Patent ID: 8537404
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling and monitoring transfers of jobs from clients connected in a network to shared resources connected in the network, the method comprising the following being executed by the server: receiving from a client connected in the network, a request to be allowed to send a job to a selected shared resource connected in the network; sending, when the selected shared resource is accessible and has capacity to receive the job at present, a go-ahead to the client that the client can send the job directly to the selected shared resource; and repetitively receiving at the server, from the client, updated status information regarding the completion of the job by the shared resource, the repetitively receiving of the updated status information occurring after the sending of the go-ahead, absence of the repetitively receiving indicating an operation error of the client or a communication error between the client and the server.