CPC Class H04N

An information processing apparatus having a printer driver includes a display part that displays on a screen a first image, a second image, a first setting item that relates to the first image and a second setting item that relates to the second image, a control part that determines one of the first and second images as a main image and the other of them as a sub image, displays both of the main and sub images on the screen, and receives a selection made by a user of the apparatus, and a display switching part that displays the first image as the main image relating to the first setting item when the first setting item is selected by the user, and the second image as the sub image.

A system and method for networked document editing and printing includes a cloud server communicating with a plurality of remote computing devices via a network interface. The server stores a word processing application and receives identifiable login requests from the remote computing devices. The server receives an electronic document under direction of one of the plurality of remote computing devices and defines a document workgroup. The server receives a print schedule, defining a target print date, from a remote computing device. The server generates a remote document editing interface on the remote computing devices in accordance with a word processor application. The server receives and processes edits to the electronic document from the remote computing devices via associated remote document editing interfaces and generates a corresponding updated electronic document. The server to sends the updated electronic document to an associated printer in accordance with the print schedule.

An electronic device for sharing images with another electronic device through bidirectional communication and providing feedback information based on the information concerning the images and an information sharing method of the electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a user interface, a communication circuit configured to connect the electronic device to at least one external electronic device though at least one of first and second communication channels, a memory, and a processor which is electrically connected to the user interface, the communication circuit, and the memory, wherein the memory stores instructions for the processor to establish a communication connection with the external electronic device through the first and second communication channels, transmit contents to the external electronic device through the second communication channel, receive at least one of input information made to the contents at the external electronic device and status information of the external electronic device through the second communication channel, generate feedback information related to the contents based on at least one of the input information and feedback information, and output the feedback information through the user interface.

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for managing audio files of a user to reduce latencies in play start times on local devices. The audio files are stored on cloud storage managed by a server. One method includes processing a plurality of audio files associated with a user, where the processing is configured to create audio snippet files from each of the plurality of audio files. The audio snippet files representing a beginning part of each of the plurality of audio files. The method also includes transmitting the audio snippet files to a client device and detecting a request from the client to begin playing a first audio file from the plurality of audio files of the user. The first audio file being stored on the cloud storage managed by the server.