Patent ID: 8040542
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: G03G,G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An operation information display system comprising: an electronic device including an operation portion which detects an abnormal state of the electronic device and is operated for recovering from the abnormal state, the operation portion having identifier information attached thereto for identifying device information of the electronic device and the operation portion; a portable terminal which obtains the identifier information of the electronic device attached to the operation portion of the electronic device and transmits the identifier information to information distributing apparatus, then displays an operation procedure guide returned from the information distributing apparatus on a display device; the information distributing apparatus which when the information distributing apparatus extracts the operation procedure guide corresponding to the identifier information of the electronic device received from the portable terminal and returns it to the portable terminal, in the case where the operation portion indicated by the received identifier information is an operation portion to be operated with a predetermined procedure, the information distributing apparatus transmits the operation procedure guide indicating the operation instruction of the predetermined procedure and an operation portion to be operated next time, in the case of an operation portion other than the indicated operation portion, transmits a guide for prompting transmission of identifier information indicating an operation portion to be operated with the predetermined procedure, the portable terminal transmits the identifier information to the information distributing apparatus so that the information distributing apparatus can return a predetermined operation procedure guide to receive it, and then the portable terminal successively repeats transmission of the identifier information indicating the operation portion to be operated next and reception of the operation procedure guide based on the returned and displayed operation procedure guide.