JP6202066B2 - Information processing program, information processing apparatus, and information processing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing program, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing method.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-151561 describes a technique for displaying a list of other applications during execution of a specific application and recommending to the user an application that can be used in combination with the specific application. Also, a “sharing function” is known as a function of an operating system (OS) installed in an information processing apparatus such as a portable terminal. This function is a function for processing shared data designated by a certain application by an application selected as a sharing destination application. Specifically, first, an application that can be selected as a sharing destination application is extracted by search, a list thereof is displayed, and an application selected by the user from the list is activated as a sharing destination application.

  For example, when the purpose is to share data in JPEG format, an application that can process JPEG data is extracted by searching and a list is displayed, and an application selected by the user from the list is displayed as a sharing destination. Let it be an application. In addition, if the purpose is to send shared data, an application that can execute transmission processing is extracted by searching and displayed as a list, and the application selected by the user from the list is set as the sharing destination application. The shared data is transmitted by the function of the sharing destination application.

JP 2011-90391 A

  By the way, most users do not use all applications equally, but frequently use some applications. Therefore, when the shared function is used for the same purpose, it is highly likely that the same application is selected as the sharing destination application.

  Nevertheless, according to the function of the conventional OS, a series of processes including searching for applications, displaying a list, and selecting a sharing destination application by the user has been performed. .

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide an information processing program, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing method that can reduce a user's operation burden.

In order to achieve this object, the information processing program of the present invention is a sharing unit, and when application specifying information for specifying an application and data specifying information for specifying data are input from a sharing source application An information processing apparatus comprising: an instruction for processing data specified by the data specifying information to an application specified by the application specifying condition; and the sharing unit that starts the application and a computer An application storage control unit that is a program to be executed and stores the application specifying information or information corresponding to the application specifying information in a storage unit in association with a sharing condition, and any one of a plurality of specifiable sharing conditions Sharing condition acquisition means for acquiring Determining means for determining whether or not application specifying information or information corresponding to the application specifying information is stored in the storage unit in association with the sharing condition acquired by the sharing condition acquiring means; When it is determined that the application specifying information or information corresponding to the application specifying information is stored in the storage unit, the computer is caused to function as first input means for inputting the application specifying information to the sharing unit. .

  The present invention can be realized in various modes such as an information processing device, a control device that controls the information processing device, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium that records an information processing program.

  According to the information processing program of the first aspect, when the application specifying information or the information corresponding to the application specifying information is stored in association with the acquired sharing condition, the application specified by the application specifying information is Launched as a shared destination application. Therefore, the step of allowing the user to select one of the applications satisfying the sharing condition can be omitted, and an appropriate sharing destination application corresponding to the sharing condition can be activated. Therefore, there is an effect that the operation burden on the user can be reduced.

  According to the information processing program of the second aspect, in addition to the effect produced by the information processing program of the first aspect, the application specifying information or the information corresponding to the application specifying information is stored in the storage unit in association with the acquired sharing condition. If not, one application selected by the user among the applications satisfying the sharing condition is activated, so that an appropriate sharing destination application can be activated. In addition, since the application specifying information of the application to be activated by the sharing unit or the information corresponding to the application specifying information is stored in the storage unit in association with the sharing condition, the same sharing condition is obtained when the same sharing condition is acquired next time. The application is started as a sharing destination application. Therefore, there is an effect that the operation burden on the user can be reduced.

  According to the information processing program of claim 3, in addition to the effect of the information processing program of claim 2, when the sharing condition is stored, the sharing condition is acquired. There is an effect that the step of making the user select can be omitted, and the operation burden on the user can be further reduced.

  According to the information processing program of the fourth aspect, in addition to the effect produced by the information processing program of the third aspect, when the sharing condition is not stored, the data in the format selected by the user operation can be processed appropriately. There is an effect that the sharing destination application can be started.

  According to the information processing program of the fifth aspect, in addition to the effect of the information processing program according to the fourth aspect, the scan data acquired from the reading device is converted into the format indicated by the type information, and the format is supported. There is an effect that it can be processed by an appropriate sharing destination application.

According to the information processing program of claim 6, in addition to the effect of the information processing program according to any of claims 3 to 5, the sharing condition stored in the sharing condition storage unit and the sharing condition In addition, since the application specifying information stored in the storage unit or the application information based on the information corresponding to the application specifying information is displayed on the instruction receiving screen, the user can visually recognize the sharing condition and the application information. Thus, it is possible to input an execution instruction for the shared function, which is advantageous for the user.

  According to the information processing program of the seventh aspect, in addition to the effect produced by the information processing program of the sixth aspect, when the erasure instruction is received on the instruction reception screen, the application specific information or the information corresponding to the application specific information is stored. If the user does not like the application corresponding to the application information after confirming the application information on the instruction reception screen, the user deletes the application specific information or the information corresponding to the application specific information from the storage unit. It has the effect of being easy to use.

  According to the information processing program according to claim 8, in addition to the effect of the information processing program according to claim 6 or 7, the application specifying information or the information corresponding to the application specifying information is stored in the storage unit, If a new application is installed in the information processing device before the execution instruction of the shared function is received on the reception screen, even the newly installed application may be started as a shared destination application There is an effect that an appropriate sharing destination application can be started.

  According to the information processing program of the ninth aspect, in addition to the effect produced by the information processing program of the eighth aspect, the information processing apparatus is newly updated based on the installation state information indicating the application group installed in the information processing apparatus. There is an effect that it is possible to appropriately determine whether or not a simple application has been installed.

  According to the information processing program of the tenth aspect, in addition to the effect of the information processing program according to any one of the first to ninth aspects, the application specified by the application specifying information is uninstalled from the information processing apparatus. Even in such a case, an appropriate sharing destination application can be activated.

  According to the information processing apparatus of the eleventh aspect, the same effect as that of the information processing apparatus including the computer that executes the information processing program according to the first aspect is obtained.

  According to the information processing method of the twelfth aspect, an effect similar to that of the information processing apparatus including the computer that executes the information processing program according to the first aspect is obtained.

It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of the portable terminal carrying the device control application which is one Embodiment of this invention. (A) is a figure explaining the search function and sharing function of OS, (b) is a figure which shows an example of a default application table. It is a flowchart which shows the scan data sharing process performed in a portable terminal. (A) is a figure which shows an example of a preview screen, (b) is a figure which shows an example of a share type selection screen. It is a flowchart which shows the share destination application determination process performed in a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of a share destination application selection screen. (A) is a figure which shows the preview screen of a modification, (b) is a figure which shows the sharing type selection screen of a modification, (c) is a figure which shows the share destination application selection screen of a modification.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a mobile terminal 10 in which a device control application 14b (hereinafter, this application 14b) according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed. The application 14b is configured to reduce the operation burden on the user when executing the sharing function. Details will be described below.

  The mobile terminal 10 is a mobile phone that can make a voice call with another device or use the Internet via the mobile phone network 100. The portable terminal 10 includes a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, a flash memory 14, a wireless LAN transmission / reception unit 15, operation keys 16, a touch panel 17, a liquid crystal display device 18 (hereinafter referred to as LCD 18), a memory card interface 19 (hereinafter referred to as memory card I / O). F19), a voice input / output unit 21 and a telephone network communication unit 22 are provided. These are connected to each other via a bus line 23.

  The CPU 11 controls each unit connected to the bus line 23 according to a fixed value, a program, or the like stored in the ROM 12 or the like. The ROM 12 is a non-rewritable nonvolatile memory, and the RAM 13 is a rewritable volatile memory.

  The flash memory 14 is a rewritable nonvolatile memory, and stores an operating system 14a (hereinafter referred to as OS 14a), the application 14b, and other types of applications (not shown). The OS 14a is basic software for realizing the standard functions of the mobile terminal 10, and is an Android (registered trademark) OS in the present embodiment.

  The application 14b is an application provided by the vendor of the device 30, and is installed in the mobile terminal 10 by the user. The application 14b is provided with a shared type memory 14b1 and a default application table 14b2. The sharing type memory 14b1 stores a sharing type indicating the format of the scan data when the scan data received from the device 30 is processed by another application by a sharing function described later. In the present embodiment, two types of “PDF” and “JPEG” are prepared as shared types.

  The default application table 14b2 stores the name of an application to be activated as a sharing destination application for each type of sharing type in executing the sharing function requested by the application 14b to the OS 14a. The sharing type and default application table 14b2 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The wireless LAN transmission / reception unit 15 is a circuit that connects the mobile terminal 10 and another device via Wi-Fi (registered trademark) by a wireless LAN compliant with the IEEE802.11b / g standard. The wireless LAN transmission / reception unit 15 establishes a wireless connection with the device 30 via the access point 50.

  The operation key 16 is a hard key provided on the housing of the mobile terminal 10, and inputs setting information and instructions to the mobile terminal 10. The touch panel 17 is provided over the LCD 18 and inputs setting information and instructions to the mobile terminal 10. The LCD 18 displays various operation screens and images based on the selected data. The memory card I / F 19 is an interface to which a nonvolatile memory card 20 is attached, and controls writing or reading of data with respect to the memory card 20. The memory card 20 is an SD card (registered trademark) as an example.

The voice input / output unit 21 is a voice input / output device including a microphone and a speaker, and the telephone network communication unit 22 is a circuit for performing communication via the mobile phone network 100. The mobile phone network 100 is IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication-2000).
This is a communication network of the system, and enables the use of a voice call by the mobile terminal 10.

  Hereinafter, the CPU 11 that executes a program such as an application or an operating system may be simply described by a program name. For example, the description “application” may mean “CPU 11 that executes the application”.

  Each application (including the application 14b) installed in the mobile terminal 10 calls the API of the OS 14a, and the wireless LAN transmission / reception unit 15, the operation key 16, the touch panel 17, the LCD 18, the memory card I / F 19, the voice input Data to be transferred to each component of the portable terminal 10 such as the output unit 21 and the telephone network communication unit 22 is output to the OS 14a. That is, each application controls each component of the portable terminal 10 by calling the API of the OS 14a. Each application calls the API of the OS 14a to acquire data output from each component of the mobile terminal 10 and data indicating the state of each component from the OS 14a. That is, by calling the API of the OS 14a, data indicating the state of each component of the mobile terminal 10 (including the state of operation input to the mobile terminal 10) is acquired from the OS 14a. In addition, the OS 14a may notify each application of data output from each component of the mobile terminal 10 or data indicating the state of each component periodically or whenever the state of each component changes. That is, each application acquires data indicating the state of each component of the mobile terminal 10 (including the state of operation input to the mobile terminal 10) from the OS 14a by receiving a notification from the OS 14a.

  The device 30 is a multifunction device having a scan function, a printer function, a copy function, and the like, and is Wi-Fi connected to the portable terminal 10 via the access point 50. The device 30 is controlled by the application 14 b of the mobile terminal 10, reads an image of a document according to a scan start instruction from the mobile terminal 10, generates scan data, and transmits the scan data to the mobile terminal 10.

  FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram for explaining a search function and a sharing function of the OS 14a. The search function is a function for searching for all applications installed in the mobile terminal 10 (hereinafter, all applications 62) and extracting applications that satisfy the search condition when a search condition is input.

  The application 14b uses the search function of the OS 14a in the following procedure. First, the API of the OS 14a is called to request the OS 14a to search for an application (21). Here, “type” indicating a data format that can be processed by each application and “action” indicating the type of processing that can be executed by each application are prepared as search conditions. The application 14b inputs the type and action to the OS 14a. Note that only one of the type and the action may be input, or both may be input.

On the other hand, the OS 14a searches all the applications 62 based on the search condition input from the application 14b, and extracts applications that satisfy the search condition (22). Specifically, each application installed in the mobile terminal 10 declares in advance a type indicating a data format that can be processed by the own application and an action indicating the type of processing that can be executed. Therefore, the OS 14a extracts an application having a declaration that matches the search condition from all the applications 62, acquires its class name and application name (hereinafter, application name) (23), Output to a certain application 14b. However, the type and action declared by each application can be freely set by the developer of each application. Thus, each application may declare a type or action that does not actually correspond. Therefore, “an application that satisfies the search condition” means an application that makes a declaration that matches the condition required by the application 14b, and does not require that the process as declared can be executed.

  The application 14b acquires the class name and application name output by the OS 14a as a search result (24). Then, a list of acquired application names is displayed on the LCD 18 (25), and selection by the user is accepted (26).

  Next, the sharing function of the OS 14a will be described. When the class name and the URI specifying data are input from the sharing source application, the OS 14a inputs an instruction for processing the data specified by the URI to the application specified by the class name, and the application Is started as the sharing destination application 64.

  FIG. 2A shows a processing flow when the application 14b is a sharing source application. Specifically, the application 14b inputs the class name to the OS 14a with the application selected by the user as the sharing destination application 64 in the list of application names displayed based on the search result. Also, a URI indicating the type, action, and location of data is input to the OS 14a (27).

  On the other hand, the OS 14a activates the sharing destination application 64 specified by the class name input by the application 14b, sets the screen of the sharing destination application 64 as the foreground (front), and the URI of the data input from the application 14b. The type and action are output to the sharing destination application 64 (28).

  As a result, the sharing destination application 64 accesses the data specified by the input URI, and executes processing according to the action input from the OS 14a. For example, processing that can be executed by the sharing destination application 64 is performed, such as display output, transmission by attaching to an e-mail, and editing. With this sharing function, the user can use a combination of the function of the application 14b and the function of the sharing destination application 64, which is convenient.

  Here, in the mobile terminal 10, unless the application is installed or uninstalled, if the search conditions are the same, the application names displayed in a list on the LCD 18 are the same. From the same list of application names, the same application as the previous time may be selected again as the sharing destination application 64. Therefore, the application 14b stores the application selected as the sharing destination application 64 in association with the search condition as a default application, and thereafter, the application 14b is started as the sharing destination application 64 without selection by the user. ing.

  FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating an example of the default application table 14b2. As shown in the figure, the default application table 14b2 stores a shared type, a default application name, and installed application information in association with each other.

The sharing type indicates a type input to the OS 14a as a search condition. The default application name is an application name of an application (default application) started as the sharing destination application 64 based on a search result using the corresponding sharing type as a search condition. For example, when “PDF” is selected as the sharing type, the application 14b acquires application names of applications that can process PDF by the search function of the OS 14a, and displays the list on the LCD 18. And when "App 1" is selected by the user from the list,
The application 14 b inputs the class name of “application 1” to the OS 14 a and activates “application 1” as the sharing destination application 64. Then, the default application name “application 1” is stored in the default application table 14b2 in association with the sharing type “PDF”.

  The installed application information is information indicating an application group that has been installed in the mobile terminal 10 when the corresponding default application name is stored.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing scan data sharing processing executed by the CPU 11 of the mobile terminal 10 according to the application 14b. This process is a process in which the scan data acquired from the device 30 is transferred from the application 14b to the sharing destination application 64 by the sharing function of the OS 14a, and is scanned on the operation reception screen (not shown) of the application 14b. Executed when a request is entered by the user.

  Each step shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3 and FIG. 5 to be described later will be described assuming that the application 14b is executed by the CPU 11 or the application 14b is executed by the CPU 11 using a function such as the OS 14a. However, the steps included in each flowchart may be partially replaced with steps that the OS 11a and other applications cause the CPU 11 to execute. Moreover, a part realized by the operation of the hardware provided in the mobile terminal 10 regardless of the CPU 11 may be replaced.

  First, the CPU 11 transmits a scan start instruction to the device 30 (S301). Upon receiving the scan start instruction, the device 30 reads a document set on a document table (not shown), generates JPEG format scan data corresponding to the document image, and transmits the scan data to the mobile terminal 10. Next, the CPU 11 acquires scan data from the device 30 (S302) and stores it in the memory card 20 (S303). Next, the CPU 11 displays on the LCD 18 a preview screen 70 that accepts an instruction to execute the sharing function (S304).

  FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an example of the preview screen 70. The preview screen 70 includes an image display area 71, a share button 72, a reset button 73, and an end button 74.

  The image display area 71 is an area where an image corresponding to the scan data is displayed. The share button 72 is a button for receiving a share function execution instruction (share instruction). The reset button 73 is a button for receiving a share type stored in the share type memory 14b1, a default application name stored in the default application table 14b2, and a reset instruction (erase instruction) for installed application information. The end button 74 is a button for receiving a display end instruction for the preview screen 70 displayed on the LCD 18.

  Returning to FIG. When none of the buttons 72 to 74 are pressed on the preview screen 70 (S305: No), the CPU 11 does not proceed to the next step. On the other hand, when a user instruction is accepted (S305: Yes) and the instruction content is a display end instruction (S306: display end), the CPU 11 ends the process. When the instruction content is an erasure instruction (S306: Erase), the CPU 11 erases the shared type from the shared type memory 14b1, erases the default application name and installed application information from the default application table 14b2 (S307), The process returns to S305.

Next, a case where the instruction content is a sharing instruction will be described (S306: sharing). When the sharing instruction is accepted and the sharing type is not stored in the sharing type memory 14b1 (S308: No), the CPU 11 displays the sharing type selection screen 80 on the LCD 18 (S309). The share type selection screen 80 is a screen for accepting a user operation for selecting a data format (share type).

  FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an example of the sharing type selection screen 80. As shown in the figure, the sharing type selection screen 80 includes a PDF selection button 81, a JPEG selection button 82, and a check box 83. The PDF selection button 81 is a button for selecting PDF as a sharing type, and the JPEG selection button 82 is a button for selecting JPEG as a sharing type. The check box 83 is for allowing the user to select whether or not to store the shared type selected by the user in the shared type memory 14b1. When the user presses one of the selection buttons 81 and 82 with the check box 83 checked, the shared type corresponding to the pressed selection button 81 or 82 is stored in the shared type memory 14b1.

  Returning to FIG. When neither the PDF selection button 81 nor the JPEG selection button 82 is pressed on the sharing type selection screen 80 (S310: No), the CPU 11 does not proceed to the next step. On the other hand, when the share type is selected on the share type selection screen 80 (S310: Yes) and storage of the share type is selected, that is, when the check box 83 is checked (S311: Yes), the CPU 11 The sharing type selected by the user is stored in the sharing type memory 14b1 (S312). If the shared type is already stored in the shared type memory 14b1, it is overwritten with the shared type selected by the user this time. On the other hand, when the check box 83 is not checked (S311: No), the CPU 11 skips the process of S312. That is, the shared type memory 14b1 is not overwritten.

  Next, the CPU 11 executes a sharing destination application determination process (S313). The sharing destination application determination process will be described later with reference to FIG. Next, when the sharing type is PDF (S314: Yes), the CPU 11 acquires scan data in JPEG format (hereinafter referred to as JPEG data) from the memory card 20 and converts it into PDF format data (hereinafter referred to as PDF data). Then, the converted PDF data is stored in the memory card 20 (S315). On the other hand, when the sharing type is JPEG (S314: No), the process of S315 is skipped. That is, only when the format of the scan data acquired from the device 30 is different from the format indicated by the sharing type, the scan data format is converted into the format indicated by the sharing type.

  Next, the CPU 11 acquires the class name of the application determined in the sharing destination application determination process (S313) (S316). Specifically, the API is called to acquire the class name corresponding to the application name of the application determined in the sharing destination application determination process. The CPU 11 inputs the acquired class name and the URI of the format (PDF data or JPEG data) indicated by the sharing type to the OS 14a, requests the OS 14a to execute the sharing function (S317), and performs the processing. finish. Although not shown in the flowchart, the OS 14a that has received the sharing function execution request activates the sharing destination application 64 and displays the screen of the sharing destination application 64 in the foreground of the LCD 18.

  Therefore, when the user selects PDF as the sharing type, the scan data acquired from the device 30 can be converted into the PDF format and processed by the appropriate sharing destination application 64 corresponding to the PDF format. When the user selects JPEG as the sharing type, the JPEG format scan data acquired from the device 30 can be processed by the appropriate sharing destination application 64 that supports the JPEG format.

In S312, after the shared type is stored in the shared type memory 14b1, when this scan data sharing process is executed next, it is determined that the shared type is stored in the shared type memory 14b1. (S308: Yes). In this case, the CPU 11 skips S309 to S312 and proceeds to the process of S313. That is, the sharing destination application 64 is activated without displaying the sharing type selection screen 80 shown in FIG. Therefore, the step of allowing the user to select the sharing type can be omitted, and the operation burden on the user can be reduced.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the sharing destination application determination process (S313). This process is a process for determining an application to be the sharing destination application 64.

  First, a sharing type is acquired (S500). Specifically, if the shared type is stored in the shared type memory 14b1, it is acquired. If the shared type is not stored in the shared type memory 14b1, the shared type selected by the user operation on the shared type selection screen 80 (FIG. 4B) is acquired.

  Next, it is determined whether or not a default application name corresponding to the acquired sharing type is stored in the default application table 14b2. The default application name corresponding to the sharing type is stored in the default application table 14b2 (S501: Yes), and the application (default application) specified by the default application name is uninstalled on the mobile terminal 10. If there is not (S502: No), then whether a new application has been installed in the portable terminal 10 after the default application name is stored in the default application table 14b2 and before the sharing instruction is accepted on the preview screen 70 Judging.

  Specifically, the CPU 11 compares the application group indicated by the installed application information stored in the default application table 14b2 in association with the acquired share type with the application group already installed in the mobile terminal 10 ( S503). When the application group indicated by the installed application information matches the application group already installed in the mobile terminal 10, that is, no new application has been installed from the time when the default application name is stored to the present time. In the case (S504: No), the CPU 11 determines the default application as the sharing destination application 64 (S505), and proceeds to S314 shown in FIG. Then, the class name of the default application is input to the OS 14a to request execution of the sharing function (S317).

  That is, when a default application name is stored in association with the acquired sharing type, an application (default application) specified by the default application name can be activated as the sharing destination application 64. Therefore, the step of allowing the user to select one of the applications that can process the sharing type data (that is, the candidate of the sharing destination application 64) can be omitted, and the operation burden on the user can be reduced.

  In addition, an appropriate sharing destination application 64 corresponding to the sharing type can be activated. That is, the contents of an application group that can process JPEG format data and an application group that can process PDF format data are different. Therefore, the optimum application as the sharing destination application 64 may differ between when JPEG is selected as the sharing type and when PDF is selected. In the present embodiment, since the default application name is stored for each sharing type, a default application suitable for each sharing type can be activated.

Here, when it is determined that a new application has been installed between the time of storing the default application name and the current time (S504: Yes), specifically, the installed applications stored in the default application table 14b2 When an application not included in the application group indicated by the information is installed in the mobile terminal 10, the CPU 11 requests the OS 14a to search for an application. Specifically, a sharing type (type) and SEND (action) indicating data transmission are input as search conditions to the OS 14a, and data in a format indicated by the sharing type can be processed, and data transmission processing is performed. A search for an executable application is requested (S506).

  Then, the CPU 11 acquires the class name and application name output as search results by the OS 14a (S507), displays the sharing destination application selection screen 90 including the application name on the LCD 18 (S508), and selects the sharing destination application 64. Accept.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the sharing destination application selection screen 90. Sharing destination application selection screen 90 includes application selection buttons 91 to 93 and a check box 94. The application selection buttons 91 to 93 are buttons provided individually for each application name acquired as a search result from the OS 14a. When any one of the buttons 91 to 93 is pressed, the application corresponding to the buttons 91 to 93 is determined as the sharing destination application 64.

  The check box 94 is for causing the user to select whether or not the sharing destination application 64 selected by the user this time is stored as a default application. When the user presses any of the application selection buttons 91 to 93 with the check box 94 checked, the application name corresponding to the pressed application selection button is the default application name corresponding to the sharing type acquired in S500. And stored in the default application table 14b2.

  For example, when the PDF is acquired as the sharing type and the check box 94 is checked, when the application selection button 91 of “application 1” is pressed, “application 1” is changed to the sharing type “PDF”. The corresponding default application name is stored in the default application table 14b2.

  Returning to FIG. When the application selection button is not pressed on the sharing destination application selection screen 90 (S509: No), the CPU 11 does not proceed to the next step. On the other hand, when any application is selected (S509: Yes), the CPU 11 determines the selected application as the sharing destination application 64 (S510).

  When the check button 94 is checked on the sharing destination application selection screen 90 (S511: Yes), the CPU 11 stores the application name selected by the user in the default application table 14b2 in association with the sharing type. At the present time, installed application information indicating an application group installed in the mobile terminal 10 is stored in the default application table 14b2 in association with the sharing type (S512). If the default application name and installed application information corresponding to the sharing type are already stored, they are overwritten.

  In this way, when the same sharing type is acquired after the next time, the same application is started as the sharing destination application 64. Therefore, an operation for the user to select the sharing destination application 64 can be omitted, and the operation burden on the user can be reduced. If the check box 94 is not checked (S511: No), the CPU 11 skips S512.

  Then, the CPU 11 returns to S314 (FIG. 3). That is, the OS 14a is requested to execute a sharing function in which one application determined as the sharing destination application among the applications displayed on the sharing destination application selection screen 90 is the sharing destination application 64 (S317), and the process is terminated. .

  Therefore, when a new application is installed in the portable terminal 10 after the default application name is stored and before the sharing function execution instruction is received on the preview screen 70, the sharing destination application 64 is selected again. By giving the user an opportunity, even a newly installed application may be activated as the sharing destination application 64. Therefore, an appropriate sharing destination application 64 can be activated. For example, it is convenient also when an application newly installed by the user is desired to be used as the sharing destination application 64.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, it is possible to appropriately determine for each sharing type whether or not a new application has been installed in the mobile terminal 10 based on the installed application information stored in association with the sharing type.

  When the application specified by the default application name has been uninstalled from the mobile terminal 10 (S502: Yes), the CPU 11 proceeds to S506. That is, the OS 14a is requested to search for an application that can process the data in the format indicated by the sharing type and that can execute the data transmission process (S506). Then, the sharing destination application selection screen 90 is displayed on the LCD 18 (S508), and the OS 14a is requested to execute a sharing function in which one application selected from the sharing destination application selection screen 90 is the sharing destination application 64. (S317).

  Therefore, even when the application specified by the default application name is uninstalled from the mobile terminal 10, the appropriate sharing destination application 64 can be activated.

  The CPU 11 also proceeds to S506 when the default application name corresponding to the acquired sharing type is not stored in the default application table 14b2 (S501: No). That is, the OS 14a is requested to execute a sharing function in which one application selected from the sharing destination application selection screen 90 is the sharing destination application 64 (S317).

  Therefore, for example, when the sharing function is used for the first time from the application 14b, or when the check box 94 of the sharing destination application selection screen 90 is not checked at the time of executing the sharing function up to the previous time, the default application name is If not stored, one application selected by the user among applications satisfying the search conditions (that is, an application capable of processing shared type data) can be activated as the sharing destination application 64.

  According to the present application, when the shared type is stored in the shared type memory 14b1, the sharing function is executed based on the shared type. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the burden on the user operation related to the selection of the shared type. Further, when the sharing type is not stored, the sharing type is selected by the user operation, and an appropriate sharing destination application 64 that can process the data in the format selected as the sharing type can be activated.

  In addition, when a default application name is stored in association with the acquired sharing type, an application specified by the default application name is started as the sharing destination application 64. The operation burden can be reduced.

In the embodiment, the mobile terminal 10 is an example of an information processing apparatus. The application 14b is an example of an information processing program. The CPU 11 is an example of a sharing unit, a search unit, and a computer. The LCD 18 is an example of a display unit. The share type memory 14b1 is an example of a sharing condition storage unit, and the default application table 14b2 is an example of a storage unit and an installation state information storage unit. The class name is an example of application specifying information, the default application name is an example of information corresponding to the application specifying information, and the URI is an example of data specifying information. The search condition is an example of a sharing condition. The shared type is an example of type information. The device 30 is an example of a reading device. The preview screen 70 is an example of an instruction reception screen. Installed application information is an example of installation state information.

  However, each unit of the sharing unit, the search unit, and the display unit may be hardware alone or hardware that operates by executing a program other than the present invention such as the program of the present invention or an operating system. In addition, each of these units may be hardware that operates by combining processing by a plurality of programs.

  The CPU 11 that executes S512 is an example of an application storage control unit and an installation state information storage control unit. The CPU 11 that executes S500 is an example of a sharing condition acquisition unit. The CPU 11 that executes S501 is an example of a determination unit. The CPU 11 that executes S317 is an example of a first input unit, a second input unit, a third input unit, a fourth input unit, and a data designation information input unit. The CPU 11 that executes S506 is an example of a first sharing condition input unit, a second sharing condition input unit, and a third sharing condition input unit. The CPU 11 that executes S507 is an example of a first application information acquisition unit, a second application information acquisition unit, and a third application information acquisition unit. CPU11 which performs S302 is an example of an acquisition means. CPU11 which performs S315 is an example of a conversion means. The CPU 11 that executes S304 is an example of a display control unit and an erasure instruction receiving unit. The CPU 11 that executes S307 is an example of an erasing unit. The CPU 11 that executes S504 is an example of an application determination unit.

  S512 is an example of an application storage control process, S500 is an example of a sharing condition acquisition process, S501 is an example of a determination process, and S317 is an example of a first input process.

  Although the present invention has been described based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various improvements and modifications can be easily made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Can be inferred.

  The specific numerical values and setting values mentioned in the above embodiment are merely examples, and other numerical values and setting values can naturally be adopted. For example, in the above embodiment, two types of sharing types, PDF and JPEG, are provided, but three or more types may be used. The type of sharing type is not limited to PDF or JPEG, but may be other data formats. Examples of other data formats include PNG, GIF, BMP, DOC, and XLS. Further, the data acquired from the device 30 is not limited to the JPEG format, and may be data in another format or RAW data.

  In the above embodiment, “PDF” or “JPEG” is input as the type included in the search condition. However, other values such as “IMAGE” and “APPLICATION” may be input. When “IMAGE” is input, an application capable of processing various image data such as JPEG, BMP, and GIF can be searched. On the other hand, when “APPLICATION” is input, it is possible to search for an application that can process data in an application-specific data format such as PDF, DOC, and PPT.

In the above embodiment, the action included in the search condition is “SEND”, but other values such as “VIEW” and “EDIT” may be used. Further, when there are a plurality of data to be processed by the sharing destination application 64, “MULTI_SEN” means a transmission process of a plurality of data.
“D” may be included in the search condition as an action.

  The screen configuration described in the above embodiment is merely an example, and can be changed as appropriate. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a modification of the screen. In addition, about the structure same as the said embodiment among the structures illustrated in FIG. 7, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and description is abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 7A is a diagram showing a preview screen 70 according to a modification. As shown in FIG. 7A, the preview screen 70 displays the sharing type and default application name in the sharing button 75. Specifically, when a shared type is stored in the shared type memory 14b1, the shared type is displayed. When the default application name associated with this sharing type is stored in the default application table 14b2, the default application name is displayed. Therefore, the user can input the execution instruction of the sharing function after visually recognizing the sharing type or the default application name, which is easy to use. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 7A, “Share (JPEG / Application 1)” is displayed in the share button 75, so that the user selects JPEG as the share type before pressing the share button 75. In addition, it can be recognized in advance that the application 1 is to be activated as the sharing destination application 64.

  In addition, after confirming the share type or default application name on the preview screen 70, if the user does not like the share type or default application, the user can delete the share type and default application name by pressing the reset button 73. It is easy to use.

  In addition, in the preview screen 70 shown in FIG. 7A, a sharing button (not shown) for making the application different from the default application a sharing destination application 64 may be provided. When this sharing button is pressed, even if the sharing type and default application are stored, the user can select the sharing type and the sharing destination application 64 without using the setting. good. In this way, it is possible to execute the user's desired processing for the stored shared type and default application while keeping the stored memory, which is convenient.

  Further, when the reset button 73 on the preview screen 70 is pressed, the setting contents may be individually deleted, for example, deleting only the sharing type or deleting only the default application.

  FIG. 7B is a diagram showing a shared type selection screen 80 according to a modification. As shown in FIG. 7B, the default application name stored in association with each sharing type may be displayed in the sharing type selection button 84 on the sharing type selection screen 80. In this way, when the user selects each sharing type, the user can recognize in advance which application is to be activated as the sharing destination application 64, which is convenient.

  FIG. 7C is a diagram showing a shared destination application selection screen 90 according to a modification. As shown in FIG. 7C, the sharing destination application selection screen 90 may be provided with a check box 95 for storing an application to be activated as the sharing destination application 64 as a default application corresponding to all sharing types. . For example, when the application selection button 91 corresponding to “application 1” is pressed while the check box 95 is checked, the default application name corresponding to each sharing type in the default application table 14b2 is “application 1”. Let me remember. According to this modification, the user can store the default application names for all the share types in one operation, and can reduce the operation burden on the user.

Although not shown, the reset button 73 may be provided on the sharing type selection screen 80 and the sharing destination application selection screen 90 as well. Accordingly, the user can easily delete the information when the user does not like the stored sharing type or the contents of the default application or wants to change the contents, so that the user can use the information easily.

  In the above embodiment, the class name is input to the OS 14a as an example of the application specifying information for specifying the sharing destination application 64. However, information to be input as the application specifying information is variously changed according to the specification of the OS 14a. That is, the application specifying information is not limited to the class name, and various types of information such as an application name and an application ID can correspond to an example of the application specifying information.

  A pointer indicating a storage area for these pieces of information (class name, application name, or application ID) can also correspond to an example of application specifying information. In this case, various types of information such as a class name, an application name, and an application ID can correspond to an example of information corresponding to the application specifying information.

  In the above-described embodiment, the default application name is stored in the default application table 14b2 as an example of information corresponding to the application specifying information. However, the information corresponding to the application specifying information is not limited to this, and various types of information corresponding to the application such as a class name, an application ID, and an icon image are examples of information corresponding to the application specifying information. It can be equivalent. In the above embodiment, the application name is displayed on the sharing destination application selection screen 90. However, other information such as a class name and an icon image that can identify the application may be displayed.

  Further, in the default application table 14b2 of the above embodiment, installed application information indicating an application group already installed in the mobile terminal 10 is stored in association with the shared type. Instead of installed application information, application number information indicating the number of applications already installed in the mobile terminal 10 may be stored. In this case, in the process of S504 in FIG. 5, the number indicated by the number-of-applications information is compared with the number of applications that are currently installed in the mobile terminal 10, and an application is newly installed when the numerical values do not match. You may judge.

  In addition, after storing the default application corresponding to the sharing type, each time an application is installed in the mobile terminal 10, installation history information indicating a newly installed application may be stored in association with the default application. . In this case, based on the installation history information stored in association with the default application, it can be determined whether there is an application installed after storing the default application.

  If it is determined in S504 in FIG. 5 that a new application has been installed (S504: Yes), one of the default application corresponding to the sharing type and the newly installed application is selected. The share destination application selection screen 90 may be configured so that can be selected as the share destination application 64.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the portable terminal 10 was an example of information processing apparatus, various apparatuses, such as a personal computer, PDA, a tablet terminal, and a digital turtle, can also be an example of information processing apparatus. The present invention can also be applied to a device that does not have the touch panel 17 and inputs an operation from a hard key.

In the above embodiment, JPEG data and PDF data are described as being stored in the memory card 20, but these data may be stored in the flash memory 14 built in the mobile terminal 10. Further, the shared type memory 14b1 and the default application table 14b2 may be stored in the memory card 20.

  In the above embodiment, the sharing function is executed for the scan data transmitted from the device 30, but instead of the scan data, for example, an image photographed by a digital camera built in the mobile terminal 10 It may be data.

  In the above embodiment, the OS 14a is described as an Android OS. However, the present invention can be applied to an information processing apparatus equipped with another OS.

  In the above embodiment, the search function and the sharing function are described as being realized by the OS 14a. Instead, for example, the search function and the sharing function are realized by hardware, middleware, or other applications. The present invention can also be applied to.

  A program for converting JPEG data into PDF data may be included in this application, or by requesting conversion from the hardware circuit of the mobile terminal 10 or another application installed in the mobile terminal 10 or the OS 14a. Alternatively, the scan data conversion may be realized. In that case, the CPU 11 that requests conversion of these components corresponds to an example of a conversion unit.

10 Mobile terminal 11 CPU
14b Device control application 14b1 Shared type memory 14b2 Default application table 30 Device 64 Shared destination application 81 PDF selection button 82 JPEG selection button

Claims (6)

When a sharing instruction specifying an application and data is input from the sharing source application, a sharing unit that causes the application specified by the sharing instruction to process the data specified by the sharing instruction, a processable data format, and When a search instruction specifying at least one of executable processes as a search condition is input, a search unit that searches for an application that matches the search condition, a display unit, a storage unit, and a computer are provided. An information processing program executed in the information processing apparatus,
Sharing instruction accepting means for accepting an operation for designating a sharing instruction in the sharing unit;
Image data acquisition means for acquiring image data;
Data format accepting means for accepting one of a plurality of data formats from the operation unit;
A data format determination unit that determines whether the format of the image data acquired by the image data acquisition unit is the same as the data format received by the data format reception unit;
Conversion means for converting the format of the image data acquired by the image data acquisition means into the data format received by the data format reception means;
A search instruction means for inputting a search condition that makes the data format accepted by the data format accepting means a processable data format and allows a process specified in advance to be executed;
In accordance with the search condition input by the search instruction means, a list display means for displaying a list of applications searched by the search section on the display section;
Application accepting means for accepting any of the applications displayed by the list display means from the operation unit;
When the data format determination unit determines that the format of the image data acquired by the image data acquisition unit is the same as the data format received by the data format reception unit , the application reception unit A sharing instruction specifying the received application and the image data of the data format acquired by the image data acquisition unit and received by the data format reception unit is input to the sharing unit, and the data format determination unit When determining that the format of the image data acquired by the image data acquisition unit and the data format received by the data format reception unit are not the same, the application received by the application reception unit, Specify the image data converted by the conversion means. Input means for sharing instruction, and inputs to the shared portion which,
The computer functions as a storage control unit that stores the data format received by the data format reception unit in association with the application received by the application reception unit in the storage unit,
After the storage by the storage control unit is performed, the input unit receives again an operation for specifying a sharing instruction by the sharing instruction receiving unit, acquisition of image data by the image data acquisition unit, and reception of the data format When reception of the data format by the means is executed, the application stored in the storage unit in association with the data format received again by the data format reception unit, and again acquired by the image data acquisition unit, and An information processing program that inputs a sharing instruction designating image data in the data format received by the data format receiving means to the sharing unit again.   The information processing program according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined process is a data transmission process.   The information processing program according to claim 1, wherein the predesignated process is one of editing and browsing.   When there are a plurality of image data acquired by the image data acquisition unit, the search instruction unit sets the data format received by the data format reception unit to a processable data format and transmits a plurality of data The information processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a search condition for making the process executable is input to the search unit.   The information processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the image data acquisition unit acquires image data from an image reading device connected to the information processing device. When a sharing instruction specifying an application and data is input from the sharing source application, a sharing unit that causes the application specified by the sharing instruction to process the data specified by the sharing instruction, a processable data format, and When a search instruction specifying at least one of executable processes as a search condition is input, a search unit that searches for an application that matches the search condition, a display unit, a storage unit, and a control unit, An information processing apparatus comprising the control unit,
A sharing instruction receiving process for receiving an operation for specifying a sharing instruction in the sharing unit;
Image data acquisition processing for acquiring image data;
A data format acceptance process for accepting one of a plurality of data formats from the operation unit;
A data format determination process for determining whether the format of the image data acquired by the image data acquisition process and the data format received by the data format reception process are the same;
A conversion process for converting the format of the image data acquired by the image data acquisition process into the data format received by the data format reception process;
A search instruction process for inputting a search condition to the search unit, wherein the data format received by the data format reception process is a processable data format, and a process that can be executed in advance is executed.
In accordance with the search condition input by the search instruction process, a list display process for displaying a list of applications searched by the search unit on the display unit;
An application reception process for receiving any of the applications displayed by the list display process from the operation unit;
When the data format determination process determines that the format of the image data acquired by the image data acquisition process is the same as the data format received by the data format reception process , the application reception process A sharing instruction specifying the received application and the image data in the data format acquired by the data format receiving process and received by the data format receiving process is input to the sharing unit, and the data format determination process is performed. When determining that the format of the image data acquired by the image data acquisition process is not the same as the data format received by the data format reception process, the application received by the application reception process, Specify the image data converted by the conversion process. Share instructs that an input process for inputting to said shared unit,
Executing a storage control process in which the data format accepted by the data format acceptance process is associated with the application accepted by the application acceptance process and stored in the storage unit;
In the input process, after the storage by the storage control process is performed, an operation for specifying a sharing instruction by the sharing instruction receiving process again, an acquisition of image data by the image data acquisition process, and an acceptance of the data format are performed. When the acceptance of the data format by the process is executed, the application stored in the storage unit in association with the data format accepted by the data format acceptance process again, and the image data acquisition process again, and An information processing apparatus that inputs a sharing instruction specifying image data in the data format received by the data format receiving process again to the sharing unit.