Patent ID: 7769780
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus that configures an operation screen formed by one or more user interface components which are displayed based on at least one or more parameter values, which define the user interface components, the apparatus comprising: a meta-information storage that is accessed by a processor and stores meta-information corresponding to each parameter comprising a first variable specifying a privileged entity, which has the privilege to change a parameter value for one or more user interface components, and a second variable indicating which entities are affected by the changes made to the parameter value for one or more user interface components; a parameter storage that stores a parameter value set by an entity; a parameter change section that changes the parameter value stored in the parameter storage in accordance with a request from the privileged entity; and an operation screen configuration section that configures the operation screen to display by specifying the entities affected by the changes to the parameter value based on the second variable of the meta-information of each parameter contained in the user interface component and acquiring from the parameter storage the parameter value for each parameter contained in the user interface component.