发明名称 Server, screen control method, and screen transition method for effectively displaying screens on a terminal device
摘要 A terminal device, a server, a screen control method, a screen transition method, and a compute program are provided. The terminal device includes a display unit, plural operation units, a storage unit, and a control unit, and communicates with a server for making a transition of a screen on the display unit. The storage unit stores template information associating an operation unit with a transition instruction for instructing screen transition. The control unit receives instruction information representing any of transition instructions, from the server, and validates an operation unit associated with a transition instruction represented by the received instruction information and transmits operation information representing that the validated operation unit is operated, to the server. The control unit receives new instruction information transmitted from the server, and validates an operation unit associated with a transition instruction represented by the new instruction information.
申请公布号 US9411610(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.08.09
申请号 US201113288748 申请日期 2011.11.03
申请人 BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 发明人 Urakawa Yutaka
分类号 G06F3/12;G06F9/44 主分类号 G06F3/12
代理机构 Merchant & Gould P.C. 代理人 Merchant & Gould P.C.
主权项 1. A system comprising: a server; and a plurality of terminal devices, in which the plurality of terminal devices and the server are connected to each other through a network, wherein the terminal device comprises: a user interface including a plurality of operation points;a display;a plurality of function devices;a first controller;a first network interface; anda memory which stores plural pieces of screen type information, plural pieces of first display information, plural pieces of operation information, and plural pieces of operation point information,wherein the screen type information is information indicative of a type of a screen displayed on the display,wherein the first display information is information indicative of a first image included in the screen,wherein any one of the plural pieces of the first display information is associated with each of the plural pieces of the screen type,wherein the operation information is information indicative of user's operation which the terminal device can receive,wherein the operation point information is information uniquely corresponding to the plurality of operation points of the user interface, andwherein the any one of the plural pieces of operation point information is associated with each of the plural pieces of operation information, wherein the server comprises: a second controller;a second network interface;a second memory which stores plural pieces of service use operation identification information, plural pieces of screen definition information and transition definition information,wherein the service use operation identification information is information identifying a plurality of service use operation which the terminal device is caused to execute,wherein the service use operation includes an execution of operation using the function devices, and an execution of communication with a service providing apparatus in connection with the execution of operation using the function devices,wherein each of the plural pieces of screen definition information includes: one piece of screen identification information;the operation information associated with the one piece of screen identification information;the screen type information; andsecond display information,wherein the screen identification information is information uniquely identifying a screen displayed on the terminal device,wherein the second display information is information indicative of a second image included in the screen, the second image being different from the first image,wherein the transition definition information is information which associates the operation information, associated with first screen identification information, with second screen identification information or the service use operation identification information,wherein the second controller of the server receives request information from the terminal device through the second network interface,wherein, in response to receiving the request information, the second controller of the server executes a servicer side process of: specifying particular screen identification information among the plural pieces of screen identification information by referring to the transition definition information, the particular screen identification information being screen identification information corresponding to the received request information; andtransmitting, to the terminal device through the second network interface, reply information including the specified particular screen identification information, particular operation information, particular screen type information and particular second display information, wherein the particular operation information, the particular screen type information and the particular second display information are associated with the particular screen identification information;wherein the first controller of the terminal device receives the reply information from the server through the first network interface,wherein in response to receiving the reply information, the first controller of the terminal device executes a terminal device side process of: specifying particular first display information among the plural pieces of first display information stored in the first memory, the particular first display information being the first display information corresponding to the received particular screen type information;generating screen information in which the first image identified by the specified particular first display information is combined with the second image identified by the received particular second display information;specifying a particular operation point among the plurality of operation points of the user interface, the particular operation point being the operation point corresponding to the received particular operation information;activating the specified particular operation point and deactivating the operation points other than the specified particular operation point;displaying a screen identified by the generated screen information on the display; andwhen the particular operation point is operation after the screen is displayed and the particular operation point is activated, transmitting, to the server through the first network interface, new request information including the particular operation information corresponding to the operated particular operation point and the received particular screen identification information,wherein the second controller of the server receives the new request information through the second network interface from the terminal device after the second controller transmits the reply information,wherein when other screen identification information is associated by the transition definition information with the particular operation information which corresponds to the operated particular operation point and which is associated with the received particular screen identification information, the second controller of the server executes in the service side process: setting the other screen identification information to new particular screen identification information;referring to the screen definition information of the new particular screen identification information; andtransmitting, through the second network interface to the terminal device which transmitted the new request information, the reply information including new particular screen identification information, new particular operation information, new particular screen type information, and new particular second display information, wherein the new particular operation information is the operation information associated with the new particular screen identification information, the new particular screen type information is the type information associated with the new particular screen identification information, and the new particular second display information is the second display information associated with the new particular screen identification information,wherein the first controller of the terminal device execute the terminal device side process according to the received new reply information in response to receiving the new reply information,wherein the second controller of the server executes: transmitting through the second network interface to the terminal device which transmits the new request information, service use operation instruction information which instructs the terminal device to execute the service use operation identified by the service use operation identification information when the service use operation identification information is associated by the transition definition information with the particular operation information which corresponds to the operated particular operation point and which is associated with the received particular screen identification information, andwherein in response to receive the service use operation instruction information, the first controller of the terminal device executes: operation using the function device, using the service use operation instruction information; andcommunicating with the service providing apparatus associated with the execution of the operation using the function device.
地址 Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken JP
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