Patent ID: 8782512

Claim:
A controller, including a processor, for controlling a display of list information of one or more jobs executed in one or more apparatuses on a display unit, wherein: with respect to a specified one of display items of the list information of the jobs, the display items each having one or more classifications and having one or more attribute items determined independently for each of the classifications, the display items being displayed for each of the jobs, a selection field for selecting one of the classifications is displayed in a display condition where the specified one of the display items is indicated in a first area and the classifications of the specified one of the display items are displayed in a second area different from the first area; and a screen is generated by reading the attribute items corresponding to the one of the classification selected in the selection field so that at least the second area is expanded on the screen in accordance with the one of the classifications selected in the selection field, and the attribute items not displayed before the expansion of the second area are displayed in the expanded second area on the screen with respect to one or more of the jobs related to the selected one of the classifications; and wherein some of the jobs have multiple target types corresponding to respective plural output destinations to which the jobs output information, and wherein the processor is configured to cause separate lines to be displayed for the respective target types in the expanded second area, such that some of the jobs are associated with multiple target type lines in the expanded second area, and such that each of the lines refers to one of the target types.