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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kise, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a construction unit which constructs a setting value tree expressed in a tree structure by defining a parent-child relationship between plural job setting values; a generation unit which generates plural hot folders corresponding to job setting value combinations respectively constructing plural setting value trees; and a display unit which displays plural hot folders, of the plural hot folders generated, which correspond to job setting value combinations which are selectable at levels designated by the plural setting value trees, wherein job setting values of the plural hot folder are respectively inherit the job setting values superordinate to combined job setting values on the plural setting value trees corresponding to the plural hot folders, and the display unit displays job setting values corresponding to hot folders in accordance with a hierarchical structure of each of the plural setting value trees.