Patent ID: 7551303
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. a service processing device comprising: a controller that: (1) interprets contents of script data that describes a location of document data object to be processed, contents of plural service processing operations to be performed to the document-data, and process flow of the plural service processing operations; and (2) links plural service processing apparatus that are connected to a network with each other to perform the plural service processing operations to the document data on the basis of a result of the interpreted contents, wherein at least two of the service processing apparatus each perform a different subset of the service processing operations, and wherein the plural service processing operations includes a first service processing operation to be performed to the document data by first service processing apparatus and a second service processing operation to be performed to the document data by second service processing apparatus, the first and second service processing operations being different types of operations, the document data being processed by the first service processing operation to produce first modified document data, the first modified document data being processed by the second service processing operation to produce second modified document data; transmits, according to the process flow, information specifying the location of the document data to the first service processing apparatus to perform the first service processing operation to the document data; receives, from the first service processing apparatus, information specifying a location of the processed document data, the processed document data being processed and stored by the first service processing apparatus; and transmits, according to the process flow, information specifying the location of the processed document data to the second service processing apparatus to perform the second service processing operation to the processed document data; the second service processing apparatus, on the basis of the information specifying the location of the processed data, retrieves the first modified document data.