Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110145843 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, FUNCTION ADDING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an application platform including at least one interface having an implementation that is blank, and an applying part configured to apply at least one additional program, capable of being dynamically added to another program, to the interface. | 06-16-2011 |
20130332166 | PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND OUTPUT METHOD - A processing apparatus includes: a voice recognition unit that recognizes a voice of a user; a condition recognition unit that recognizes a current condition of a user; a search result acquisition unit that acquires a search result searched on the basis of the voice recognized by the voice recognition unit; an output manner determination unit that determines a manner of outputting the search result on the basis of the current condition recognized by the condition recognition unit; and an output control unit that causes an output unit to output the search result acquired by the search result acquisition unit in the manner determined by the output manner determination unit. | 12-12-2013 |
20130339013 | PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND OUTPUT METHOD - A processing apparatus includes: a search result acquisition unit that acquires a search result searched based on a voice of a user recognized by a voice recognition unit; a user data storage unit that stores therein a knowledge level so as to be associated with a user; an expression data storage unit that stores therein a plurality of pieces of expression data expressing provision contents provided to the user as the search result so as to be associated with a plurality of different knowledge levels, the plurality of pieces of expression data having different professional levels; a knowledge level identifying unit that identifies a knowledge level of the user with reference to the user data storage unit; an editing unit that edits the search result based on the expression data associated with the identified knowledge level; and an output unit that outputs the edited search result. | 12-19-2013 |
20140082581 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing apparatus includes a first program that causes the data processing apparatus to perform a display of a first screen relating to a process using hardware specific to the data processing apparatus, and to perform the process in accordance with setting data input via the first screen, includes an interface that receives setting data relating to the process from a second program, and causes the data processing apparatus to perform the process in accordance with the setting data received from the second program. | 03-20-2014 |
20140359631 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL - An information processing system includes a detection unit configured to detect an end of a second application program that cooperates with a first application program operated by a user; a report unit configured to report the end to the first application program, and end the first application program; and a request unit configured to request a third application program to display information relevant to the end of the second application program. | 12-04-2014 |
20150081268 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATON PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM PRODUCT - Disclosed is an information processing system having one or more computers. The information processing system includes a request receiver configured to receive a request from a program causing an apparatus to execute a predetermined process, a simulator configured to simulate the process executed by the apparatus in accordance with the request, an instruction receiver configured to receive a status change instruction for changing a status of the simulator from a user, and a status changer configured to cause the simulator to change a status of the simulator in accordance with the status change instruction. In the information processing system, the simulator simulates the process executed by the apparatus in the status changed by the status changer. | 03-19-2015 |
20150187022 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An information processing system comprises: an accepting unit that accepts identification information for identifying a user of an apparatus; a reading unit that reads an image on a document to output image data; an extracting unit that extracts character string information including a character string in the image and first position information on the character string in the image from the image data; a storage unit that stores therein allocation information in which an item relating to settlement is associated with second position information on the item on the document; an allocating unit that compares the allocation information with the character string information to allocate the item to the character string; and a transmitting unit that transmits settlement information including the character string, the item allocated to the character string, and the identification information. | 07-02-2015 |
20150355918 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system includes: an information processing apparatus including: a shared operation unit that performs verification of operation of inter-model common processing common to multiple models out of processes of an application with a first program for realizing operation common to the models, and sends a result of the operation verification to the application; a processing requesting unit that requests an external device to perform verification of operation of model-dependent processing specific to each model with a second program for realizing operation specific to each model; and an acquiring unit that acquires a result of the verification of operation of model-dependent processing from the external device, and sends the result to the application, and external devices that perform verification of operation of model-dependent processing specific to each model out of the processes of the application with the second program for realizing operation specific to each model. | 12-10-2015 |