of the application list screen.
- FIG. 39 is a diagram showing an example of a display information request.
- FIG. 39 is a diagram showing an example of a display information request.
- FIG. 40 is a diagram showing an example of the information received as a response to the display information request.
- FIG. 41 is a diagram showing an example of the installation instruction screen.
- FIG. 42 is a diagram showing an example of the installation confirmation screen.
- FIG. 43 is a diagram illustrating an example of information notified from the execution unit to the processing execution unit.
- FIG. 44 is a diagram showing an example of the input screen.
- FIG. 45 is a diagram showing an example of application management information.
- FIG. 46 is a diagram showing an example of application detailed information.
- FIG. 47 is a diagram showing an example of the update instruction screen.
- FIG. 48 is a diagram showing an example of information notified from the execution unit to the processing execution unit.
- FIG. 49 is a diagram showing an example of the deletion instruction screen.
- FIG. 41 is a diagram showing an example of the installation instruction screen.
- FIG. 42 is a diagram showing an example of the installation confirmation screen.
- FIG. 43 is a diagram illustrating an example of information notified from
- FIG. 50 is a diagram showing an example of the deletion confirmation screen.
- FIG. 51 is a diagram of an example of information notified from the execution unit to the processing execution unit.
- FIG. 52 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation procedure of the system.
- FIG. 53 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the MFP.
- FIG. 54 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the server.
- FIG. 55 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation procedure of the system.
- FIG. 56 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation procedure of the system.
- FIG. 57 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation procedure of the system.
- FIG. 58 is a diagram showing an example of a shortcut creation instruction screen.
- FIG. 59 is a diagram showing an example of the application list screen of the modification.
- MFP Multifunction Peripheral
- the multi-function device is a device having a plurality of different functions such as a copy function, a scanner function, a printer function, and a fax function.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a system (information processing system) 1 according to the present embodiment.
- the system 1 includes servers 2 to 4 and a connection destination providing server 5 via a server 2, a server 3, a server 4, a connection destination providing server 5, and a network 7 such as the Internet. And the MFP 6 connected.
- the servers 2 to 4 and the connection destination providing server 5 are in the form of a cloud computing type having a server device group constituted by a plurality of servers.
- the number of servers constituting the cloud shown in FIG. 1 is an example, and the number of servers used is not limited to this.
- MFP 6 In the example of FIG. 1, only one MFP 6 is illustrated as an apparatus included in the system 1 as a client when viewed from the cloud side, but the present invention is not limited to this, and an apparatus included in the system 1
- the number and type of are arbitrary.
- a PC Personal Computer
- three servers 2 to 4 are illustrated as servers (first servers) included in the system 1, the present invention is not limited to this, and the number and types of servers included in the system 1 are arbitrary. is there.
- connection destination providing server 5 is illustrated as the connection destination providing server (second server) included in the system 1, the present invention is not limited to this, and the connection destination providing server included in the system 1
- device is also referred to as “MFP”.
- the “first server” in the claims corresponds to the “servers 2 to 4”
- the “second server” in the claims corresponds to the “connection destination providing server 5”.
- the connection destination providing server 5 transmits connection information of the servers 2 to 4 to the MFP 6 in response to a request for acquiring connection information (URL) of the servers 2 to 4 from the MFP 6.
- Servers 2 to 4 are configured of display information including information indicating an application that can be used by MFP 6 in response to a request from MFP 6 and screen information including an application command indicating a command for causing MFP 6 to execute processing related to the application. Web content data to be sent is sent to MFP 6.
- the servers 2 to 4 differ from each other only in the area indicating the geographical position where the server is installed. Therefore, hereinafter, when there is no need to distinguish between the servers 2 to 4, the servers 2 to 4 are described as the server 2. In the example of FIG. 1, the area of the server 2 is Japan, the area of the server 3 is the United States, and the area of the server 4 is Europe. Hereinafter, the specific configuration of the server 2 will be described.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the server 2.
- the server 2 includes a CPU 301, a ROM 302, a RAM 303, a communication I / F 304, an input device 305, a display device 306, and an auxiliary storage device 307.
- the CPU 301 centrally controls the operation of the server 2.
- the ROM 302 is a non-volatile memory that stores various data such as programs.
- the RAM 303 is a volatile memory that functions as a work area (work area) for various processes executed by the CPU 301.
- the communication I / F 304 is an interface for connecting to the network 7.
- the input device 305 is a device used to input an operation by the user, and is configured of, for example, a mouse, a keyboard, and the like.
- the display device 306 is a device that displays various types of information, and includes, for example, a liquid crystal display device.
- the auxiliary storage device 307 is configured by, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive).
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the function of the server 2.
- the server 2 includes an application information management module 210, a license management module 220, and an application download management module 230.
- the modules (functions) related to the present embodiment are illustrated in the example of FIG. 3, the modules included in the server 2 are not limited to these.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the function of the application information management module 210.
- the application information management module 210 includes a storage unit 211, a control unit 212, a screen providing unit 213, and a setting unit 214.
- the example in FIG. 4 mainly illustrates the functions related to the present embodiment, the functions possessed by the application information management module 210 are not limited to these.
- the storage unit 211 includes an application information database (hereinafter referred to as “application information DB”) 261 and a user information database (hereinafter referred to as “user information DB”) 262.
- application information database hereinafter referred to as “application information DB”
- user information database hereinafter referred to as “user information DB”
- the application information DB 261 is linked to an organization ID identifying an organization providing an application corresponding to area information indicating a geographical position where the device (MFP 6) is installed or sales company information indicating a store of the device. For each application, open state information indicating whether or not the state is open is stored in association with model information identifying the model of the device that can use the application.
- the application information DB 261 includes the first correspondence information shown in FIG. 5, the second correspondence information shown in FIG. 6, the third correspondence information shown in FIG. 7, and the fourth correspondence information shown in FIG. The correspondence information, the fifth correspondence information shown in FIG. 9, and the sixth correspondence information shown in FIG. 10 are stored.
- the first correspondence information includes a model ID assigned to each model of the device (MFP 6), a model name of the device, and a model code ("model information") for identifying the device model. Information associated with each other. A plurality of model codes may be associated with one model ID.
- the second correspondence information includes an application ID for identifying the application, a license key used for authenticating the usage right (license) of the application, a model ID, and an application identified by the application ID. Is information associated with version information indicating the latest version of.
- the license key is associated in advance with the application ID of the free application because the license authentication is not required, but the application ID of the paid application is not Since authentication is required, the license key is not associated.
- an organization ID assigned to each organization providing an application an organization name identified by the organization ID, a type of the organization, and the organization are located.
- This is information in which area information indicating a geographical position is associated with sales company information indicating a shop of the device (MFP 6).
- the fourth correspondence information is information in which an organization ID, an application ID, and disclosure state information indicating whether the application is in a state of being published are associated.
- disclosure state information indicating whether or not the application is in a disclosure state is associated with model information identifying a model of a device that can use the application.
- the fifth correspondence information includes the application ID, language information indicating the language of the country or region in which the device is used, the display name of the application identified by the application ID, and It is the information which matched the introduction message which introduces the application identified by application ID.
- the combination of the display name and the introduction message may be referred to as “application description information” for describing the application.
- the sixth correspondence information includes the organization ID, the application ID, the language information, the price of the application identified by the application ID, and the price of the application identified by the application ID. It is the information which matched the explanation.
- the combination of the price and the price description may be referred to as “application price information” for describing the price of the application.
- the user information DB 262 stores, for example, information necessary for authenticating a user who is authorized to perform an operation for setting by the setting unit 214 described later.
- control unit 212 the function of the control unit 212 is provided by an application programming interface (API) on the server 2 side.
- API application programming interface
- the screen providing unit 213 When the screen providing unit 213 receives a screen information request for requesting screen information from the device (MFP 6), the screen providing unit 213 generates Web content data (screen information) including at least an application command, and responds to the screen information request as a response.
- the content data (screen information) is transmitted to the device (MFP 6).
- the web content data (screen information) includes, for example, HTML, CSS contained in (or referred to as HTML), JavaScript (registered trademark), and the like.
- the Web browser displays control unit 273 described later
- the device requests display information to the API (control unit 212) of the server 2 by a technology called JavaScript of JavaScript.
- JavaScript a technology called JavaScript of JavaScript.
- the script itself may be embedded in HTML, or only the link may be described.
- a display information request including the model code of the transmission source device (MFP 6) and requesting display information is transmitted to the control unit 212.
- types of application commands in the present embodiment include an install instruction, an update instruction, and an uninstall instruction.
- the installation instruction indicates an instruction to install an application.
- the update instruction indicates an instruction to update the application.
- the uninstall instruction indicates an instruction to delete the installed application and return the state of the MFP 4 to the state before installing the application.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the function of the control unit 212.
- the control unit 212 includes a specifying unit 216, a display information generation unit 217, and a setting control unit 219.
- the specifying unit 216 includes, from the device (MFP 6), at least region information indicating a geographical position where the device is installed, and a model code for identifying a model of the device, and displaying information for which display information is requested When the request is received, it refers to the information stored in the storage unit 211 (in this example, the application information DB 261), the area information included in the display information request, the model code, and the organization ID linked to the area information Identify the application corresponding to the combination with the open state information indicating the open state. More specifically, when the specifying unit 216 receives the display information request from the device, the specifying unit 216 refers to the third correspondence information shown in FIG. 7 and transmits the region information or the sales company information included in the received display information request.
- the identifying unit 216 refers to the fourth correspondence information shown in FIG. 8 and shows the open state indicating the open state among the one or more application IDs associated with the selected organization ID. The application ID associated with the information is selected.
- the identifying unit 216 refers to the first correspondence information shown in FIG. 5 and selects the model ID associated with the model code included in the received display information request.
- the identifying unit 216 refers to the second correspondence information shown in FIG. 6, and selects one or more application IDs associated with the selected model ID.
- the identifying unit 216 selects one or more application IDs published among the one or more application IDs associated with the organization ID selected in FIG. 8 and the model ID selected in FIG.
- the application ID is compared to identify the matching application ID.
- State in which the application identified by the application ID identified as described above is disclosed by the area information, the model code, and the organization ID linked to the area information included in the display information request received from the device (MFP 6) Is specified as an application corresponding to the combination with the release state information indicating (i.e., an application that can be used by the device of the request source of the display information request).
- the specification unit 216 Identifies the application description information corresponding to the combination of the application ID identified as described above and the language information included in the display information request received from the device with reference to the fifth correspondence information shown in FIG. 9 can do.
- the display information request in this embodiment includes language information (locale information) indicating the language of the country or region where the device of the request source of the display information request is used
- the identification unit Reference numeral 216 corresponds to a combination of the application ID for each organization ID identified as described above with reference to the sixth correspondence information shown in FIG. 10, and the language information included in the display information request received from the device. App price information can be identified.
- the above-mentioned language information is generally described in the HTTP Accept-Language header.
- the display information generation unit 217 generates Web content data (display information) indicating the application specified by the specification unit 216, and the generated Web content data (display information) is a device (MFP 6) as a response to the display information request.
- the detailed information indicating the details of the application is associated with each application (for example, each application ID) that can be used by the device (MFP 6) requesting the display information request.
- Application detailed information is included.
- the detailed information includes a license key, version information, application description information, application price information and the like.
- the setting control unit 219 performs control to reflect the setting by the setting unit 214 in the information stored in the storage unit 211. That is, the setting control unit 219 performs control to update the information stored in the storage unit 211 according to the setting by the setting unit 214.
- the setting unit 214 has a function of variably setting display information in accordance with the user's operation.
- the setting unit 214 can variably set layout information indicating the application description information, the application price information, the arrangement of display components on the screen, and the like according to the user's operation. Thereby, for example, display contents different from one area to another can be obtained.
- control unit 212 The functions of the control unit 212, the screen providing unit 213, and the setting unit 214 described above can be realized by the CPU 301 executing a program stored in a storage device such as the ROM 302 or the like.
- storage unit 211 described above can be realized by the ROM 302 or the auxiliary storage device 307 such as an HDD.
- the combination of the control unit 212 and the screen providing unit 213 is, in response to a request from the device (MFP 6), screen information including at least display information indicating an application that can be used by the device (MFP 6) and an application command. It can be considered that it corresponds to a function ("control unit") for transmitting Web content data composed of
- FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the function of the license management module 220.
- the license management module 220 includes a storage unit 221, a control unit 222, and a license issuing unit 223.
- the example in FIG. 12 mainly illustrates the functions related to the present embodiment, the functions possessed by the license management module 220 are not limited to these.
- the storage unit 221 includes a license information database (hereinafter referred to as “license information DB”) 224 and a user information database (hereinafter referred to as “user information DB”) 225.
- license information database hereinafter referred to as “license information DB”
- user information database hereinafter referred to as “user information DB”
- the license information DB 224 stores, for each of a plurality of applications, information associated with the usage right (license) of the application.
- the license information DB 224 stores seventh correspondence information shown in FIG. 13, eighth correspondence information shown in FIG. 14, and ninth correspondence information shown in FIG.
- the seventh correspondence information includes an application ID, a license type indicating the type of license, and a license form indicating the form of the license (in this example, any of paid, free, and trial). , An expiration date indicating a period in which the license is valid, and a volume number indicating the number of licenses that can be granted.
- the eighth correspondence information includes the license type, the license key, the number of in-use licenses indicating the number of licenses in use, and the number of used licenses indicating the number of used licenses. And the corresponding information.
- the ninth correspondence information is information in which a license key, a machine number, an expiration date, and validity state information indicating whether the license is valid or invalid is associated. is there.
- the user information DB 225 stores, for example, information necessary for authenticating a user who can perform an operation for issuing a license.
- the user information DB 225 may be common to the user information DB 262 of the application information management module 210.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of the function of the control unit 222.
- the control unit 222 includes a registration control unit 226, a license validation unit 227, and a license disabling unit 228.
- the registration control unit 226 performs control to register information on the license issued by the license issuance unit 223 in the storage unit 221 (license information DB 224).
- the license issuing unit 223 receives, from a user having the authority to perform an operation for issuing a license, an operation for selecting an application ID of an application for which a license is to be issued and a license type.
- a license key corresponding to the application ID and license type selected by the received operation is issued.
- the function of issuing a license according to the user's operation may be in the form possessed by the control unit 222 only by creating a UI described in HTML or the like.
- the registration control unit 226 controls the license information DB 224 to register information indicating the license key issued by the license issuing unit 223 and the license type corresponding to the license key. More specifically, when the registration control unit 226 receives the license key and the license type corresponding to the license key from the license issuance unit 223, the registration control unit 226 may receive the correspondence information in the eighth correspondence information shown in FIG. A new record (unit information, information in units of lines in this example) including the received license key and license type is added.
- the license validation unit 227 performs control to validate a license in response to a request from the device (MFP 6).
- the license activation unit 227 receives at least an application ID, a license key, and a machine number and receives an activation request for requesting a license activation from the device (MFP 6)
- the license information DB 224 It is checked whether the license key included in the received validation request exists in the stored eighth correspondence information (see FIG. 14). If the confirmation result is affirmative, the license validation unit 227 refers to the seventh correspondence information (see FIG. 13) stored in the license information DB 224, and responds to the application ID included in the received validation request. Identify the assigned expiration date. Then, in the ninth correspondence information shown in FIG.
- the license validation unit 227 refers to the eighth correspondence information shown in FIG. 14 to set the number of in-use licenses corresponding to the license key included in the validation request received from the device (MFP 6) to “1”. Increment only and update. Then, as a response to the validation request, the license validation unit 227 transmits to the device (MFP 6) that the license status is valid. The device (MFP 6) that has received this notification can use the application identified by the application ID included in the validation request.
- the license validation unit 227 will return an error in response to a validation request from the device (MFP 6).
- the license invalidation unit 228 performs control to invalidate the license in response to a request from the device (MFP 6).
- the license invalidation unit 228 stores at least the license key and the machine number, and is stored in the license information DB 224 when receiving from the device (MFP 6) an invalidation request for requesting a license invalidation.
- the valid state information associated with the combination of the license key and the machine number included in the received invalidation request is changed to information indicating invalid. Further, referring to the eighth correspondence information (see FIG.
- the number of in-use licenses associated with the license key included in the invalidation request received from the device (MFP 6) is Decrement by 1 "and increment and update the number of used licenses by" 1 ".
- the license invalidation unit 228 transmits to the device (MFP 6) that the status of the license is invalid.
- the device (MFP 6) that has received this notification can not use the application identified by the application ID included in the invalidation request.
- control unit 222 and the license issuing unit 223 described above can be realized by the CPU 301 executing a program stored in a storage device such as the ROM 302 or the like.
- storage unit 221 described above can be realized by the ROM 302 or an auxiliary storage device 307 such as an HDD.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of the function of the application download management module 230.
- the application download management module 230 includes an application storage 231 and a download unit 232.
- the example of FIG. 17 mainly illustrates the functions related to the present embodiment, the functions of the application download management module 230 are not limited to these.
- the application storage 231 stores a plurality of applications to be provided to the device (MFP 6).
- the application storage 231 stores a data file including an application main body in association with each of a plurality of application IDs.
- the download unit 232 controls to transmit (download) any application stored in the application storage 231 to the MFP 6 in response to a request from the device (MFP 6).
- the download unit 232 at least includes the application ID and receives a download request for downloading the application from the device (MFP 6)
- the application corresponding to the application ID included in the received download request is selected.
- the functions of the download unit 232 described above can be realized by the CPU 301 executing a program stored in a storage device such as the ROM 302 or the like. Also, the application storage 231 described above can be realized by the ROM 302 or an auxiliary storage device 307 such as an HDD.
- the server 2 may be configured as a plurality of servers as shown in FIG.
- the server 2 may be configured by an application server 240 and a database server 250.
- the application server 240 may be configured to include the control unit 212, the screen providing unit 213, the setting unit 214, the control unit 222, and the license issuing unit 223 described above.
- the application server 240 is configured of a plurality of servers, and each of the control unit 212, the screen providing unit 213, the setting unit 214, the control unit 222, the license issuing unit 223, and the download unit 232 described above It may be in the form of being distributed and installed.
- the database server 250 may have a form in which the storage unit 211 and the storage unit 221 described above are included. Further, for example, the database server 250 is configured of a plurality of servers, and the application information DB 261, the user information DB 262, the license information DB 224, the user information DB 225, and the application storage 231 described above are distributed and installed in any server. It may be in the form of
- the area of the server 2 is Japan
- the area of the server 3 is the United States
- the area of the server 4 is Europe.
- the configurations of the servers 2 to 4 may all be the same.
- only the server 2 (Japan) may include the license management module
- the server 3 (US) and the server 4 (Europe) may not include the license management module.
- server 2 (Japan) and server 4 (Europe) are provided with application server 240 and database server 250
- server 3 (USA) is not provided with application server 240 and database server 250. It is also good.
- the application download management module 230 is provided, for example, in the servers 2 to 4 in order to improve responsiveness
- the license management module 220 is, for example, the server 2 (Japan) in order to perform centralized management. You may be prepared to
- the application information management module 210 is provided in the server 2 (Japan) and the server 4 (Europe) from the viewpoint of data protection, from the viewpoint of data protection, and a submodule (setting unit 214) of the application information management module 210. ) May be provided in the server 2 (Japan) in order to improve the work efficiency.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of functions of the connection destination providing server 5.
- the connection destination providing server 5 has a service search module 310. Although only the module (function) concerning this embodiment is illustrated in the example of FIG. 19, the module which the connection destination providing server 5 has is not limited to this.
- FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of the function of the service search module 310.
- the service search module 310 includes a storage unit 311 and a control unit 312. Although the example of FIG. 20 mainly illustrates the functions related to the present embodiment, the functions of the service search module 310 are not limited to these.
- connection information database (hereinafter, referred to as “connection information DB”) 321.
- connection information DB 321 associates at least an organization ID assigned to each organization providing an application, area information indicating a geographical position where the organization is located, and sales company information indicating a store of the device (MFP 6). Store the information you
- the connection information DB 321 includes at least area information indicating a geographical position where the device (MFP 6) is installed or an organization ID associated with sales company information indicating a store of the device (MFP 6) and a server 2 that provides an application.
- connection information DB 321 stores at least information in which device information (machine number) for identifying a device (MFP 6) is associated with connection information of a server providing an application.
- the connection information DB 321 stores the third correspondence information shown in FIG. 7, the tenth correspondence information shown in FIG. 21, and the eleventh correspondence information shown in FIG.
- the connection information DB 321 may store either the third correspondence information and the tenth correspondence information or the eleventh correspondence information.
- the tenth correspondence information includes an organization ID assigned to each organization providing the application, and connection information of a server providing the application published in the organization identified by the organization ID. It is the associated information.
- the third correspondence information shown in FIG. 7 and the tenth correspondence information shown in FIG. 21 it corresponds to the area information or the sales company information based on the area information or the sales company information where the device (MFP 6) is installed.
- Connection information (URL) of a server providing an application published in the organization identified by the organization ID can be identified.
- the connection destination providing server 5 can connect to the server located at the nearest location to the device (MFP 6).
- eleventh correspondence information is information in which a machine number for identifying a device (MFP 6) is associated with connection information of a server providing an application.
- the connection information (URL) of the server providing the application can be specified from the machine number.
- the connection destination providing server 5 can connect to a predetermined server associated with the machine number of the device (MFP 6).
- the regional information (region code) or the sales company information (sales company code) is a contract for users of companies across multiple regions.
- the connection destination providing server 5 can connect to a predetermined server associated with the device number of the device (MFP 6). As described above, when the connection destination providing server 5 receives a connection information acquisition request including at least region information or sales company information and device information (machine number) from the device (MFP 6), the connection destination providing server 5 relies on the region information or sales company information. Instead, predetermined connection information can be specified for each device (MFP 6).
- the tenth one is based on area information (area code) or sales company information (sales company code) in which the device (MFP 6) is usually installed. Identify the connection information (URL) of the server that provides the application published in the organization identified by the organization ID corresponding to the area information or sales company information using the correspondence information, and specify only a specific device as a predetermined server.
- a predetermined server associated with the device number of the device (MFP 6) is specified using the eleventh correspondence information.
- the server connection information is specified using the eleventh correspondence information, and the machine number is registered in the eleventh correspondence information. If not, the server connection information may be specified based on the area information or the sales company information using the tenth correspondence information.
- the control unit 312 identifies, from the device (MFP 6), regional information indicating the geographical position where the device (MFP 6) is installed or sales company information indicating the store of the device (MFP 6), and a device that identifies the device (MFP 6)
- a connection information acquisition request containing at least information (machine number) and requesting acquisition of connection information of the server 2
- the connection information of the server 2 is specified with reference to the information stored in the storage unit 311, Control of transmitting the connection information of the server 2 to the device (MFP 6) is performed.
- the function of the control unit 312 is provided by an application programming interface (API) on the connection destination providing server 5 side.
- API application programming interface
- FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of the function of the control unit 312. As illustrated in FIG. 23, the control unit 312 includes a connection information identification unit 322 and a list generation unit 323.
- connection information specification unit 322 specifies connection information (URL) of the server 2 and passes it to the list generation unit 323, and the list generation unit 323 lists the connection information of connection information of a plurality of servers arranged according to predetermined conditions.
- the information (list) is generated and passed to the connection information identification unit 322, and the connection information identification unit 322 transmits connection list information of connection information (connection list information of connection information of the server 2) to the device (MFP 6).
- the predetermined condition can be set arbitrarily.
- connection information (URL) of the server 2 there are cases where there is only one connection information (URL) of the server 2 identified by the connection information identifying unit 322, and cases where there are a plurality of connections.
- the list generation unit 323 When the connection information (URL) of the server 2 is only one, the list generation unit 323 generates connection list information (list) having one connection information (URL).
- the list generation unit 323 when there is a plurality of connection information (URLs) of the server 2, the list generation unit 323 generates connection list information (list) of a plurality of connection information (URLs) arranged according to a predetermined condition.
- the “connection information identification unit” includes the function of the “connection information transmission unit” in the claims. Below, connection list information is also described as a "list.”
- connection list information (list) of connection information of a plurality of servers generated by the list generation unit 323 may be transmitted from the list generation unit 323 to the device (MFP 6). It is.
- the connection information specification unit 322 specifies connection information (URL) of the server 2 and passes it to the list generation unit 323, and connection list information of connection information of a plurality of servers arranged according to a predetermined condition by the list generation unit 323 ( The list generation unit 323 transmits the connection list information (connection list information of connection information of the server 2) of the connection information to the device (MFP 6).
- Connection information specifying unit 322 includes at least region information or sales company information from a device (MFP 6) and device information (machine number) for identifying the device (MFP 6), and is connection information for requesting acquisition of connection information of server 2 Receiving the acquisition request, referring to the information stored in the storage unit 311 (the connection information DB 321 in this example) and identifying the area information included in the connection information acquisition request of the server 2 or the organization ID corresponding to the sales company information
- the connection information (URL) of the server 2 providing the application published in the organization to be specified is specified, and the connection information (URL) of the server 2 is passed to the list generation unit 323, and the connection information generated by the list generation unit 323 It receives the list of (URL) and sends it to the device (MFP 6).
- connection information specifying unit 322 when the connection information specifying unit 322 receives a connection information acquisition request for the server 2 from the device (MFP 6), the connection information specifying unit 322 refers to the third correspondence information shown in FIG. An organization ID associated with regional information or sales company information included in the information acquisition request is selected. For example, if the connection information acquisition request of the server 2 includes the area information “JP”, the connection information identification unit 322 selects the organization ID “O0002”. When the sales company information is included, the organization ID associated with the sales company information is preferentially selected, and when the sales company information is not included, the organization ID associated with the area information is selected. Then, the connection information identifying unit 322 is, among the tenth correspondence information shown in FIG.
- connection information of the server 2 that provides the application published in the organization identified by the selected organization ID (in this example, Identify the connection information of the organization ID "O0002" (Japanese branch office), https://jp.example.com/apps, and the connection information (https://jp.example.com/apps) of the identified server 2. Pass it to the list generation unit 323. Then, the connection information identification unit 322 receives the connection list information (list) of the connection information (URL) generated by the list generation unit 323, and transmits the connection list information (list) to the device (MFP 6).
- connection information identification unit 322 generates a list of connection information (URL), and The connection information (https://jp.example.com/apps/discov) of itself (connection destination providing server 5) is also sent to the device (MFP 6). Note that whether each connection information is to be transmitted or not is specified as a parameter of the connection information acquisition request.
- the parameter is the “service” parameter of the connection information acquisition request shown in FIG. 27 described later.
- Each connection information (URL) is transmitted to the device (MFP 6) according to the parameters of the connection information acquisition request.
- connection information specifying unit 322 specifies connection information (URL) of the server 2 of the organization ID corresponding to the area information or the sales company information
- the connection information specifying unit 322 further specifies an organization ID closer to the geographical information of the server 2 Do.
- the server connection information (URL) of the organization ID close to the geographical position is specified.
- connection information (URLs) of a plurality of identified servers is passed to the list generation unit 323. Specifically, for example, when the sales company information included in the connection information acquisition request of the server 2 is "JA5", the organization ID "O0005" is specified by referring to the third correspondence information in FIG.
- connection information https://en5.jp.example.com/apps
- the connection information (https://en5.jp.example.com/apps) of the organization ID “O0005” is specified with reference to the tenth correspondence information in S.21.
- organization IDs “O0006” and “O0002” having the same area information as the area information “JP” of the organization ID “O0005” are specified, and the tenth in FIG. Refer to the correspondence information, connection information (https://ja6.jp.example.com/apps) of organization ID "O0006", connection information (https://jp.example.com/apps) of "O0002" Identify.
- connection information identification unit 322 passes the connection information (URL) of the identified organization IDs “O0005”, “O0006”, and “O0002” to the list generation unit 323. Further, for example, when the area information included in the connection information acquisition request is "EU", the third correspondence information in FIG. 7 is referred to, the organization ID "O0004" is specified, and the tenth correspondence in FIG. Refer to the information and identify the connection information (https://eu.example.com/apps) of the organization ID "O0004". An organization ID having the same area information as the area information "EU” of the organization ID "O0004" in the third correspondence information of FIG.
- connection information identification unit 322 passes the connection information (URL) of the identified organization IDs “O0003”, “O0007”, “O0002”, “O0002”, “O0005”, and “O0006” to the list generation unit 323. Then, the connection information identification unit 322 receives the list of connection information (URL) generated by the list generation unit 323 and transmits the list to the device (MFP 6).
- connection information specifying unit 322 specifies connection information of a plurality of servers
- connection information of a server of an organization ID whose geographical position is close to the area information included in the connection information acquisition request ( URL) is specified
- connection information (URL) of servers of organization IDs of different area information may be specified, or connection information of servers of organization ID of all area information (URL ) May be specified.
- connection information acquisition request of the server 2 is access from Japan, it specifies in the order of Japan ⁇ US ⁇ Europe, and generates a list. If the connection information acquisition request of the server 2 is from the United States, it will be identified in the order of US ⁇ Europe ⁇ Japan, and a list will be generated. Further, if the connection information acquisition request of the server 2 is from Europe, it will be specified in the order of Europe ⁇ US ⁇ Japan, and a list will be generated. However, for access from Europe, there is a tendency to dislike communication with the United States, so a list may be generated only in the order of Europe ⁇ Japan. In addition, the mechanism about the determination of the order is arbitrary.
- connection information identification unit 322 When the connection information identification unit 322 receives a connection information acquisition request for the server 2 from the device (MFP 6), the connection information identification unit 322 refers to the information stored in the storage unit 311 (the connection information DB 321 in this example).
- the connection information (URL) of the server providing the application corresponding to the machine number included in the connection information acquisition request may be specified, and the connection information of the server may be transmitted to the device (MFP 6). More specifically, when the connection information identification unit 322 receives a connection information acquisition request for the server 2 from the device (MFP 6), the machine number is registered in the eleventh correspondence information shown in FIG.
- connection information https://jp.example.com/apps
- the connection information identification unit 322 receives the connection list information (list) of the connection information (URL) generated by the list generation unit 323, and transmits the connection list information (list) to the device (MFP 6).
- the list generation unit 323 receives connection information of one server or connection information of a plurality of servers from the connection information identification unit 322. If the connection information of the server 2 is only one, the list generation unit 323 generates a list of only one connection information of the server and passes it to the connection information identification unit 322. In addition, when there is a plurality of connection information of the server 2, the list generation unit 323 displays in the area information where the device (MFP 6) is installed among the connection information of the plurality of servers received from the connection information identification unit 322.
- a list of connection information of a plurality of servers arranged in the order of connection information with geographical locations distant from the connection information with close geographical locations is generated and passed to the connection information identifying unit 322. That is, as described above, among the connection information of the plurality of servers 2 identified by the connection information identifying unit 322, the list creating unit 323 determines the time required for the communication from the connection information that requires a short time to communicate with the device (MFP 6). Creates connection list information (list) of connection information of the plurality of servers 2 arranged in the order of long connection information and passes it to the connection information identifying unit 322.
- the list generation unit 323 generates connection list information (list) of connection information of a plurality of servers arranged according to a predetermined condition, and the list generation unit 323 generates connection of the connection information.
- the list information (connection list information of connection information of the server 2) can also be transmitted to the device (MFP 6).
- the list generation unit 323 when there are a plurality of connection destination providing servers, the list generation unit 323 generates a list of connection information of the plurality of servers, and also generates a list of connection information of the plurality of connection destination provision servers. Then, the generated two lists (a list of connection information of a plurality of servers and a list of connection information of a plurality of connection destination providing servers) are delivered to the connection information identification unit 322.
- generation of the two lists is specified as a parameter of the connection information acquisition request as described above.
- the parameter is the “service” parameter of the connection information acquisition request shown in FIG. 27 described later.
- the list generation unit 323 is, among connection information of a plurality of connection destination providing servers, connection information whose geographical position is near from the connection information whose geographical position is close to the area information where the device (MFP 6) is installed.
- a list of connection information of a plurality of connection destination providing servers arranged in order is generated, the present invention is not limited to this and the order of the list is arbitrary.
- the list generation unit arranges, in the connection information of the plurality of connection destination providing servers, the connection information having a short time for communication with the device (MFP 6) to the connection information having a long time for the communication.
- Connection list information (list) of connection information of a plurality of connection destination providing servers is generated.
- the list generation unit 323 generates connection list information (list) of connection information of a plurality of connection destination providing servers arranged according to a predetermined condition, and the list generation unit 323 connects
- the connection list information of the information (connection list information of the connection information of the connection destination providing server 5) may be transmitted to the device (MFP 6).
- connection destination providing server 5 As the area where the connection destination providing server 5 is installed, the connection destination providing server 5 is installed in each area where the server 2 (Japan), the server 3 (US), and the server 4 (Europe) described in the example of FIG. A plurality of connection destination providing servers 5 may be installed in an area where the number of users is large, for example, in Japan.
- the MFP 6 includes a main body 10 capable of realizing various functions such as a copy function, a scanner function, a fax function, and a printer function, and an operation unit 20 that receives an operation of a user.
- accepting the user's operation is a concept including accepting information (including a signal indicating a coordinate value of the screen) input according to the user's operation.
- the main body 10 and the operation unit 20 are communicably connected to each other via a dedicated communication path 30.
- the communication path 30 may use, for example, the USB (Universal Serial Bus) standard, but may be any standard regardless of whether it is wired or wireless.
- USB Universal Serial Bus
- the main body 10 can perform an operation according to the operation received by the operation unit 20.
- the main unit 10 can also communicate with an external device such as a client PC (personal computer), and can perform an operation according to an instruction received from the external device.
- an external device such as a client PC (personal computer)
- the main unit 10 includes a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, an HDD (hard disk drive) 14, a communication I / F (interface) 15, a connection I / F 16, and an engine unit 17. These are mutually connected via the system bus 18.
- the CPU 11 centrally controls the operation of the main body 10.
- the CPU 11 controls the entire operation of the main unit 10 by executing a program stored in the ROM 12 or the HDD 14 using the RAM 13 as a work area (work area) to control the copy function, the scanner function, the fax function, the printer function, etc. Realize various functions of
- the communication I / F 15 is an interface for connecting to the network 7.
- the connection I / F 16 is an interface for communicating with the operation unit 20 via the communication path 30.
- the engine unit 17 is hardware that performs processing other than general-purpose information processing and communication for realizing the copy function, the scanner function, the fax function, and the printer function.
- a scanner image reading unit
- a plotter image forming unit
- a fax unit that performs fax communication are provided.
- it is possible to provide a specific option such as a finisher for sorting the printed sheet material or an ADF (automatic document feeder) for automatically feeding a document.
- the operation unit 20 includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, a flash memory 24, a communication I / F 25, a connection I / F 26, and an operation panel 27. Are connected to each other.
- the CPU 21 centrally controls the operation of the operation unit 20.
- the CPU 21 controls the entire operation of the operation unit 20 by executing a program stored in the ROM 22 or the flash memory 24 or the like, using the RAM 23 as a work area (work area), and information (image To realize various functions to be described later such as display of.
- the communication I / F 25 is an interface for connecting to the network 7.
- the connection I / F 26 is an interface for communicating with the main body 10 via the communication path 30.
- Operation panel 27 receives various inputs corresponding to the user's operation, and displays various information (for example, information corresponding to the received operation, information indicating the operation status of MFP 6, information indicating the setting state, etc.) .
- the operation panel 27 is configured of a liquid crystal display (LCD) equipped with a touch panel function, but is not limited to this.
- LCD liquid crystal display
- it may be configured by an organic EL display device equipped with a touch panel function.
- an operation unit such as a hardware key or a display unit such as a lamp may be provided.
- FIG. 25 is a schematic view showing an example of the software configuration of the MFP 6.
- the main body 10 includes an application layer 101, a service layer 102, and an OS layer 103.
- the substance of the application layer 101, the service layer 102, and the OS layer 103 is various software stored in the ROM 12, the HDD 14, or the like.
- Various functions are provided by the CPU 11 executing these software.
- the software of the application layer 101 is application software (in the following description, it may be simply referred to as “application”) for operating hardware resources to provide a predetermined function.
- application examples include a copy application for providing a copy function, a scanner application for providing a scanner function, a fax application for providing a fax function, and a printer application for providing a printer function.
- the software of the service layer 102 is software that is interposed between the application layer 101 and the OS layer 103, and provides the application with an interface for using the hardware resources of the main unit 10. More specifically, it is software for providing a function of accepting an operation request for hardware resources and arbitrating the operation request. As the operation request accepted by the service layer 102, a request such as reading by a scanner or printing by a plotter can be considered.
- the function of the interface by the service layer 102 is provided not only to the application layer 101 of the main body 10 but also to the application layer 201 of the operation unit 20. That is, the application layer 201 (application) of the operation unit 20 can also realize the function using the hardware resource (for example, the engine unit 17) of the main body 10 via the interface function of the service layer 102.
- the software of the OS layer 103 is basic software (operating system (OS)) for providing a basic function of controlling the hardware provided in the main unit 10.
- the software of the service layer 102 converts a request for using hardware resources from various applications into a command interpretable by the OS layer 103 and passes the command to the OS layer 103. Then, when the command is executed by the software of the OS layer 103, the hardware resource performs an operation according to the request of the application.
- the operation unit 20 includes an application layer 201, a service layer 202, and an OS layer 203.
- the hierarchical structure of the application layer 201, the service layer 202, and the OS layer 203 included in the operation unit 20 is the same as that on the main body 10 side.
- the functions provided by the application of the application layer 201 and the types of operation requests that can be accepted by the service layer 202 are different from those on the main body 10 side.
- the application of the application layer 201 may be software for operating the hardware resources of the operation unit 20 to provide a predetermined function, but mainly the functions of the main body 10 (copy function, scanner function, fax function Software for providing a function of a UI (user interface) for performing an operation or display regarding a function of updating a license file of an installed application, a printer function, and the like.
- the application of the application layer 201 executes an application for providing the function of the web browser (hereinafter, may be referred to as a “browser application”) or an application command included in the above-described web content data.
- An application for providing a function hereinafter, sometimes referred to as an “installer” or the like is included.
- the software of the OS layer 103 on the main body 10 side and the software of the OS layer 203 on the operation unit 20 are different from each other in order to maintain the independence of the functions. That is, the main body 10 and the operation unit 20 operate independently of each other in different operating systems.
- Linux registered trademark
- Android registered trademark
- the main unit 10 and the operation unit 20 operate with different operating systems, so communication between the main unit 10 and the operation unit 20 can be performed by inter-process communication in a common apparatus. Instead, it is performed as communication between different devices.
- An operation (command communication) of transmitting information (instruction content from the user) received by the operation unit 20 to the main body 10, an operation of notifying the operation unit 20 of an event by the main body 10, and the like correspond to this.
- the operation unit 20 performs command communication to the main body 10
- the function of the main body 10 can be used.
- the event notified from the main unit 10 to the operation unit 20 includes an execution status of an operation in the main unit 10, contents set on the main unit 10 side, and the like.
- FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating an example of the function of the operation unit 20 according to the present embodiment.
- the operation unit 20 includes a connection information acquisition unit 271, an activation unit 272, a display control unit 273, an execution unit 274, and a process execution unit 275.
- the example in FIG. 26 mainly illustrates the functions related to the present embodiment, the functions that the operation unit 20 has are not limited to these.
- the display control unit 273 and the execution unit 274 are realized by a web browser.
- the connection information acquisition unit 271 acquires device information in order to acquire connection information (URL) of the server 2 connected when the activation unit 272 described later activates the browser application providing the browser function according to the user's operation.
- a connection destination acquisition request is sent to the connection destination providing server 5 that includes at least the (machine number) and the region information or the sales company information, and requests acquisition of the connection information of the server 2.
- the connection information acquisition unit 271 acquires the connection information (URL) of the server 2 providing the application transmitted from the connection destination providing server 5 and the connection information (URL) of the connection destination providing server 5 and stores the storage unit ( It is stored in the flash memory 24) and delivered to an activation unit 272 described later.
- the connection information acquisition unit 271 holds in advance connection information of at least one connection destination providing server 5 to be connected first as a default. Then, from the second time onward, the connection information of the connection destination providing server 5 is updated according to the installation situation of the other connection destination providing server. In addition, as a timing which the connection information acquisition part 271 acquires connection information (URL) of the server 2, you may acquire before the starting part 272 starts a browser application, and the starting part 272 starts a browser application. You may get it (during startup).
- URL connection information
- the following three patterns can be illustrated as an example of an acquisition request for connection information of the server 2 that the connection information acquisition unit 271 transmits to the connection destination providing server 5, but the present invention is not limited thereto. It is optional.
- the first pattern is the case where the server 2 shown in FIG. 3 includes the application information management module 210, the license management module 220, and the application download management module 230, and the application download including the respective modules is performed. It is an example which acquires connection information (URL) of the whole site (server 2).
- FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating an example of a server connection information acquisition request
- FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating an example of server connection information (URL) received as a response to the server connection information acquisition request.
- connection information acquisition unit 271 stores the connection information of the server 2 illustrated in FIG. 28 in the storage unit (flash memory 24 or the like).
- the second pattern is to obtain connection information (URL) for each sub-module included in each of the application information management module 210, the license management module 220, and the application download management module 230 shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 12, and FIG.
- This is an example of FIG. 29 is a diagram showing an example of an acquisition request of connection information of each module
- FIG. 30 is a diagram showing an example of connection information (URL) of each module received as a response to the acquisition request of connection information of each module. It is.
- the value of the parameter “service” of the connection information acquisition request shown in FIG. 29 is obtained by encoding a special character.
- appsdownload / api appsdownload / top appsdownload / operation appsdownload / storage is a character string in which server identifiers are arranged with space separation, and the result of encoding this is “appsdownload% 2Fapi + appsdownload%” shown in FIG. 2Ftop + appsdownload% 2Foperation + appsdownload% 2Fstorage ".
- “Host: www.example.com” is an example of a host name to be connected as a default stored in the storage unit (flash memory 24 or the like).
- “Appsdownload / api” illustrated in FIG. 30 is an example of connection information of the control unit 212 of the application information management module 210 illustrated in FIG.
- “appsdownload / top” is the application information management module 210 illustrated in FIG. 4.
- “Appsdownload / operation” is an example of connection information of the setting unit 214 of the application information management module 210 shown in FIG. 4
- “appsdownload / storage” is an example of connection information of the screen providing unit 213 of FIG. 17 illustrates an example of connection information of the download unit 232 of the application download management module 230 illustrated in 17;
- the connection information acquisition unit 271 stores connection information of each module illustrated in FIG. 30 in a storage unit (such as the flash memory 24).
- connection information of site and connection information of multiple connection destination servers includes the application information management module 210, the license management module 220, and the application download management module 230 shown in FIG. 3, and the application download including the respective modules is performed.
- connection information (URL) of the entire site (server 2) and connection information of a plurality of connection destination providing servers are acquired.
- FIG. 31 is a diagram showing an example of acquisition request of server connection information and connection destination providing server connection information
- FIG. 32 is a request for acquisition of server connection information and connection destination providing server connection information. It is a figure which shows an example of the connection information (URL) of the server received as a response with respect to, and the connection information (URL) of several connection destination provision server.
- the value of the parameter “service” of the connection information acquisition request shown in FIG. 31 is the same as that described above with reference to FIG. 29 and is an encoding of a special character.
- “Host: www.example.com” is an example of a host name to be connected as a default stored in the storage unit (flash memory 24 or the like).
- “Discovery” shown in FIG. 32 indicates a connection destination providing server, and the first “https://jp.example.com/discov” is an example of connection information of the connection destination providing server in the area information “JP”. The second “https://us.example.com/discov” is an example of connection information of the connection destination providing server in the regional information “US”.
- FIG. 32 indicates a connection destination providing server, and the first “https://jp.example.com/discov” is an example of connection information of the connection destination providing server in the area information “JP”.
- connection information acquisition unit 271 stores the connection information of the server 2 illustrated in FIG. 32 and the connection information of the connection destination providing server in the storage unit (flash memory 24 or the like).
- the activation unit 272 activates a browser application that provides the function of the web browser in response to the user's operation. At this time, the activation unit 272 checks whether or not the sales company information of its own device (MFP 6) is held when activating the browser application, and if the sales company information (sales company code information) is not held.
- the display control unit 273 causes the operation panel 27 to display a UI screen for inputting sales company information.
- sales company information is not set as in the organization ID “O0002” shown in FIG. 7, the sales company information set completion flag is stored separately, and the sales company information set completion flag is not set separately.
- the UI screen may be displayed only in the case.
- the initial value of the area information is stored in advance in the storage unit as the destination setting when the device (MFP 6) is shipped.
- the display of the UI screen for inputting the sales company information is only the first time, and when the sales company information is inputted and held, the UI screen is not displayed next time.
- connection information acquisition unit 271 has been described above, the setting of the sales company information (sales company code) in the activation unit 272 precedes the processing flow execution order, and the connection information acquisition unit 271 is next.
- the acquisition of the connection information (URL) of the server 2 in step (b) is executed. That is, the connection information acquisition unit 271 acquires connection information in accordance with the setting of the sales company information previously set by the activation unit 272.
- FIG. 34 is a diagram showing an example of the area information setting screen.
- the area information setting screen includes an area information selection button 401 for selecting area information, a sales company information setting button 402 for setting sales company information, and a next for transition to the next screen. At least a button 403 and a return button 404 for returning to the operation screen shown in FIG.
- FIG. 35 is a diagram showing an example of the area information setting dialogue screen.
- the regional information setting dialog screen displays regional information indicating regions such as “Japan (JP) 411”, “US (US) 412”, “Europe (EU)” and “Asia (ASIA)”. indicate.
- US (US) 412 is selected and the “OK” button is pressed, the screen returns to the regional information setting screen shown in FIG. 34, and is changed to “area: US (US)”.
- FIG. 36 is a diagram showing an example of a sales company information input screen.
- at least a ten key button for inputting a sales company code (code information indicating sales company information) is displayed.
- the sales company code “11234516” shown in the example of FIG. 36 can be set arbitrarily, but for example, the first one character “1” represents “region”, “1: Japan (JP)”, “2: America ( “US)”, “3: Europe (EU)”, “4: Asia (ASIA)” are assigned.
- the next five characters "12345" represent "sales company information", and for example, an arbitrary random number for identifying a store is assigned in advance. Arbitrary random numbers are assigned to reduce the risk of entering another sales company code due to an input error.
- the last two characters “16” represent “checksum”, for example, to detect an input error of the sales company code.
- the sales company code may be a method of encrypting the entire code.
- error detection is performed (in this example, the area information (first character) specified from the code information received on the sales company information input screen It is determined whether the value of the regional information set on the regional information setting dialog screen of FIG.
- FIG. 37 shows an example of the error screen.
- a screen for inputting a sales company code (code information indicating sales company information) is displayed again (see FIG. 36).
- FIG. 36 when the sales company code is correctly input, the regional information setting screen shown in FIG. 34 is displayed.
- the activation unit 272 causes the storage unit (such as the flash memory 24) to store the area information and the sales company information (sales company code) input as described above.
- FIG. 38 is a diagram showing an example of the application list screen. The details of the application list screen will be described later.
- connection information acquisition unit 271 transmits an acquisition request for connection information of the server 2 with reference to the connection information (URL) of the connection destination providing server 5 stored in the storage unit (flash memory 24 or the like).
- the URL indicating the location of the server 2 on the network 7 is acquired, and the URL indicating the location of the server 2 is passed to the start unit 272.
- the activation unit 272 performs control to activate the browser application.
- the connection information acquisition unit 271 holds or updates the acquired connection information (URL) of the server 2.
- the started browser application (screen information acquisition unit) transmits the above-described screen information request as an HTTP request to the server 2 specified by the URL received from the activation unit 272, and a response to the screen information request (HTTP response) Web content data (screen information) is received.
- HTML and CSS / JavaScript included in HTML are received as Web content data (screen information).
- the browser application interprets and executes JavaScript, and transmits the above-described display information request as an HTTP request to the server 2 using Ajax, and an application command as a response to the display information request (HTTP response)
- Receive Web content data (display information) including at least The functions of the "display information acquisition unit" and the "screen information acquisition unit” in the claims are provided by the browser application.
- FIG. 39 is a diagram showing an example of a display information request
- FIG. 40 is a diagram showing an example of information received as a response to the display information request.
- the browser application performs control to display a screen configured based on the Web content data (screen information and display information) received from the server 2 on the operation panel 27 (display unit).
- the function of the display control unit 273 is provided by the browser application.
- the display control unit 273 generates a screen based on the web content data (screen information and display information) received from the server 2 and displays the generated screen on the operation panel 27.
- the display control unit 273 holds the Web content data (screen information and display information) received from the server 2 in a storage device such as the flash memory 24 or the like, and, if necessary, the Web content data (screen information and display information)
- the screen can be generated using the read out web content data (screen information and display information).
- the display control unit 273 selects an application command selected according to the user's operation on a screen (a screen configured based on Web content data (screen information and display information)) displayed on the operation panel 27.
- the identified application command can be notified to the execution unit 274.
- the display control unit 273 can specify an application command selected by the user as JavaScript (registered trademark) or a custom scheme.
- the execution unit 274 includes an application command (notified from the display control unit 273) included in the web content data according to the user's operation via the screen displayed on the operation panel 27.
- the application command is executed to request the MFP 6 to execute processing related to the application corresponding to the application command.
- the function of the execution unit 274 is provided by an application programming interface (API) on the MFP 6 side.
- the MFP 6 can call an application programming interface (API) from a web application arranged on the server 2 as usable by the browser application of the operation unit 20.
- the processing execution unit 275 executes processing related to the application according to the request based on the request from the web browser (execution unit 274).
- examples of application commands included in Web content data received from the server 2 include an installation instruction, an update instruction, and an uninstallation instruction.
- the execution unit 274 notifies the processing execution unit 275 of the installation instruction selected according to the user's operation, and the processing execution unit 275 executes the installation instruction notified from the execution unit 274. More specifically, it is as follows.
- the display control unit 273 uses the Web content data (screen information and display information) received from the server 2 to display an application list screen (see FIG. 38) that shows a list of applications available on the device (MFP 6). Is controlled to be displayed on the operation panel 27.
- the application list screen at least displays the name of the application and an application selection button 331 for selecting the application for each application available on the device (MFP 6).
- the application list screen displays an update selection button 325 for selecting an application update and a deletion selection button 326 for selecting an application deletion. The specific contents of these will be described later.
- FIG. 41 is a diagram showing an example of the installation instruction screen.
- the installation instruction screen displays the application explanation information and application price information of the corresponding application, and an installation button 332 for instructing the execution of installation.
- pressing the install button 332 means selection of an installation instruction (which may be considered as selection of an application to be installed).
- FIG. 42 is a diagram showing an example of the installation confirmation screen.
- the installation confirmation screen displays a confirmation button (OK) 333 for instructing that the execution of the installation has finally been accepted.
- the installation instruction is pasted in JavaScript format to the confirmation button 333.
- the execution unit 274 notifies the processing execution unit 275 of the installation instruction that has been attached to the pressed confirmation button 333. Then, the process execution unit 275 executes this installation instruction.
- FIG. 43 is a diagram showing an example of information (JavaScript attached to the confirmation button 333) notified from the execution unit 274 to the processing execution unit 275 in this case.
- the execution unit 274 includes, among the display information received from the server 2, a license key used to authenticate the use authority of the application targeted for the installation instruction selected according to the user operation. If it is included, the license key and the installation instruction are notified to the processing execution unit 275. If the license key is not included, control is performed to display an input screen prompting input of the license key. . More specifically, of the application detailed information in the display information received from the server 2, the display control unit 273 is among the detailed information corresponding to the application targeted for the installation instruction selected according to the operation of the user. If a license key for authenticating the right to use the application is not included, control is performed to display an input screen prompting the user to enter the license key.
- FIG. 44 is a diagram showing an example of the input screen.
- the same installation instruction as that in FIG. 43 is attached to the OK button in FIG. In this case, the character string input in the license key input area is set to appMgmt. Pass it as the second argument of the install function.
- the display control unit 273 transmits the current version of the application among the installed applications and the application among the application detailed information included in the display information received from the server 2. Identify an application different from the version indicated by the corresponding detailed information. Then, when the update command corresponding to the specified application is selected according to the user's operation, the execution unit 274 notifies the process execution unit 275 of the selected update command.
- the process execution unit 275 executes the update instruction notified from the execution unit 274. More specifically, it is as follows.
- the display control unit 273 When the display control unit 273 receives the pressing of the update selection button 325 displayed on the application list screen shown in FIG. 38, the display control unit 273 displays the display information received from the server 2 and the application installed in the device (MFP 6). Application management information associated with the current version of the application is acquired.
- the execution unit 275 since the process execution unit 275 manages the above-described application management information, the execution unit 274 requests the process execution unit 275 for application management information, and the display control unit 273 processes the application management information. get. Then, among the installed applications, the display control unit 273 corresponds to the current version corresponding to the application in the application management information and the detail corresponding to the application in the application detailed information included in the display information received from the server 2.
- An application different from the version indicated by the information is identified as the application to be updated.
- the application management information is in the mode of FIG. 45 and the application detailed information included in the display information received from the server 2 is in the mode of FIG.
- the application ID “S001” and the application ID “S003” are specified as the application to be updated.
- FIG. 47 is a diagram showing an example of the update instruction screen.
- the update instruction screen displays, for each of the plurality of applications, an update instruction button 341 for receiving an update instruction of the application.
- an update instruction indicating an instruction to update the application is pasted to the update instruction button 341 corresponding to the application to be updated (the application specified as described above).
- the update instruction screen displays both the application to be updated (applications 1 and 3 in the example of FIG. 47) and the application not to be updated (application 2 in the example of FIG. 47).
- the update instruction button 341 corresponding to the application of (1) is in an inoperable state (a state in which it is not possible to receive a press). That is, although the update instruction screen distinguishes and displays the application to be updated (the application specified as described above) and the application not to be updated, for example, the update instruction screen is not limited to this. Only the application to be updated may be displayed in association with the update instruction button 341 in the operable state. Also, for example, the display control unit 273 can perform control to display information indicating the number of applications (applications to be updated) identified as described above.
- the display control unit 273 determines the number of applications different from the current version of the application and the version indicated by the detailed information corresponding to the application among the application detailed information. Control to display the indicated information can also be performed.
- the execution unit 274 receives pressing of the update instruction button 341, the execution unit 274 notifies the processing execution unit 275 of the update instruction pasted on the update instruction button 341.
- FIG. 48 is a diagram showing an example of information notified from the execution unit 274 to the processing execution unit 275 in this case.
- update instruction button 341 is individually provided for each application to be updated, the present invention is not limited to this.
- the button may be provided.
- update instructions of all the applications to be updated are selected at once.
- the application command collectively updates the applications whose current version is different from the version indicated by the detailed information corresponding to the application among the application detailed information.
- the display control unit 273 is installed in the device (MFP 6) when the batch update instruction is selected (when depression of a button for instructing to execute update of the application to be updated collectively) is received. Identify the application whose current version of the application is different from the version indicated by the detailed information corresponding to the application among the application detailed information, and the executing unit 274 updates the application corresponding to the specified application The instruction may be notified to the processing execution unit 275.
- the server 2 may have a function of specifying an application to be updated.
- the display control unit 273 acquires the above-described application management information from the processing execution unit 275 before transmitting the above-described display information request, and sends the server 2 the display information request to which the acquired application management information is added. It can also be sent.
- the server 2 For each application ID included in the application management information received from the MFP 6, the server 2 has a version associated with the application ID in the application management information, and an application information DB 261 (second correspondence information) managed by the server 2.
- the application ID having a difference can be identified as the application ID to be updated by comparing the version with the version associated with the application ID.
- the server 2 may include information indicating the application ID specified as the update target in the display information and transmit the display information to the MFP 6. Furthermore, for example, the server 2 may manage an application installed in the MFP 6 (manage the above-described application management information). In this case, for example, the server 2 can update the application management information at the timing of activation or deactivation of the license, and can also update the application management information at the timing of updating the application. In this case, since it is not necessary to acquire the current version of the application installed in the MFP 6 from the MFP 6, the application to be updated can be determined only by the server 2 and the processing load on the MFP 6 can be reduced.
- the execution unit 274 notifies the process execution unit 275 of the uninstall instruction selected according to the user's operation, and the process execution unit 275 executes the uninstall instruction notified from the execution unit 274. More specifically, it is as follows.
- FIG. 49 is a diagram showing an example of the deletion instruction screen.
- the deletion instruction screen displays, for each application installed in the MFP 6, a deletion instruction button 351 for accepting a deletion instruction of the application.
- the display control unit 273 performs control to display a deletion confirmation screen for finally confirming execution of uninstallation on the operation panel 27.
- FIG. 50 is a diagram showing an example of the deletion confirmation screen.
- the deletion confirmation screen displays a confirmation button (OK) 361 for instructing that the execution of uninstallation has finally been accepted.
- a deletion instruction indicating an instruction to delete one or more applications corresponding to the confirmation button 361 is pasted to the confirmation button 361.
- the execution unit 274 notifies the processing execution unit 275 of the uninstallation instruction that has been attached to the pressed confirmation button 361.
- FIG. 51 is a diagram showing an example of information notified from the execution unit 274 to the process execution unit 275 in this case.
- the deletion instruction button 351 described above is individually provided for each application installed in the MFP 6, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- the button may be provided.
- uninstall instructions of all the applications installed in the MFP 6 are selected at once.
- the application command includes a batch uninstall instruction indicating a command to collectively delete the application installed in the MFP 6, and the execution unit 274 selects the application installed in the MFP 6 when the batch uninstall instruction is selected.
- the processing execution unit 275 may be notified of a corresponding uninstall instruction (one or more uninstall instructions corresponding to one or more installed applications and one to one).
- the CPU 21 stores the functions of the connection information acquisition unit 271, the activation unit 272, the display control unit 273, the execution unit 274, and the process execution unit 275 described above in the storage device such as the ROM 22 or the flash memory 24. It can be realized by executing a program.
- FIG. 52 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation procedure of the system 1 of the present embodiment.
- the connection destination providing server 5 includes area information indicating a geographical position where the device (MFP 6) is installed or sales company information indicating a store of the device (MFP 6) and connection information of the server 2 providing the application. Hold the associated information.
- the activation unit 272 of the MFP 6 holds regional information or sales company information.
- the connection information acquisition unit 271 of the MFP 6 stores connection information of one connection destination providing server 5 at the time of shipment.
- connection information acquiring unit 271 indicates that the icon 8 is pressed. It notifies (step S2).
- the connection information acquisition unit 271 sends, to the connection destination providing server 5, an acquisition request for connection information that includes at least device information (machine number), area information or sales company information, and requests acquisition of connection information of the server 2. Send (step S3).
- connection information specifying unit 322 of the connection destination providing server 5 acquires connection information from the device (MFP 6) including at least area information or sales company information and device information (machine number) and requesting acquisition of connection information of the server 2
- the request is received, and the organization identified by the organization ID corresponding to the area information or the sales company information included in the connection information acquisition request with reference to the connection correspondence information stored in the storage unit 311 (in this example, the connection information DB 321)
- the connection information (URL) of the server 2 that provides the application published in step (b) is specified (step S4).
- connection information identification unit 322 sends the connection information (URL) of the identified server 2 and the connection information (URL) of itself (the connection destination providing server 5) to the connection information acquisition unit 271 of the MFP 6 that is the transmission source of the connection information acquisition request. Send (step S5).
- the connection information acquisition unit 271 acquires connection information (URL) of the server 2 and connection information (URL) of the connection destination providing server 5 by receiving a response to the connection information acquisition request of the server 2 from the connection destination providing server 5. Then, the information is stored in the storage unit (flash memory 24 or the like) (step S6), and the above two connection information (URLs) are transmitted to the activation unit 272 (step S7).
- the activation unit 272 transmits the URL of the server 2 together with the activation instruction to the browser application (the display control unit 273 and the execution unit 274) which is a Web browser (step S8).
- the browser application (the display control unit 273 and the execution unit 274) activated upon receiving the activation instruction transmits the above-described screen information request as an HTTP request to the server 2 designated by the received URL (step S9).
- the server 2 generates Web content data (screen information) in response to a request from the MFP 6 (step S10), and transmits the generated Web content data (screen information) to the MFP 6 as an HTTP response (step S11). ).
- the MFP 6 (display control unit 273) receives Web content data (screen information) as a response to the screen information request which is an HTTP request.
- the MFP 6 (display control unit 273) receives HTML and CSS / JavaScript included in the HTML (or referred to by the HTML) as Web content data (screen information).
- the browser application of the MFP 6 having received the screen information interprets and executes JavaScript, and transmits the above-described display information request (see FIG. 39) as an HTTP request to the server 2 using Ajax (step S12).
- the server 2 generates display information in response to a request from the MFP 6 (step S13), and transmits the generated Web content data (display information) as an HTTP response to the MFP 6 (step S14).
- the MFP 6 (display control unit 273) receives Web content data (display information) as a response to the display information request which is an HTTP request.
- MFP 6 display control unit 273 generates a screen configured based on the Web content data (screen information and display information) received from server 2 (step S15), and displays the generated screen on operation panel 27 (step S15) Step S16).
- the display control unit 273 stores the Web content data (screen information and display information) received from the server 2 in a storage device such as the flash memory 24, and the received Web content data (screen information and display)
- the application list screen shown in FIG. 38 is first generated using information). Then, control is performed to display the generated application list screen on the operation panel 27 (display unit).
- FIG. 53 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the MFP 6 from the reception of pressing of the icon 8 by the MFP 6 to acquisition of the application list screen. That is, this is an example of the process of the MFP 6 in steps S1 to S9, steps S11 to S12, and step S14 in FIG. 52 described above.
- connection information acquiring unit 271 of the MFP 6 receives the notification of pressing the icon 8 (step S1)
- the connection information acquiring unit 271 holds (stores) the connection information (URL) of the connection destination providing server 5 in the storage unit (flash memory 24 or the like). It is determined whether or not there is (step S21).
- the connection information acquisition unit 271 stores the URL of one connection destination providing server 5 in advance at the time of shipment, but temporarily stores (stores) the URL of the connection destination providing server 5 in a storage unit (flash memory 24 or the like). When there is not (Step S21: No), it shifts to processing of Step S26.
- the connection information acquisition unit 271 When the URL of the connection destination providing server 5 is held (stored) in the storage unit (flash memory 24 or the like) (step S21: Yes), the connection information acquisition unit 271 provides the connection destination request for the URL of the server 2 It transmits to the URL of the server 5 (step S22). Next, the connection information acquisition unit 271 determines whether the URL of the server 2 can be acquired from the connection destination providing server 5 (step S23). When the URL of the server 2 can not be acquired (step S23: No), the connection information acquisition unit 271 holds (stores) the URL of the next connection destination providing server 5 in the storage unit (flash memory 24 or the like) Is determined (step S24).
- the connection information acquiring unit 271 acquires a URL of one connection destination providing server 5 from the connection destination providing server 5, and a plurality of connection destinations. Since there is a case where the list of URLs of the providing server is acquired, the determination process of step S24 is performed. In addition, the case where the connection to the server 2 fails by server down, network down, etc. is mentioned as an example of the cause which URL of the server 2 can not acquire.
- step S24: Yes When the URL of the next connection destination providing server 5 is held (stored) in the storage unit (flash memory 24 or the like) (step S24: Yes), the process returns to step S22 and continues the processing for acquiring the URL of the server 2 Do.
- step S24: No When the URL of the next connection destination providing server 5 is not held (stored) in the storage unit (flash memory 24 or the like) (step S24: No), the process proceeds to step S26.
- step S23 when the URL of the server 2 can be acquired (step S23: Yes), the connection information acquisition unit 271 stores the URL of the server 2 in the storage unit (flash memory 24 or the like) (step S25).
- the activation unit 272 determines whether the URL of the server 2 is held (stored) in the storage unit (flash memory 24 or the like) (step S26).
- step S26: No the process proceeds to step S30, and an error screen is displayed on the operation panel 27 (display unit) Step S30)
- the case where the connection to the server 2 fails by server down, network down, etc. is mentioned as an example of the cause which URL of the server 2 can not acquire.
- the activation unit 272 passes the URL of the server 2 to the browser application, and the browser application is the activation unit 272 Requests model information, region information, and locale information (language information) identifying the model of MFP 6, and requests screen information and display information (application list screen) to server 2 specified by the URL received from The screen information request and the display information request are transmitted (step S27).
- the activation unit 272 determines whether the screen information and the display information can be acquired from the server 2 (step S28). If the screen information and the display information can be acquired (step S28: Yes), the process ends. That is, the screen is generated in step S15 of FIG. 52, and the screen is displayed in step S16.
- the activation unit 272 determines whether the URL of the next server is held (stored) in the storage unit (flash memory 24 or the like) (step S29). As described in the connection information identifying unit 322 and the list generating unit 323, the connection information acquiring unit 271 acquires a URL of one server 2 from the connection destination providing server 5, and a list of URLs of a plurality of servers. Is determined, the determination process of step S29 is performed.
- step S29: Yes When the URL of the next server 2 is held (stored) in the storage unit (flash memory 24 or the like) (step S29: Yes), the process returns to step S27, and the process of acquiring the screen information and display information is continued.
- step S29: No When the URL of the next server 2 is not held (stored) in the storage unit (flash memory 24 or the like) (step S29: No), an error screen is displayed on the operation panel 27 (display unit) and processing is performed (step S30) Finish. That is, when the URL of the next server 2 is not held (stored) in the storage unit (flash memory 24 or the like), using the URL of one server 2 or a plurality of servers acquired from the connection destination providing server 5 Also indicates that the screen information could not be acquired from the server. In addition, the case where the connection to the server 2 fails by server down, network down, etc. is mentioned as an example of the cause which URL of the server 2 can not acquire.
- FIG. 54 shows details of an application that can be used by the MFP 6 in which the server 2 is linked to an organization that provides an application corresponding to area information or sales company information in step S13 of FIG. 52 described above. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the server 2 which produces
- the specifying unit 216 receives the above-mentioned display information request from the MFP 6, the area information included in the received display information request is referred to with reference to the third correspondence information shown in FIG. An organization ID corresponding to sales company information is selected (step S41).
- the identifying unit 216 refers to the fourth correspondence information shown in FIG.
- step S42 The application ID associated with the information is selected (step S42).
- the specifying unit 216 refers to the first correspondence information shown in FIG. 5 and selects the model ID associated with the model code included in the received display information request (step S43).
- the identifying unit 216 refers to the second correspondence information shown in FIG. 6, and selects one or more application IDs associated with the selected model ID (step S44).
- the specifying unit 216 also specifies version information associated with the application ID selected in step S44 among the second correspondence information shown in FIG.
- the identifying unit 216 selects one or more application IDs published among the one or more application IDs associated with the organization ID selected in FIG.
- the identifying unit 216 refers to the fifth correspondence information shown in FIG. 9, and combines the application ID identified in step S45 with the language information (locale information) included in the display information request received from the MFP 6
- the application description information corresponding to is specified (step S46).
- the identifying unit 216 refers to the sixth correspondence information shown in FIG. 10 to combine the application ID selected in step S45 with the language information (locale information) included in the display information request received from the MFP 6
- the application price information corresponding to is specified (step S47).
- the generation unit 217 associates the application description information identified in step S46 with the application ID selected in step S44 among the second correspondence information shown in FIG. 6 for each application ID identified in step S45.
- the application detailed information can be generated by associating detailed information including the version information, the license key if the license key is set, and the application price information specified in step S47 (step S48).
- FIG. 55 is a sequence diagram showing an example of an operation procedure of the system 1 when one of the application selection buttons 331 displayed on the application list screen shown in FIG. 38 is pressed.
- the display control unit 273 performs control to display the above-described installation instruction screen (see FIG. 41) on the operation panel 27 when pressing of any of the application selection buttons 331 is received (step S51).
- the display control unit 273 receives the pressing of the install button 332
- the display control unit 273 refers to the screen information received from the server 2, and the user of the application detailed information in the display information included in the screen information. It is checked whether the license key is included in the detailed information corresponding to the application targeted for the installation instruction selected according to the operation (step S52).
- step S52 As a result of confirmation in step S52, when a license key is included, control is performed to display the above-mentioned installation confirmation screen (see FIG. 42) on the operation panel 27 (step S53).
- step S52 when the license key is not included (that is, when the application targeted for the installation instruction is a paid application), the display control unit 273 operates the input screen in FIG. Control to be displayed on the panel 27 is performed (step S54), and input of a license key from the user is accepted.
- the user knows in advance the license key corresponding to the purchased application.
- the administrator of the application may notify the user who has purchased the application of the license key by mail, mail, or the like.
- the execution unit 274 selects the installation instruction selected according to the user's operation, the application ID (the application ID of the application targeted by the selected application instruction), and the license key (the selected application instruction) And the license key of the application to be notified to the process execution unit 275 (step S55).
- the process execution unit 275 uses the license key notified from the execution unit 274 to execute the installation instruction notified from the execution unit 274. More specifically, it is as follows. First, the process execution unit 275 transmits, to the server 2, the above-described download request that includes at least the application ID of the application that is the target of the installation instruction, and requests the download of the application (step S56).
- the server 2 (download unit 232) having received the download request selects an application corresponding to the application ID included in the received download request (step S57), and transmits the selected application to the MFP 6 (step S58).
- the process execution unit 275 transmits, to the server 2, the above-described activation request including at least the application ID, the license key, and the machine number and requesting activation of the license (step S59).
- the server 2 (the license activation unit 227) having received the activation request performs control to activate the license (step S60), and then returns a response to the activation request to the MFP 6 (step S61).
- step S60 the specific content of step S60 is as described above, when the license validation unit 227 receives the above-described validation request from the MFP 6, the license validation unit 227 is included in the received validation request in the license information DB 224. Check if the license key exists.
- the license validation unit 227 updates the information stored in the license information DB 224 as described above.
- the license activation unit 227 issues a license file defining a license (usage of use) such as an expiration date of the application identified by the application ID included in the activation request received from the MFP 6, and responds to the activation request.
- a license file defining a license (usage of use) such as an expiration date of the application identified by the application ID included in the activation request received from the MFP 6, and responds to the activation request.
- the license file can also be transmitted.
- an error is transmitted as a response to the validation request.
- the MFP 6 (process execution unit 275) receives that the license status is valid as a response to the validation request, the MFP 6 (step S62) performs control to install the application downloaded from the server 2 (step S62). After the installation is completed, the process execution unit 275 associates the application ID of the application for which the installation has been completed with the version of the application at the time of installation, and adds the application management information by adding it to the application management information described above. It updates (step S63).
- FIG. 56 is a sequence diagram showing an example of an operation procedure of the system 1 when the update selection button 325 displayed on the application list screen shown in FIG. 38 is pressed.
- the display control unit 273 receives the pressing of the update selection button 325, the display control unit 273 identifies an application to be updated among the applications installed in the MFP 6 (step S71). Then, for each of the applications specified in step S71, control is performed to display an update instruction screen (see FIG. 47) for receiving an update instruction of the application on the operation panel 27 (step S72).
- step S71 the display control unit 273 identifies an application to be updated among the applications installed in the MFP 6
- control is performed to display an update instruction screen (see FIG. 47) for receiving an update instruction of the application on the operation panel 27 (step S72).
- the specific contents of these are as described above.
- the execution unit 274 receives pressing of any one of the update instruction buttons 341, the execution unit 274 notifies the process execution unit 275 of the update instruction attached to the update instruction button 341 (step S73).
- the process execution unit 275 executes the update instruction notified from the execution unit 274. More specifically, it is as follows. First, the process execution unit 275 transmits, to the server 2, an update request for requesting an application of the latest version that includes at least an application ID to be updated (step S74).
- the server 2 having received the update request selects an application corresponding to the application ID included in the received update request (step S75), and transmits the selected application to the MFP 6 (step S76).
- the MFP 6 performs control to install the (newly downloaded application) received from the server 2 (step S77).
- the process execution unit 275 associates the application ID of the application for which the installation has been completed with the version of the application at the time of installation (at the time of update) and adds it to the application management information described above.
- Application management information is updated (step S78).
- FIG. 57 is a sequence diagram showing an example of an operation procedure of the system 1 when the delete selection button 326 displayed on the application list screen shown in FIG. 38 is pressed.
- the display control unit 273 receives the pressing of the delete selection button 326, the display control unit 273 performs control to display the above-described delete instruction screen (see FIG. 49) on the operation panel 27 (step S81).
- the display control unit 273 receives pressing of any of the delete instruction buttons 351
- the display control unit 273 performs control to display the above-described delete confirmation screen (see FIG. 50) on the operation panel 27 (step S82).
- the uninstall command (uninstall attached to the pressed confirmation button 361 is selected according to the user's operation).
- the installation instruction is notified to the process execution unit 275 (step S83).
- the process execution unit 275 executes the uninstall instruction notified from the execution unit 274. More specifically, it is as follows. First, the process execution unit 275 requests the server 2 to invalidate the above-described request that includes at least the license key corresponding to the application targeted by the uninstall instruction and the machine number, and invalidate the license. Is sent (step S84). The server 2 (the license invalidation unit 228) having received the invalidation request performs control to invalidate the license (step S85), and then responds to the invalidation request (in this case, the license status is invalid). Is returned to the MFP 6 (step S86).
- step S85 when the license invalidation unit 228 receives the above-described invalidation request from the MFP 6, the received invalidation of the information stored in the license information DB 224 is performed.
- the valid status information associated with the combination of the license key and the machine number included in the request is changed to information indicating “invalid”, and the license in use associated with the license key included in the received invalidation request Decrement the number by one and increment the number of used licenses by one.
- the MFP 6 (process execution unit 275) receives, as a response to the invalidation request, that the license status is invalid, it performs control to uninstall the application corresponding to the license key included in the invalidation request (step S87). After the uninstallation is completed, the process execution unit 275 updates the application management information by deleting the information corresponding to the application for which the uninstallation has been completed among the application management information described above (step S88).
- the server 2 in response to a request from the MFP 6 connected via the network 7, the server 2 is an application that can be used by the MFP 6 linked to the area information where the MFP 6 is installed.
- Control unit 212 for transmitting to the MFP 6 Web content data including at least display information indicating an application and an application command for causing the MFP 6 to execute processing related to an application.
- the activation unit 272 activates the browser application
- the connection information acquisition unit 271 acquires connection information of the server 2 to be connected, the display control unit 273 performing control to display a screen based on the web content data received from the server 2 on the operation panel 27, and Depending on the operation of the user via the displayed screen Run the application commands contained in Ceiling data includes an execution unit 274 for requesting execution of a process related to the application corresponding to the application command to MFP 6, a.
- the MFP 6 stores connection information of the connection destination providing server 5 and acquires connection information of the server 2 for acquiring screen information and display information from the connection destination providing server 5 and holds the connection information. There is no need to change the program on the MFP 6 side even if the number of the servers increases and the installation position of the server 2 for each area changes. Furthermore, as described above, when the MFP 6 can not connect to the server 2 by storing the connection information of the plurality of servers 2, it can switch to another server 2 having the same function to perform communication. , Has a significant effect of improving availability.
- the application arranged in the server 2 is used by the browser application of the operation unit 20 (that is, an application , Web application) may be included. Since it is not necessary to install such a web application on the MFP 6, when the pressing of the application selection button 331 corresponding to the web application is accepted, the display control unit 273 displays, for example, a shortcut creation instruction screen as shown in FIG. May be displayed on the operation panel 27.
- the shortcut creation instruction screen displays application description information and application price information of the corresponding application (Web application), and a shortcut creation button 371 for instructing creation of a shortcut icon for calling the function of the web application.
- a shortcut creation instruction indicating an instruction for creating a shortcut is pasted to the shortcut creation button 371.
- the execution unit 274 receives pressing of the shortcut creation button 371, the execution unit 274 notifies the processing execution unit 275 of a shortcut creation instruction attached to the shortcut creation button 371. Then, the process execution unit 275 executes the shortcut creation instruction notified from the execution unit 274.
- the application command may include a shortcut icon creation instruction indicating an instruction to create a shortcut icon for calling a function of the web application.
- the shortcut icon creation instruction is selected according to the user's operation (for example, when the above-described shortcut creation button 371 is pressed)
- the selected shortcut icon creation instruction (pressed) is selected.
- the shortcut execution command attached to the shortcut creation button 371 may be notified to the processing execution unit 275, and the processing execution unit 275 may execute the shortcut icon creation instruction notified from the execution unit 274.
- the display information received by the MFP 6 from the server 2 includes an application that requires installation and a Web application, referring to “appType” in the detailed information in FIG. It is also possible to determine that the application is required and display FIG. 41, and when the value is “web”, to determine that it is a web application and to display FIG.
- the operation unit 20 may further include a function (authorization information management unit) that manages, for each of a plurality of users, authority information associated with the authority of the user.
- the display control unit 273 refers to the authority information acquired from the authority information management unit, and is associated with a user who is using the MFP 6 (a user who is authorized to use the MFP 6 and a user who is logging in). If the authority is, for example, in a form in which execution of installation can not be instructed, the installation button 332 shown in FIG. 41 can also be hidden. Similarly, when the authority associated with the user who is using the MFP 6 is in a form that can not instruct the execution of the update, for example, the update instruction button 341 shown in FIG. 47 can also be hidden. Further, in the case where the authority associated with the user who is using the MFP 6 is, for example, a mode in which execution of uninstallation can not be instructed, the deletion instruction button 351 shown in FIG. 49 can also be hidden.
- main body 10 and the operation part 20 operate mutually independently by a different operating system
- move by the same operating system for example It may be in the form. That is, the main body 10 and the operation unit 20 may be integrated.
- the form of the application list screen described above is arbitrary, and may be a form combining the above examples as shown in FIG. 59, for example.
- the above-described screen providing unit 213 may be configured to generate Web content data including the above-described application command only when the above-described screen information request is received from the image forming apparatus including the MFP 6. That is, when the screen providing unit 213 receives a screen information request from a device (PC, tablet, etc.) other than the image forming apparatus, the screen providing unit 213 generates Web content data that does not include an application command, and responds as the response to the screen information request. The generated Web content data may be transmitted to the device.
- a device PC, tablet, etc.
- the screen providing unit 213 when the screen providing unit 213 receives a screen information request from a device other than the image forming apparatus, the screen providing unit 213 generates Web content data not including an application command, and generates the Web content data as a response to the screen information request.
- the web content data may be transmitted to the device.
- information button for selecting an application command (install instruction, update instruction, uninstall instruction, etc.) May be generated, and the generated Web content data may be transmitted to the device as a response to the screen information request.
- the method of determining whether the screen information request received from the device is the screen information request from the MFP 6 is optional, for example, a method of determining using the User-Agent header may be used.
- the device authentication may be performed at the time of the first access of (i.e., whether or not the MFP 6 is authenticated). Further, for example, when a command for the MFP 6 is executed by JavaScript, if an error occurs, it may be determined that the device is other than the MFP 6.
- the program executed by the system 1 (server 2, MFP 6 or the like) of the embodiment described above is a file in an installable format or an executable format, and is a CD-ROM, a flexible disk (FD), a CD-R, a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), USB (Universal Serial Bus), etc. may be configured to be recorded and provided in a computer-readable recording medium, or may be configured to be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet May be
- various programs may be configured to be provided by being incorporated in a ROM or the like in advance.
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接続情報特定部322は、機器(MFP6)から地域情報または販社情報と、該機器(MFP6)を識別する機器情報(機番)とを少なくとも含み、サーバ2の接続情報の取得を要求する接続情報取得要求を受け付けて、記憶部311(この例では接続情報DB321)に記憶された情報を参照して、サーバ2の接続情報の取得要求に含まれる地域情報または販社情報に対応する組織IDで識別される組織で公開されているアプリケーションを提供するサーバ2の接続情報(URL)を特定し、サーバ2の接続情報(URL)をリスト生成部323に受け渡し、リスト生成部323で生成された接続情報(URL)のリストを受け取って機器(MFP6)に送信する。具体的には、接続情報特定部322は、機器(MFP6)からサーバ2の接続情報取得要求を受信した場合、図7に示す第3の対応情報を参照して、その受信したサーバ2の接続情報取得要求に含まれる地域情報または販社情報に対応付けられた組織IDを選択する。例えば、サーバ2の接続情報取得要求に地域情報「JP」が含まれていた場合、接続情報特定部322は、組織ID「O0002」を選択する。なお、販社情報が含まれている場合は販社情報に対応付けられた組織IDを優先的に選択し、販社情報が含まれていない場合は地域情報に対応付けられた組織IDを選択する。そして、接続情報特定部322は、図21に示す第10の対応情報の中で、選択した組織IDで識別される組織で公開されているアプリケーションを提供するサーバ2の接続情報(この例では、組織ID「O0002」(日本支社)の接続情報、https://jp.example.com/apps)を特定し、特定したサーバ2の接続情報(https://jp.example.com/apps)をリスト生成部323に受け渡す。そして、接続情報特定部322は、リスト生成部323で生成された接続情報(URL)の接続一覧情報(リスト)を受け取って機器(MFP6)に送信する。この際に接続情報取得要求のパラメータに、自身(接続先提供サーバ5)の接続情報の取得要求が含まれていた場合には、接続情報特定部322は、接続情報(URL)のリストと、自身(接続先提供サーバ5)の接続情報(https://jp.example.com/apps/discov)を併せて機器(MFP6)に送信する。なお、各接続情報を送信するか、送信しないかは、接続情報取得要求のパラメータとして指定される。パラメータとは、後述する図27に示す接続情報の取得要求の「service」パラメータである。この接続情報取得要求のパラメータに応じて、それぞれの接続情報(URL)を機器(MFP6)に送信する。
また、接続情報特定部322は、地域情報または販社情報に対応する組織IDのサーバ2の接続情報(URL)を特定した際に、さらにサーバ2の地域情報に地理的位置が近い組織IDを特定する。次に、地理的位置が近い組織IDのサーバの接続情報(URL)を特定する。このようにして、特定した複数のサーバの接続情報(URL)をリスト生成部323に受け渡す。具体的には、例えば、サーバ2の接続情報の取得要求に含まれる販社情報が「JA5」の場合には図7の第3の対応情報を参照し、組織ID「O0005」を特定し、図21の第10の対応情報を参照し、組織ID「O0005」の接続情報(https://ja5.jp.example.com/apps)を特定する。次に、図7の第3の対応情報の中で組織ID「O0005」の地域情報「JP」と同じ地域情報を持つ組織ID「O0006」と「O0002」を特定し、図21の第10の対応情報を参照し、組織ID「O0006」の接続情報(https://ja6.jp.example.com/apps)、「O0002」の接続情報(https://jp.example.com/apps)を特定する。そして、接続情報特定部322は、特定した組織ID「O0005」、「O0006」、「O0002」の接続情報(URL)をリスト生成部323に受け渡す。また、例えば、接続情報の取得要求に含まれる地域情報が「EU」の場合には図7の第3の対応情報を参照し、組織ID「O0004」を特定し、図21の第10の対応情報を参照し、組織ID「O0004」の接続情報(https://eu.example.com/apps)を特定する。図7の第3の対応情報で組織ID「O0004」の地域情報「EU」と同じ地域情報である組織IDは存在しないので、他の地域情報「US」または「JP」の地域情報を持つ組織ID「O0003」、「O0007」や「O0002」、「O0005」、「O0006」を特定し、図21の第10の対応情報を参照し、組織ID「O0003」、「O0007」や「O0002」、「O0005」、「O0006」の接続情報(URL)を特定する。そして、接続情報特定部322は、特定した組織ID「O0003」、「O0007」や「O0002」、「O0005」、「O0006」の接続情報(URL)をリスト生成部323に受け渡す。そして、接続情報特定部322は、リスト生成部323で生成された接続情報(URL)のリストを受け取って機器(MFP6)に送信する。
また、接続情報特定部322は、機器(MFP6)からサーバ2の接続情報取得要求を受け付けた場合、記憶部311(この例では接続情報DB321)に記憶された情報を参照して、サーバ2の接続情報取得要求に含まれる機番に対応するアプリケーションを提供するサーバの接続情報(URL)を特定し、該サーバの接続情報を機器(MFP6)に送信するようにすることもできる。より具体的には、接続情報特定部322は、機器(MFP6)からサーバ2の接続情報取得要求を受信した場合、図22に示す第11の対応情報に機番が登録されていた場合(この例では機番「3F08-00001」が登録されている)には、アプリケーションを提供するサーバの接続情報(https://jp.example.com/apps)を特定し、特定したサーバの接続情報(URL)をリスト生成部323に受け渡す。そして、接続情報特定部322は、リスト生成部323で生成された接続情報(URL)の接続一覧情報(リスト)を受け取って機器(MFP6)に送信する。
図23の説明を続ける。リスト生成部323は、上述したように、接続情報特定部322から、1つのサーバの接続情報または複数のサーバの接続情報を受け取ることになる。リスト生成部323は、サーバ2の接続情報が1つだけの場合には、サーバの接続情報が1つだけのリストを生成して接続情報特定部322に受け渡す。また、リスト生成部323は、サーバ2の接続情報が複数ある場合には、接続情報特定部322から受け取った複数のサーバの接続情報の中で、機器(MFP6)が設置されている地域情報に地理的位置が近い接続情報から該地理的位置が遠い接続情報の順に並べた複数のサーバの接続情報のリストを生成して接続情報特定部322に受け渡す。すなわち、上述したようにリスト生成部323は、接続情報特定部322で特定した複数のサーバ2の接続情報の中で、機器(MFP6)と通信に要する時間が短い接続情報から該通信に要する時間が長い接続情報の順に並べた複数のサーバ2の接続情報の接続一覧情報(リスト)を生成して接続情報特定部322に受け渡す。なお、上述した本実施形態の変形例として、リスト生成部323が所定の条件に従って並べた複数のサーバの接続情報の接続一覧情報(リスト)を生成して、リスト生成部323が接続情報の接続一覧情報(サーバ2の接続情報の接続一覧情報)を機器(MFP6)に送信するようにすることもできる。
また、リスト生成部323は、接続先提供サーバが複数存在する場合には、複数のサーバの接続情報のリストを生成すると共に、複数の接続先提供サーバの接続情報のリストを併せて生成する。そして、生成した2つのリスト(複数のサーバの接続情報のリストおよび複数の接続先提供サーバの接続情報のリスト)を接続情報特定部322に受け渡す。ここで、2つのリストの生成は、上述したように接続情報取得要求のパラメータとして指定される。パラメータとは、後述する図27に示す接続情報の取得要求の「service」パラメータである。なお、リスト生成部323は、複数の接続先提供サーバの接続情報の中で、機器(MFP6)が設置されている地域情報に地理的位置が近い接続情報から該地理的位置が遠い接続情報の順に並べた複数の接続先提供サーバの接続情報のリストを生成するが、これに限ることはなくリストの順は任意である。例えば、上述したようにリスト生成部は、複数の接続先提供サーバの接続情報の中で、機器(MFP6)と通信に要する時間が短い接続情報から該通信に要する時間が長い接続情報の順に並べた複数の接続先提供サーバの接続情報の接続一覧情報(リスト)を生成する。なお、上述した本実施形態の変形例として、リスト生成部323が所定の条件に従って並べた複数の接続先提供サーバの接続情報の接続一覧情報(リスト)を生成して、リスト生成部323が接続情報の接続一覧情報(接続先提供サーバ5の接続情報の接続一覧情報)を機器(MFP6)に送信するようにすることもできる。
第1のパターンは、図3で示した、サーバ2にアプリ情報管理モジュール210と、ライセンス管理モジュール220と、アプリダウンロード管理モジュール230とが含まれている場合であって、各モジュールを含むアプリダウンロードサイト全体(サーバ2)の接続情報(URL)を取得する例である。図27は、サーバの接続情報の取得要求の一例を示す図であり、図28は、サーバの接続情報の取得要求に対する応答として受信したサーバの接続情報(URL)の一例を示す図である。図27に示す接続情報の取得要求のパラメータ「service」は接続情報を要求するサーバの識別子を示し、「device_id」は機番を示し、「region_code」は地域コード(地域情報)を示し、「dealer_code」は販社コード(販社情報)を示している。なお、「?」の後ろに「パラメータ名=値」を「&」でつないで並べるのはQUERYパラメータと呼ばれる標準の記法である。また、「Host:www.example.com」は記憶部(フラッシュメモリ24等)に記憶されているデフォルトとして接続するホスト名の一例を示すものである。接続情報取得部271は、図28に示すサーバ2の接続情報を記憶部(フラッシュメモリ24等)に記憶させる。
第2のパターンは、図4、図12、図17で示した、アプリ情報管理モジュール210、ライセンス管理モジュール220、アプリダウンロード管理モジュール230の各モジュールが備えるサブモジュールごとに接続情報(URL)を取得する例である。図29は、各モジュールの接続情報の取得要求の一例を示す図であり、図30は、各モジュールの接続情報の取得要求に対する応答として受信した各モジュールの接続情報(URL)の一例を示す図である。図29に示す接続情報の取得要求のパラメータ「service」の値は特殊文字をエンコードしたものである。すなわち、「appsdownload/api appsdownload/top appsdownload/operation appsdownload/storage」はスペース区切りでサーバの識別子を並べた文字列であり、これをエンコードした結果が、図29に示した「appsdownload%2Fapi+appsdownload%2Ftop+appsdownload%2Foperation+appsdownload%2Fstorage」である。また、「Host:www.example.com」は記憶部(フラッシュメモリ24等)に記憶されているデフォルトとして接続するホスト名の一例を示すものである。図30に示す「appsdownload/api」は、図4に示したアプリ情報管理モジュール210の制御部212の接続情報の一例であり、「appsdownload/top」は、図4に示したアプリ情報管理モジュール210の画面提供部213の接続情報の一例であり、「appsdownload/operation」は、図4に示したアプリ情報管理モジュール210の設定部214の接続情報の一例であり、「appsdownload/storage」は、図17に示したアプリダウンロード管理モジュール230のダウンロード部232の接続情報の一例である。接続情報取得部271は、図30に示す各モジュールの接続情報を記憶部(フラッシュメモリ24等)に記憶させる。
第3のパターンは、図3で示した、サーバ2にアプリ情報管理モジュール210と、ライセンス管理モジュール220と、アプリダウンロード管理モジュール230とが含まれている場合であって、各モジュールを含むアプリダウンロードサイト全体(サーバ2)の接続情報(URL)と、複数の接続先提供サーバの接続情報を取得する例である。図31は、サーバの接続情報と、接続先提供サーバの接続情報との取得要求の一例を示す図であり、図32は、サーバの接続情報と、接続先提供サーバの接続情報との取得要求に対する応答として受信したサーバの接続情報(URL)と、複数の接続先提供サーバの接続情報(URL)の一例を示す図である。図31に示す接続情報の取得要求のパラメータ「service」の値は、上記の図29で説明したものと同様で、特殊文字をエンコードしたものである。また、「Host:www.example.com」は記憶部(フラッシュメモリ24等)に記憶されているデフォルトとして接続するホスト名の一例を示すものである。図32に示す「discovery」は接続先提供サーバを示し、先頭の「https://jp.example.com/discov」は地域情報「JP」にある接続先提供サーバの接続情報の一例であり、2番目の「https://us.example.com/discov」は地域情報「US」にある接続先提供サーバの接続情報の一例である。なお図32の応答例では、接続情報の取得要求元の機器(MFP6)の地域情報が「JP」の場合であり、地域情報「JP」に基づいて、地理的位置が近い「JP」にある接続先提供サーバの接続情報を先頭にしている。なお、上述したように、接続情報の並べ順は販社情報に基づいて決めるようにしてもよいし、機番(機器情報)に基づいて決めるようにしてもよい。接続情報取得部271は、図32に示すサーバ2の接続情報と、接続先提供サーバの接続情報とを記憶部(フラッシュメモリ24等)に記憶させる。
2、3、4 サーバ
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6 MFP
7 ネットワーク
8 アイコン
10 本体
11 CPU
12 ROM
13 RAM
14 HDD
15 通信I/F
16 接続I/F
17 エンジン部
18 システムバス
20 操作部
21 CPU
22 ROM
23 RAM
24 フラッシュメモリ(記憶部)
25 通信I/F
26 接続I/F
27 操作パネル
28 システムバス
30 通信路
101 アプリ層
102 サービス層
103 OS層
201 アプリ層
202 サービス層
203 OS層
210 アプリ情報管理モジュール
211 記憶部
212 制御部
213 画面提供部
214 設定部
216 特定部
217 表示情報生成部
219 設定制御部
220 ライセンス管理モジュール
221 記憶部
222 制御部
223 ライセンス発行部
224 ライセンス情報DB
225 ユーザ情報DB
226 登録制御部
227 ライセンス有効化部
228 ライセンス無効化部
230 アプリダウンロード管理モジュール
231 アプリストレージ
232 ダウンロード部
240 アプリケーションサーバ
250 データベースサーバ
261 アプリ情報DB
262 ユーザ情報DB
271 接続情報取得部
272 起動部
273 表示制御部
274 実行部
275 処理実行部
301 CPU
302 ROM
303 RAM
304 通信I/F
305 入力装置
306 表示装置
310 サービス検索モジュール
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- 複数の第1サーバと、ネットワークを介して前記第1サーバの各々に接続される機器と、を備えるシステムであって、
前記第1サーバは、
前記機器から該機器が設置されている地理的位置を示す地域情報を少なくとも含み、かつ、該地域情報に対応する前記機器が利用可能なアプリケーションを示す表示情報と、前記機器から該アプリケーションに関する処理を前記機器に実行させるアプリケーションコマンドと、を少なくとも含むWebコンテンツデータを、前記機器からの要求に応じて、前記機器に送信する制御部を備え、
前記機器は、
前記第1サーバから受信した前記Webコンテンツデータに基づく画面を表示部に表示させる制御を行う表示制御部と、前記画面を介したユーザの操作に応じて前記Webコンテンツデータに含まれる前記アプリケーションコマンドを実行することによる、該アプリケーションコマンドに対応した前記アプリケーションに関する処理の実行を前記機器に要求する実行部と、を含むWebブラウザと、
前記Webブラウザからの要求に基づいて、該要求に応じたアプリケーションに関する処理を実行する処理実行部と、
を備える、
ことを特徴とするシステム。 - 前記実行部は、アプリケーションプログラミングインタフェースにより提供される、
ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載のシステム。 - 前記システムは、ネットワークを介して前記第1サーバおよび前記機器の各々と接続される第2サーバをさらに備え、
前記第2サーバは、
前記機器が設置されている地理的位置を示す地域情報または前記機器の販売店を示す販社情報と、前記アプリケーションを提供する前記第1サーバに接続するための情報を示す接続情報とを対応付けた接続対応情報を記憶する記憶部と、
前記機器から、前記地域情報または前記販社情報を少なくとも含み、かつ前記第1サーバの前記接続情報の取得を要求する接続情報取得要求を受け付けて、前記接続対応情報を参照し、前記第1サーバの前記接続情報を特定する接続情報特定部と、
特定した前記第1サーバの前記接続情報を前記機器に送信する接続情報送信部と、を備え、
前記機器は、
前記接続情報取得要求を前記第2サーバに送信し、前記第1サーバの前記接続情報を取得する接続情報取得部を備える、
ことを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載のシステム。 - 前記第2サーバは、
前記第1サーバの前記接続情報の一覧を示す接続一覧情報を生成するリスト生成部を備え、
前記第2サーバの前記接続情報特定部は、前記接続情報取得要求を受け付けて、前記第1サーバの前記接続情報を特定して前記リスト生成部に受け渡し、前記リスト生成部で生成した前記第1サーバの前記接続一覧情報を前記機器に送信し、
前記リスト生成部は、前記接続情報特定部で特定した前記第1サーバの前記接続情報の中で、前記機器と通信に要する時間が短い接続情報から該通信に要する時間が長い接続情報の順に並べた複数の前記第1サーバの前記接続一覧情報を生成して前記接続情報特定部に受け渡し、
前記機器の前記接続情報取得部は、前記第2サーバから受信した前記第1サーバの前記接続一覧情報を保持し、
前記機器の前記接続情報取得部は、前記第2サーバから前記第1サーバの前記接続情報が受信できない場合、または前記第1サーバから前記Webコンテンツデータの取得要求に対する応答がない場合、前記第1サーバの前記接続一覧情報の順に前記表示情報要求および前記画面情報要求を前記第1サーバに送信する、
ことを特徴とする請求項3に記載のシステム。 - 前記第2サーバの前記記憶部は、前記機器を識別する機器情報をさらに対応付けた前記接続対応情報を記憶し、
前記第2サーバの前記接続情報特定部は、前記機器から、前記機器情報を少なくとも含み、かつ、前記第1サーバの前記接続情報の取得を要求する接続情報取得要求を受け付けて、前記接続対応情報を参照し、前記第1サーバの前記接続情報を特定し、
前記第2サーバの前記接続情報送信部は、特定した前記第1サーバの前記接続情報を前記機器に送信し、
前記機器の接続情報取得部は、前記接続情報取得要求を前記第2サーバに送信し、前記第1サーバの前記接続情報を取得する、
ことを特徴とする請求項3または4に記載のシステム。 - 前記第2サーバの前記接続情報特定部は、前記第1サーバの前記接続情報と共に該第2サーバに接続するための情報を示す接続情報を前記機器に送信し、
前記機器の前記接続情報取得部は、受信した前記第1サーバの前記接続情報と共に前記第2サーバの前記接続情報を記憶部に記憶させる、
ことを特徴とする請求項5に記載のシステム。 - 前記システムは、複数の第2サーバを備え、
前記第2サーバの前記リスト生成部は、前記第1サーバの前記接続一覧情報を生成すると共に前記第2サーバの接続情報の接続一覧情報を生成し、生成した2つの該接続一覧情報を前記機器に送信し、
前記機器の前記接続情報取得部は、前記第2サーバの前記接続情報特定部から受信した前記第1サーバの前記接続一覧情報と共に前記第2サーバの前記接続一覧情報を記憶部に記憶させておき、
前記機器の前記接続情報取得部は、前記第2サーバから前記第1サーバの前記接続情報が受信できない場合、前記記憶部に記憶されている前記第2サーバの前記接続一覧情報の順に前記接続情報取得要求を前記第2サーバに送信する、
ことを特徴とする請求項6に記載のシステム。 - 前記地域情報は、前記機器の販売店を示す販社情報に含まれており、
前記機器の表示制御部は、前記表示情報取得部が前記表示情報要求を送信する際に、前記地域情報を含んだ該販社情報が保持されていない場合、該販社情報を示すコード情報の入力を受け付けるUI画面を表示部に表示させ、
ユーザの操作に応じて、ブラウザ機能を提供するブラウザアプリを起動する起動部は、前記UI画面で受け付けた前記コード情報から特定される販社情報と地域情報とを記憶部に記憶させる、
ことを特徴とする請求項1から7の何れか1項に記載のシステム。 - 前記表示制御部は、前記UI画面で受け付けた前記コード情報から特定される地域情報と、予め記憶している販社情報に対応付けられたコード情報から特定された地域情報とが同一であるかを判断する、または該コード情報に含まれる所定の情報が予め設定された情報と同一であるかを判断する、の何れか一方または両方を行って、同一でない場合には、エラーを示す画面を前記表示部に表示させた後、再度前記販社情報を示すコード情報の入力を受け付けるUI画面を表示部に表示させる、
ことを特徴とする請求項8に記載のシステム。 - 前記第1サーバは、
前記地域情報、または前記機器の販売店を示す販社情報に対応するアプリケーションを提供する組織を識別する組織IDに紐付いている複数のアプリケーションごとに、公開されている状態であるか否かを示す公開状態情報と、該アプリケーションを利用可能な前記機器の機種を識別する機種情報とを対応付けて記憶する記憶部をさらに備え、
前記制御部は、
前記機器から、前記画面情報を要求する画面情報要求を受信した場合に、前記画面情報を生成し、前記画面情報要求に対する応答として、その生成した前記画面情報を前記機器へ送信する画面提供部と、
前記機器から、前記地域情報と前記機種情報を含み、かつ、前記表示情報を要求する表示情報要求を受信した場合に、前記記憶部に記憶された情報を参照して、前記表示情報要求に含まれる前記地域情報と、前記機種情報と、公開されている状態を示す前記公開状態情報とに基づいて構成されるアプリケーションを特定する特定部と、
前記特定部により特定されたアプリケーションを示す前記表示情報を生成し、その生成した前記表示情報を、前記表示情報要求に対する応答として前記機器へ送信する表示情報生成部と、を含む、
ことを特徴とする請求項1から9の何れか1項に記載のシステム。 - 前記アプリケーションコマンドは、アプリケーションをインストールする命令を示すインストール命令を含み、
前記実行部は、前記ユーザの操作に応じて前記インストール命令が選択された場合、その選択された前記インストール命令を前記処理実行部へ通知し、
前記処理実行部は、前記実行部から通知された前記インストール命令を実行する、
ことを特徴とする請求項1から10の何れか1項に記載のシステム。 - 前記アプリケーションコマンドは、アプリケーションを更新する命令を示す更新命令を含み、
前記表示情報は、前記機器が利用可能なアプリケーションごとに、該アプリケーションの最新のバージョンを少なくとも示す詳細情報を対応付けたアプリケーション詳細情報を含み、
前記実行部は、
前記ユーザの操作に応じて、前記機器にインストール済みのアプリケーションのうち、該アプリケーションの現在のバージョンと、前記アプリケーション詳細情報のうち該アプリケーションに対応する前記詳細情報が示すバージョンとが異なるアプリケーションを特定し、該特定したアプリケーションに対応する前記更新命令が選択された場合、その選択された前記更新命令を前記処理実行部へ通知し、
前記処理実行部は、前記実行部から通知された前記更新命令を実行する、
ことを特徴とする請求項1から11の何れか1項に記載のシステム。 - 前記アプリケーションコマンドは、インストール済みのアプリケーションを削除して、前記機器の状態を、該アプリケーションをインストールする前の状態に戻す命令を示すアンインストール命令を含み、
前記実行部は、前記ユーザの操作に応じて選択された前記アンインストール命令を前記処理実行部へ通知し、
前記処理実行部は、前記実行部から通知された前記アンインストール命令を実行する、
ことを特徴とする請求項1から12の何れか1項に記載のシステム。 - 複数の第1サーバと、ネットワークを介して前記第1サーバの各々に接続される機器と、を備えるシステムの情報処理方法であって、
前記第1サーバは、
前記機器から該機器が設置されている地理的位置を示す地域情報を少なくとも含み、かつ、該地域情報に対応する前記機器が利用可能なアプリケーションを示す表示情報と、前記機器から該アプリケーションに関する処理を前記機器に実行させるアプリケーションコマンドと、を少なくとも含むWebコンテンツデータを、前記機器からの要求に応じて、前記機器に送信する制御ステップを含み、
前記機器は、
前記第1サーバから受信した前記Webコンテンツデータに基づく画面を表示部に表示させる制御を行う表示制御ステップと、
前記画面を介したユーザの操作に応じて前記Webコンテンツデータに含まれる前記アプリケーションコマンドを実行することによる、該アプリケーションコマンドに対応した前記アプリケーションに関する処理の実行を前記機器に要求する実行ステップと、
前記要求に基づいて、該要求に応じたアプリケーションに関する処理を実行する処理実行ステップと、
を含む、
ことを特徴とする情報処理方法。
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