Displaying image forming apparatus job settings on a portable apparatus

摘要

A portable terminal apparatus has a first application and a cooperation application installed thereon. The portable terminal apparatus includes a display; a communication portion that performs communication with a job execution apparatus; an obtaining portion that obtains user information objects and settings information objects from the job execution apparatus; a screen data generator that generates job execution screens on the basis of the obtained information objects; a connecting portion that connects each of the screens to the cooperation application and a calling information object; a calling portion that calls the cooperation application by specifying the calling information object, the calling information object including the user information object of a user who operates the first application; and a display controller that identifies a screen connected to the calling information object including the user information object of the user who operates the first application and makes the display show the identified screen.

主权项

1. A portable terminal apparatus being capable of having the following applications installed thereon: a first application; and a cooperation application supporting cooperation between the first application and a job execution apparatus, the portable terminal apparatus comprising:
a display; a communication portion that performs communication with the job execution apparatus; an obtaining portion that obtains user information objects indicating users registered on the job execution apparatus and settings information objects indicating settings for the respective users, from the job execution apparatus through the communication part, in accordance with the cooperation application; a screen data generator that generates job execution settings screens for the respective users on the basis of the user information objects and the settings information objects both obtained by the information obtaining portion, in accordance with the cooperation application; a connecting portion that connects each of the settings screens generated by the screen data generator, to the cooperation application and a calling information object for calling the settings screen in accordance with the cooperation application, the calling information object being predefined in such a manner that one of the user Information objects is included therein; a calling portion that calls the cooperation application by specifying the calling information object, the calling information object including the user information object indicating a user who operates the first application to make the job execution apparatus execute a job on data processed by the first application; and a display controller that identifies a settings screen connected to the calling information object including the user information object indicating the user who operates the first application, among the settings screens connected to the calling information objects by the connecting portion, and makes the display show the identified settings screen, in accordance with the cooperation application called by the calling portion.