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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1998
Masanori Wakai, Tokyo, JP;
Shouichi Ibaraki, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Takayama, Kashiwa, JP;
Aruna Rohra Suda, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Fujii, Yokohama, JP;
Satomi Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Suresh Jeyachandran, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The name of a job and a corresponding type of process (transmission, printing, etc). are displayed on a job list. When a local apparatus is selected as an apparatus having a job to be processed, the list of the jobs stored in that apparatus is displayed. When another apparatus is selected, a job list is read from the apparatus and displayed. Then, a job is selected from the list and a type of process to be performed is instructed. When the instructed process type matches the process type that is stored with the selected job, a setup change menu is displayed. When the process types do not match, a new setup menu is displayed so that the job can be easily changed or set. When a job for a user is present immediately after the log-in process, the job list is displayed. When a job for a user is not present, the main menu is displayed. In addition, when there is mail that has not yet been read and there is only one relevant mail message, the contents of the mail message are displayed. When the number of mail messages is more than one and is equal to or smaller than a predetermined count, the names of the senders, the reception dates, and the subjects of the mail messages are displayed. When the number of mail messages that have not yet been read is greater than the predetermined number, if the same sender, or senders, transmitted a plurality of mail messages, the total number of new mail messages, and the name of the sender and the mail count are displayed.