Patent ID: 11928375
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. An operation status notification method for an image processing apparatus, comprising:
acquiring a job transmitted from an information processing apparatus;
executing a function requested for the acquired job;
selecting a time for transmitting, to the information processing apparatus, a process completion notification indicating normal termination of execution of the function after the function is executed;
transmitting the process completion notification to the information processing apparatus, wherein selecting the time further comprises:
selecting, depending on whether a new job is acquired, either a job execution completion time that is a time when the execution of the function normally terminates or a job acquisition completion time that is a time before the execution of the function starts, as the time for transmitting the process completion notification to the information processing apparatus,
when the image processing apparatus is in a status where a function is currently being executed and no new job is acquirable, selecting the job acquisition completion time as the time for transmitting the process completion notification to the information processing apparatus; and

after acquiring the job;
transmitting the process completion notification at the job acquisition completion time before the execution of the function requested for the acquired job starts, and
executing the function after the process completion notification for the acquired job is transmitted to the information processing apparatus.