Patent ID: 8482764
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing system in which a plurality of image input/output apparatus can communicate with one another via a communication medium, comprising: a transfer unit configured to transfer a job from a first image input/output apparatus to a second image input/output apparatus; a generating unit configured to generate a job handle used to identify the job which is to be transferred by said transfer unit and is currently on the first image input/output apparatus, the job handle allowing the second image input/output apparatus to manipulate the job; a job handle sending unit configured to send the job handle generated by said generating unit from the first image input/output apparatus to the second image input/output apparatus before said transfer unit transfers the job from the first image input/output apparatus to the second image input/output apparatus; a request sending unit configured to, if the second image input/output apparatus is requested to manipulate a job which is currently on the first image input/output apparatus and which is to be transferred by said transfer unit, send a request from the second image input/output apparatus to the first image input/output apparatus, for manipulating the job, based on the job handle sent by said job handle sending unit; and a control unit configured to, if the second image input/output apparatus is requested to manipulate a job which has been transferred from the first image input/output apparatus to the second image input/output apparatus and which is currently on the second input/output apparatus, manipulate the job.