Patent ID: 7475361
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A data processing device for executing data processes using a first application and a second application according to input operations, the input operations performed based on data displayed on a display device, the data processing device comprising: a data capture controller that selects desired data from data displayed on a first display window of the display device through a process performed in the first application; a data supply controller that supplies the desired data as supplied data selected by the data capture controller to the second application as an object of a preset data process of the second application, without a user starting up the second application; and a process command unit that executes the preset data process on the supplied data using the second application, wherein the preset data process includes at least one of printing contents of the supplied data and generating a second display window on the display device to allow the user to edit the supplied data, the second display window being different from the first display window; wherein the data supply controller includes a third application; and wherein the third application is a resident program that is constantly running while a device relating to the second application is powered on, the third application indicating a status of data capture or a process run by the second application.