| CPC G06F 3/0481 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |
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1. An information processing apparatus that sequentially executes a plurality of information processing steps, the information processing apparatus comprising:
a computer including a central processing unit;
a memory device including a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing program including instructions coupled to and executable by the central processing unit comprising:
a management section operating to manage the plurality of information processing steps by dividing the plurality of information processing steps into a plurality of processing groups;
an information processing section:
(i) that operates to execute a processing flow that processes a step among the plurality of information processing steps that accepts a user input;
(ii) thereafter processes the plurality of processing groups in a processing order according to a group selection order rule; and
(iii) where at least some of the plurality of information processing steps included in each of the plurality of processing groups are processed in a selection order according to a step execution order rule, such that according to the user input, the processing flow branches to any one of a plurality of different, alternative processing steps in a respective one of the plurality of processing groups;
a group progress image generating section operating to execute a progress display image representing a progress of processing of the plurality of information processing steps associated with user input included in each of the plurality of processing groups, where an indication of a level of completion of the plurality of information processing steps within a given one of the plurality of processing groups is determined by reviewing respective progress information data indicating respective completion for each of the plurality of information processing steps within such given one of the plurality of processing groups, and wherein the progress display image updates in response to respective completion of an information processing step associated with user input; and
a display control section operating to output and display a screen in which the progress display image for each of the plurality of processing groups is arranged at each predetermined position in one screen; and
wherein each of the plurality of processing groups comprises a number of information processing steps associated with the user input, wherein the progress display image is divided into a plurality of equal portions corresponding to the number of information processing steps, and wherein each portion of the plurality of equal portions sequentially updates in response to respective completion of each information processing step.
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