Patent ID: 7443521
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. UI control device for controlling display of a UI when using said UI to set working conditions for a peripheral connected to a computer, said UI control device comprising: a stylized working data storage medium for storing a plurality of sets of stylized working data, said stylized working data specifying working conditions for caffying out stylized operations in said peripheral; a stylized working instruction handler that refers to said stylized working data to display a plurality of stylized operation candidates on a predetermined output device and that handles instruction thereof; a setting data storage medium for storing setting data indicating settings for working conditions of said handled stylized operation; a working condition input/output interface that handles a working condition setting instruction and displays on a predetermined output device decision branches for setting working conditions and that handles input of working condition settings; a settings data updater for updating said settings data with said working condition settings; an interdependency relationship data storage medium for storing interdependency relationship data indicating interdependency relationships among said working conditions; and a settable range data storage medium for storing settable range data indicating settable ranges for said working conditions; wherein said working condition input/output interface in the course of displaying said decision branches refers to said settable range data, acquires the settable range of a working condition targeted for display, and displays the settable range on said predetermined output device; and display of said decision branches is updated by means of a working condition updater that refers to said settable range data, acquires the settable range of a dependent working condition that is dependent on a working condition that has been modified by means of input of said working condition settings, and displays the settable range of said dependent working condition on said predetermined output device.