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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2013
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Fukuoka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for restricting use of an electronic device including a display part includes the steps of a) designating an application identification data (ID) of a display target to be displayed by the display part, b) switching the display target to another display target by designating another application ID, c) instructing the display part to display an operation screen based on screen data corresponding to the application ID designated in step a), d) receiving a request for the switching of step b) from a use restriction application, e) determining whether the switching of step b) is possible, and f) instructing the display part to display another operation screen based on another screen data corresponding to the another application ID in a case where the switching of step b) is determined to be possible in step e).