Patent ID: 9742945
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an operation unit, including a display unit configured to display a screen, configured to accept an operation; and a main unit, including at least a processor and a memory, configured to run according to the operation accepted by the operation unit, each of the operation unit and the main unit including an operating system, wherein the operation unit is further configured to, store activation application specifying information that specifies an application to be activated on the operating system of the operation unit in response to the image forming apparatus entering a given state; notify the main unit of the activation application specifying information; control activation of the application to be activated by the operation unit, which is the application specified with reference to the activation application specifying information according to a state of the image forming apparatus, and perform control to cause the display unit to display a screen for accepting an operation on the application that is activated by the application control unit, wherein the main unit is further configured to, store the notified activation application specifying information, and control activation of an application to be activated by the main unit, which is the application specified with reference to the activation application specifying information according to the state of the image forming apparatus; wherein the application to be activated by the operation unit includes correspondence information that associates each application with its corresponding application to be activated by the main unit, wherein the notification by the operation unit refers to the correspondence information included in the application and the activation application, which when issued, specifies information including information specifying the application to be activated by the main unit corresponding to the application to be activated by the operation unit, and wherein the operation unit is further configured to store the activation application specifying information, including the specified application to be activated by the main unit.