Patent ID: 7720403

Claim:
An item of information processing equipment connected to at least one item of peripheral equipment, comprising: a display controller for displaying, on a monitor screen, an icon representing each respective item of peripheral equipment; a designation detector for detecting whether one of the icons displayed on the monitor screen by the display controller has been designated by an operator; and an operation information acquirer for acquiring, from each item of peripheral equipment, operation information indicating a job status of the respective item of peripheral equipment represented by each of the icons displayed on the monitor screen by the display controller, wherein the display controller judges whether the item of peripheral equipment represented by the icon is in the state of processing a job based on the operation information acquired by the operation information acquirer and then changes a display format of the icon on the monitor screen whose designation has been detected by the designation detector, to an image having a display format indicating a state of processing a job when the item of peripheral equipment represented by the icon, whose designation has been detected by the designation detector, is in the state of processing a job and displays, on the monitor screen, an indication indicating that the designated peripheral equipment is not available for prompt processing, and the display controller further changes a display format of any icons currently representing the respective items of peripheral equipment that are in an idling state, where the item of peripheral equipment is not in a state of processing a job, to be an image having the display format indicating the idling state, based on the operation information acquired by the operation information acquirer.