A note-type personal computer according to the present invention has an LCD for displaying information stored in an internal storage provided therein, and an external storage or an external picture server connected thereto, via the internet. And, operation for the information stored in the respective storages is performed by the user in the same procedure using operation units such as a keyboard, a touch pad, with indication on the LCD confirmed. When the information stored in the picture server is displayed, the LCD displays auxiliary information indicative of this notice. The LCD displays the auxiliary information using a different folder name, or displays the auxiliary information on the background of a display area of the LCD. So, the user can confirm contents on the internet easily without the need of performing complicated operations.

An information processing apparatus includes a touch panel and a display. The display displays a predetermined receiving section having a display form that is different between when an unfinished job is not present on the information processing apparatus and when the unfinished job is present on the information processing apparatus. If the predetermined receiving section has received an instruction from a user with the unfinished job not being present, the display displays a predetermined operation item, and if the receiving section has received the instruction from the user with the unfinished job being present, the display displays the predetermined operation item and an operation item that receives an instruction to display the unfinished job.

System(s) and method(s) for transferring print jobs from a multi-function device to an external storage device are described. The method includes detecting the external storage device by the multi-function device when the external storage device is connected to the multi-function device. The method further includes determining if there is a print job of a user in a print queue of the multi-function device and displaying an option to transfer the print job to the external storage device based on the determination. The method includes receiving an input from the user, the input is indicative of a selection of the option to transfer the print job. Also, the method includes automatically creating a pre-defined folder in the external storage device based on receiving the input and transferring the print job of the user from the print queue of the multi-function device to the pre-defined folder of the external storage device.

A display control device includes: a management unit that manages a display time period when displaying each of a plurality of messages on a display device for each user; a setting unit that sets the display time period on the basis of an operation of a user; and a control unit that controls display of the message on the basis of the display time period managed by the management unit.

An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit that stores history information regarding a use condition of the information processing apparatus to which a product has been introduced, an obtaining unit that obtains, from an external apparatus, analysis information for analyzing the history information, an analysis unit that analyzes the history information by executing the obtained analysis information, and an output unit that outputs an analysis result obtained by executing the analysis information.

An image forming apparatus includes: an execution unit that, when a specific execution instruction is received, which specifies that a manual sheet feed section via which a sheet is fed manually is included as a sheet feed source that feeds the sheet, under the condition that the sheet is present in the manual sheet feed section, executes specific printing; and a confirmation unit that, when the execution unit executes first specific printing according to a first specific execution instruction, then receives a second specific execution instruction from an operator different from an operator who has issued the first specific execution instruction, under the condition that the sheet is present in the manual sheet feed section, confirms with the different operator whether the sheet is allowed to be fed from the manual sheet feed section before the execution unit executes second specific printing according to the second specific execution instruction.

A display device includes: a display; a touch panel disposed on the display; a memory that stores screen configuration information essentially including information of a base area of a fixed size and an extra area of an unfixed size; a retrieving portion that retrieves the screen configuration information therefrom; a display processor that allocates the base area in an image displayable area of the display on the basis of a reference point of the screen of the display and displays a first screen in the allocated base area, and that further allocates the extra area in an area other than the base area and displays a second screen in the allocated extra area when the image displayable area of the display is larger than the base area; and a judgment portion that judges whether or not a user stretches the extra area toward the base area on the touch panel.

A control method for an information processing apparatus which comprises a memory that stores a graphical user interface (GUI) application capable of providing a GUI in a case where a driver that does not have a function of providing a GUI is selected, the control method includes causing the GUI application to acquire drawing data generated by a drawing application, acquiring, by the GUI application, at least either of data including information indicating a setting and data including information indicating a capability of the driver, and providing, the GUI application, a first display item.

Disclosed is a mobile terminal, by which an image can be easily attached. In particular, the present invention includes a 1.sup.st camera, a touchscreen, and a controller controlling the touchscreen to output a running screen of a prescribed application and a preview screen of the 1.sup.st camera to a 1.sup.st region and a 2.sup.nd region on the touchscreen, respectively, the controller, if a photograph command is received, attaching an image data photographed through the 1.sup.st camera to the prescribed application, wherein a data size of the attached image data is based on a size of the 2.sup.nd region.

An information processing apparatus includes a touch panel and a display. The display displays a predetermined receiving section having a display form that is different between when an unfinished job is not present on the information processing apparatus and when the unfinished job is present on the information processing apparatus. If the predetermined receiving section has received an instruction from a user with the unfinished job not being present, the display displays a predetermined operation item, and if the receiving section has received the instruction from the user with the unfinished job being present, the display displays the predetermined operation item and an operation item that receives an instruction to display the unfinished job.