Patent ID: 9723176
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a providing unit that provides document data accumulated in the image processing apparatus in response to a request from another image processing apparatus within an image processing apparatus group that is identical to the image processing apparatus group to which the image processing apparatus is included; a transfer unit that transfers a duplicate of a document accumulated in the image processing apparatus to the another image processing apparatus in an in-operation state within the image processing apparatus group when the image processing apparatus transitions to an inaccessible state; a reception history record recording unit that, upon receiving an another duplicate of an another document from the another image processing apparatus within the image processing apparatus group, accumulates the received another duplicate of the another document and records a reception history record indicating receipt of the another duplicate of the another document; a printing history record recording unit that, in response to printing of the document in the image processing apparatus or the another duplicate of the another document obtained from the another image processing apparatus within the image processing apparatus group, records a printing history record indicating printing of the document or the another duplicate of the another document; and a deletion unit that, upon obtaining a reception history record and the printing history record for the another duplicate document accumulated in the image processing apparatus from the another image processing apparatus within the image processing apparatus group after the image processing apparatus has transitioned from the inaccessible state to the in-operation state, deletes the duplicate of the document from the image processing apparatus.