Patent ID: 8730493
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: G03G,G06F

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an execution unit configured to execute a processing flow for sequentially carrying out a plurality of processes, the processing flow being defined by processing flow information including a description representing the plurality of processes; a display section configured to display an operation screen providing a first user with a first option to display indications of private processing flows dedicated to the first user and a second option to display indications of public processing flows generated by at least another user; and a recovery processing flow creation unit configured to be operable, when execution of the processing flow executed by the execution unit is interrupted, to create recovery processing flow information defining a recovery processing flow for carrying out yet-to-be-executed ones of the processes included in the interrupted processing flow, wherein the execution unit is configured to execute the recovery processing flow defined by the recovery processing flow information created by the recovery processing flow creation unit, and wherein the recovery processing flow creation unit is configured to create, when user authentication for the first user has been completed, the recovery processing flow information as one of the private processing flows for the first user.