Patent ID: 8830501
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A process flow execution apparatus in which a first process flow application is installed, and that is adapted to communicate, via a network, with an external apparatus in which a second process flow application is installed, the process flow execution apparatus comprising: an acceptance unit adapted to accept a process flow from the external apparatus, the process flow generated by the second process flow application, the process flow describing process contents of a plurality of tasks including an image inputting task and an image outputting task, and the acceptance unit adapted to accept an instruction for the process flow execution apparatus to execute the plurality of tasks based on the process flow; and a control unit adapted, in response to accepting the instruction, but before the process flow execution apparatus executes the plurality of tasks based on the process flow, to: determine whether or not a version of the second process flow application installed in the external apparatus that generated the process flow is higher than a version of the first process flow application installed in said process flow execution apparatus, and control to display a warning screen on a display unit if it is determined by the control unit that the version of the second process flow application installed in the external apparatus that generated the process flow is higher than the version of the first process flow application installed in said process flow execution apparatus, wherein the process flow execution apparatus further comprises an inquiry unit adapted to, if the version of the second process flow application installed in the external apparatus that generated the process flow is higher than the version of the first process flow application installed in said process flow execution apparatus, inquire of another apparatus connected via said network, about process contents of said process flow that cannot be executed in the first process flow application installed in said process flow execution apparatus, and wherein said control unit is adapted to cause information indicating process contents received from said another apparatus, to be displayed on said display unit, in response to the inquiry from said inquiry unit.