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

Claim 7:
8. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a job acquirer that acquires a job transmitted from an information processing apparatus;
a function executor that executes a function requested for the acquired job; and
a completion notification selector that selects 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, wherein
the completion notification selector selects, depending on whether the job acquirer acquires a new job, 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, and
when the time for transmitting the process completion notification to the information processing apparatus is changed from the job execution completion time to the job acquisition completion time and when the time for transmitting the process completion notification to the information processing apparatus is changed from the job acquisition completion time to the job execution completion time, the change in the time for transmitting the process completion notification to the information processing apparatus is transmitted to the information processing apparatus.