Information Processing Apparatus Capable of Performing Cooperative Operation with Plural Apparatuses

摘要

A cooperation system and a program for operating a plurality of apparatuses in cooperation is provided with: a program capable of implementing a user interface for easily adding a necessary operation while one or more first apparatuses and one or more second apparatuses are involved in a cooperation operation, the program wherein a necessary operation can be added to the cooperation operation at least until the reception of the target data from all the first apparatuses is completed, the disclosure makes it possible to implement a user interface capable of easily adding the necessary operation.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for an information processing apparatus comprising a display, a processor, a user interface that receives an operation by a user, and a communication interface that communicates with a plurality of apparatuses including a first apparatus and a second apparatus,
wherein the information processing apparatus performs a cooperation operation to instruct the first apparatus to execute a first operation and, after the first operation of the first apparatus, to instruct the second apparatus to execute a second operation, the first operation of the first apparatus including transmitting target data to the information processing apparatus, the second operation of the second apparatus including receiving the target data from the information processing apparatus, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing apparatus to perform: receiving a start instruction by the user through the user interface; acquiring cooperation operation information including a plurality of pieces of operation information, each of the pieces of operation information indicating an apparatus selected from the apparatuses including the first apparatus and the second apparatus and an operation to be executed by the selected apparatus, and execution sequence of each of the operations indicated by each pieces of the operation information; transmitting, when determined that the start instruction is received, a plurality of pieces of operation instruction information through the communication interface to each of the apparatuses according to the execution sequence of each of the operations included in the cooperation operation information, each pieces of the operation instruction information corresponding to each pieces of the operation information and instructing the selected apparatus to execute the operation indicated by each pieces of the operation information; controlling the display to display a status screen including status images and an adding instruction object, each of the status images representing progressing statuses of the operations to be executed by the first apparatus and the second apparatus, the adding instruction object being displayed to be selectable for receiving an adding instruction to add a new operation to be executed by the apparatuses to the cooperation operation; receiving the adding instruction by the user through the user interface by accepting the selection of the adding instruction object; and adding, when determined that the adding instruction is received, added operation information to the cooperation operation information, the added operation information indicating an added apparatus and an added operation to be executed by the added apparatus, wherein, in adding the added operation information to the cooperation operation information, the computer-readable program causes the information processing apparatus to perform: determining whether the added operation belongs to the first operation or to the second operation; adding the added operation information to the cooperation operation information to be executed after the first operation under execution and before the second operation when determined that the added operation belongs to the first operation; and adding the added operation information to the cooperation operation information to be executed after the first operation and after the second operation under execution when determined that the added operation belongs to the second operation; and transmitting, to the added apparatus through the communication interface, the operation instruction information instructing the added apparatus to execute the added operation in the execution sequence indicated by the cooperation operation information to which the added operation information is added, and wherein, in controlling the display to display the status screen, the computer-readable program causes the information processing apparatus to perform: controlling the display to display the adding instruction object in the status screen to be selectable during a time period at least until a reception of the target data from the first apparatus is completed.