INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT CAUSES DISPLAY DEVICE, WHEN EXECUTING REMOTE PROCESS, TO DISPLAY SCREEN NOT INCLUDING DETAIL OF REMOTE PROCESSING, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes an operation device, a display device, a communication device, and a control device that acts as a controller. the controller establishes remote connection with an external device through the communication device, and executes a remote process according to a remote instruction transmitted from the remotely connected external device, transmits image data representing a remote screen, serving as an operation screen to be displayed on the display device when the remote process is executed, to the external device, and executes, at a predetermined timing while the information processing apparatus is in operation in remote connection with the external device, a concealing display operation including causing the display device to display a predetermined substitute screen not containing an operation detail related to the remote process, instead of causing the display device to display the remote screen.

Inventor(s): Shuntaro TSUJI, Hironori OKAMOTO

CPC Classification: H04N1/00344 (Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof)

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