Remote editing of a user interface with validity confirmation

摘要

An edition control system includes a screen manager managing UI part information indicating a UI part displayable on a UI screen; a user information manager managing screen configuration information of the UI screen for each of users; an edition controller, when receiving a display request, generating screen information of the UI screen based on the UI part information and the screen configuration information corresponding to the user of the display request; a Web application controller generating Web screen information of a Web screen; and a Web browser displaying the Web screen based on the Web screen information. Further, upon acquiring the edition information from the Web application controller, the edition controller sets the screen configuration information of the UI screen based on the edition information in the user information manager.

主权项

1. An edition control system comprising:
an image processing apparatus; and an information processing apparatus connected to the image processing apparatus via a network, wherein the image processing apparatus includes
a User Interface (UI) part information storage unit configured to store UI part information indicating a UI part that can be displayed in a UI screen,a screen configuration information storage unit configured to store screen configuration information of the UI screen,a screen information generation unit configured to generate screen information related to the UI screen based on the UI part information stored in the UI part information storage unit and the screen configuration information stored in the screen configuration information storage unit,a screen information transmission unit configured to transmit the screen information generated by the screen information generation unit and a program for an edit operation related to the UI screen in the screen information to the information processing apparatus,an edit information receiving unit configured to receive, from the information processing apparatus, edit information related to the UI screen corresponding to edition related to the UI screen performed by the information processing apparatus, and a confirmation request of the UI screen,a screen managing unit configured to confirm whether the UI screen is valid or invalid based on the edit information received by the edit information receiving unit,a screen configuration information update unit configured to update the screen configuration information of the UI screen, which is stored in the screen configuration information storage unit, based on the edit information received by the edit information receiving unit, when the UI screen is confirmed as being valid by the screen managing unit, anda reporting unit configured to report that the UI screen is invalid to the information processing apparatus, when the UI screen is confirmed as being invalid by the screen managing unit, and the information processing apparatus includes
a UI screen display control unit configured to display the UI screen in the screen information transmitted from the image processing apparatus, and receive edition related to the displayed UI screen based on the program transmitted from the image processing apparatus,an edit information transmission unit configured to transmit the edit information related to the UI screen corresponding to the edition received by the UI screen display control unit, and the confirmation request of the UI screen, to the image processing apparatus, andan output unit configured to output that the UI screen has been confirmed as being invalid, when a report, which indicates that the image processing apparatus has confirmed that the UI screen is invalid, is received.