Patent ID: 8375314
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus including a display, the apparatus comprising: a creating unit configured to create screen components based on screen definition data in which a screen to be displayed on the display is defined; a display control unit configured to display the screen formed with the screen components created by the creating unit; and a storing unit configured to store, upon transition from the screen displayed by the display controlling unit, at least part of the screen components of the screen displayed before the transition, wherein the information processing apparatus includes at least one of a scanner function, a copier function, a facsimile machine function, and a printer function; the storing unit stores the at least part of the screen components of the screen based on a predetermined setting indicating whether the at least part of the screen components of the screen displayed before the transition are to be stored; the storing unit is configured to store the at least part of the screen components of the screen based on a storing mode, the storing mode being either a first mode in which all of the screen components are stored or a second mode in which only a part of the screen components are stored corresponding to the displayed screen, and the information processing apparatus further includes a switching unit configured to switch the storing mode of a screen that has already been stored in the storing unit from the first mode to the second mode, when a size of the screen components to be stored in the storing unit is greater than a predetermined size.