Patent ID: 8208156
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus having a storage device configured to store data, the storage device having a plurality of storage areas managed by common identification information among a plurality of image processing apparatuses, comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive, from another image processing apparatus which is included in the plurality of image processing apparatuses and is different from the image processing apparatus, a processing flow for performing processing of storing of data which is to be performed in the another image apparatus, wherein the processing flow includes identification information indicating a storage area which is to be a storage destination of data and information indicating that an access control has been set to the storage area; an instruction unit configured to instruct the processing with an instruction according to the processing flow received by the receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform the processing based on the processing flow in accordance with the instruction of the instruction unit in a case where the access control has been set to the storage area indicated by the identification information included in the processing flow among the plurality of storage areas of the storage device included in the image processing apparatus, and to restrict the performance of the processing in a case where the access control has not been set.