Patent ID: 7120910
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A copying apparatus comprising: an image scanner, adapted to scan a document and to generate data representing an image on the scanned document; a communication unit, adapted to receive data through a network; a printer, adapted to print an image based on input data; a processor, adapted to perform a plurality of jobs including print jobs performed by using said printer; a management unit, adapted to manage information about the jobs performed by said processor, the information including (i) respective types of the print jobs which include a print of an image based on the data from said communication unit and a local copy which prints an image based on the data from said image scanner equipped by said copying apparatus, and (ii) status information regarding each of the print jobs, which indicates whether each of the print jobs is waiting to be performed or is being performed; a sorting unit, adapted to sort jobs performed by said processor in accordance with types of jobs; a generating unit, adapted to generate a Web page indicating a list of the print jobs and the status information managed by said management unit; a transmitter, adapted to transmit the Web page generated by said generating unit to a Web browser; a receiver, adapted to receive a request from the Web browser; and a controller, adapted to control said management unit so as to change the status information of at least one of the print jobs managed by said management unit in a case where the request received by said receiver indicates that the status information is to be changed, wherein said generating unit generates the Web page on the basis of sorting performed by said sorting unit.