Information Processing Apparatus Resuming Document Tasks

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing systems face challenges in seamlessly resuming document-related processing tasks after interruption, as they lack efficient methods to restore the processing environment and document context, leading to user confusion and increased processing time.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus with a display controller that captures and displays assistance information, including the state of the processing screen, target document, and system screen context, allowing users to easily resume processing by providing visual guidance and context restoration.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the system stores and restores complete processing environment data, then the resumption accuracy is improved, but the memory resource consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveresumption accuracyVSAvoidmemory resource consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the essential elements needed for resumption (processing screen state, target document, system screen context) from the complete processing environment, storing only these critical components rather than the entire environment state. This selective extraction reduces memory consumption while maintaining sufficient resumption accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by differentiating the importance of various processing elements and storing them with appropriate detail levels. Critical elements like the processing screen state and target document are stored with high fidelity, while less critical elements are stored with lower detail or omitted entirely, optimizing the balance between resumption accuracy and memory usage.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Ease of operation

If the system displays detailed assistance information, then the ease of operation is improved, but the display complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of resumptionVSAvoiddisplay complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the assistance information into three distinct components: processing screen state information, target document information, and system screen context information. Each segment is displayed separately and independently, making the overall complex information manageable and easy to process for the user.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent organizes assistance information in a hierarchical dimension structure, with different levels of detail and organization. The information is presented across multiple dimensions (screen state, document, system context) rather than as a single complex block, reducing perceived complexity while maintaining comprehensiveness.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS10942623B2Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for resuming an interrupted process

Publication Date: 2021.03.09 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes a display and a display controller. The display controller controls the display so as to display first information, second information, and third information once processing on a system that cooperates with the information processing apparatus is resumed after the processing has been stopped. The first information indicates a state of a processing screen displayed at the time of the stoppage, the processing screen being used for performing processing related to a document used in the system. The second information specifies the document that is a target of the processing after the processing on the processing screen has been resumed. The third information indicates a screen for the system in which the document is used.