Patent ID: 8370768
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a displaying unit which displays a number of menu items from a plurality of menu items on a screen, the display of the menu items corresponding to one layer of a plurality of layers from a hierarchical layer structure; an inputting unit which selects a menu item from the menu items displayed on the screen by the displaying unit; and a storing unit which registers the menu item selected by the input unit in at least one of a plurality of user custom menu tables associated with one or more users from a plurality of users, the menu item being registered by pushing a special key for longer than a set time period, the user custom menu tables having registration regions where a number of the menu items are stored; a storing unit controller which controls writing data/reading data to/from the storing unit; and a screen generating unit which generates the screen to be displayed by the displaying unit, wherein