Patent ID: 9152113
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a display unit that displays information; a memory unit that stores a plurality of screens each including at least one UI component, screen transition information indicative of a relationship of screen transitions between the plurality of screens, and conditional information indicative of the UI component used to transit to each of the plurality of screens; a display control unit that causes the plurality of screens and lines connecting the plurality of screens for indicating the relationship of the screen transitions for each of the plurality of screens stored in the memory unit to be displayed based on the screen transition information stored in the memory unit; a receiving unit that receives an addition of an additional relationship of the screen transitions of transiting from a first screen included in the plurality of screens to a second screen included in the plurality of screens; and a changing unit that adds the UI component for transiting to the second screen to the first screen based on the conditional information of the second screen, wherein the receiving unit receives a deletion of the relationship of the screen transitions of transiting from the first screen included in the plurality of screens to the second screen included in the plurality of screens, wherein the changing unit deletes the UI component for transiting to the second screen from the first screen based on the conditional information of the second screen, wherein the changing unit adds the UI component for transiting to a third screen included in the plurality of screens to the first screen if the second screen includes the UI component for transiting to the third screen.