Patent ID: 7747979
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A cooperation instruction information creation device for creating cooperation instruction information to instruct cooperation of plural services on a network, comprising: a service acquisition unit that acquires plural services for a document available to a user for each function constituting a job flow by using updated user information, wherein the user information is updated when at least one of the plural services is selected to constitute the job flow without execution of the at least one selected service of the plural services before the completion of the job flow, and the plural services available to the user being determined by content of a restriction value table expressing restrictions on execution of services for the document and values of the updated user information are checked against values of the restriction value table before a next selection of a service until an end of the job flow; a cooperation instruction information creation unit that creates the cooperation instruction information by using the plural services for the document acquired by the service acquisition unit; and a display unit that displays a service list, the service list including a list of the plural services for the document available to the user which the user can use at present, wherein each of the plural services for the document performs specific processing on data related to the document, the service acquisition unit acquires at least one of the plural services for the document available to the user for each of functions constituting a job flow for the document that is created and the cooperation instruction information creation unit provides for selection of at least one of the plural services for the document available to the user corresponding to each of the functions, and the plural services for the document available to the user and the user information are updated with each selection.