Function Execution Apparatus Cloud Service Availability Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of function execution apparatuses are not adequately informed about the availability of cloud applications, leading to unnecessary operations and a lack of user-friendliness when cloud services are unavailable, as the unavailability is only realized after selecting the cloud application.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus displays error icons on the standby screen indicating unavailability of cloud services, allowing users to recognize issues before selecting the cloud application, and differentiates between temporarily resolvable and non-resolvable errors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the cloud application is selected without checking availability first, then the user can access the application quickly, but the user experiences useless operations when the application is unavailable
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs a preliminary check of the cloud application's executable condition before allowing selection on the standby screen. This preliminary action determines whether the cloud application can be successfully executed, and only displays selectable icons for applications that are in executable conditions, preventing users from initiating useless operations.
2Loss of information
If the cloud application availability is not displayed on the standby screen, then the display interface remains simple, but the user cannot know the availability status before selecting
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses visual differentiation (such as color changes or icon state changes) on the standby screen to indicate the executable condition of cloud applications. Applications in executable conditions are displayed with one visual state (e.g., normal color), while applications in non-executable conditions are displayed with another visual state (e.g., grayed out or with an error icon), providing clear availability information without complex text displays.
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AI summary
A function execution apparatus includes a controller configured to display a standby screen for selecting a specific function from among one or more functions, the one or more functions including a file processing function to use a file storage service provided by a service providing apparatus when data communication with the service providing apparatus is performed through a communication network, determine whether the file processing function is in an executable condition, in response to determining that the file processing function is in an unexecutable condition, display on the standby screen an error image representing that the file processing function is in the unexecutable condition, accept a selection of the specific function in a state where the standby screen is displayed, and execute the selected specific function.