Patent ID: 11947414
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 5:
6. An apparatus comprising:
a communication unit configured to receive screen information about another apparatus, the screen information being sent from an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with the apparatus, the screen information including abnormality information indicating occurrence of an abnormality in the another apparatus when the information processing apparatus receives the abnormality information from the another apparatus;
an operation panel configured to display a screen of a second application program, the screen of the second application program being different from a screen of a first application program and not being displayed concurrently with the screen of the first application program, the screen of the first application program including the screen information including the abnormality information; and
a switching unit configured to, in response to receipt of the screen information by the communication unit, automatically switch the operation panel from displaying the screen of the second application program to displaying the screen of the first application program to display the screen of the first application program including the screen information including the abnormality information.