Patent ID: 8654363
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing system including a peripheral device at least having a printer function and an information processing apparatus controlling the peripheral device, said peripheral device comprising: a display portion to display a first operation screen for setting parameters in a plurality of setting items; a process execution portion to execute prescribed processing in accordance with the parameters set in said plurality of setting items; a storage portion to store user-specific data in which user identification information for identifying a user is associated with metadata indicating whether to display each of said plurality of setting items; and a metadata return portion to refer to said user-specific data in response to reception of a metadata request from said information processing apparatus and to extract and return metadata associated with user identification information included in said received metadata request, said information processing apparatus comprising: a first authentication portion to authenticate a user; an execution portion to execute an execution application selected from a plurality of application programs for remotely controlling said peripheral device; a metadata request portion to transmit a metadata request including user identification information of said authenticated user to said peripheral device, in response to acceptance of a custom instruction for execution setting items included in a second operation screen of the execution application by the user authenticated by said first authentication portion; and a reference setting portion to set whether to display a plurality of execution setting items that can be set in said execution application, among said plurality of setting items, based on said metadata received from said peripheral device in response to transmission of said metadata request.