Patent ID: 9699332
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04B,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. An information providing apparatus comprising: a first receiving unit configured to receive, from a terminal device, operation state information indicating an operation state of the terminal device, the terminal device being connected to the information providing apparatus via a communication path; a transmitting unit configured to transmit, in response to determining, based on the operation state information, that the terminal device is in a specific operation state associated with a processing operation, one or more pieces of user interface information to the terminal device, the one or more pieces of user interface information being associated with the operation state; a second receiving unit configured to receive control data for a processing operation to be performed by the information providing apparatus, the control data is set by the terminal device based on the one or more pieces of user interface information; and a performing unit configured to perform processing operation based on the control data, wherein the operation state information comprises at least one of i) information indicating a display of a type of application software operating and displayed on the terminal device and ii) information indicating a display of an operation being performed using the application software operating and displayed on the terminal device, wherein the one or more pieces of user interface information comprise a control instruction configured to instruct the terminal device to display a second user interface corresponding to the application software and different than a display of a first user interface indicated by the operation state information.