Patent ID: 8190560
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A workflow execution apparatus including at least one processor and memory communicatively-coupled via a bus, connected to a network and configured to execute a workflow by sending and receiving document data, the workflow execution apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to input a document; a job processing execution unit configured to execute job processing according to a workflow on the document input by the input unit; a sending unit configured to send the document on which the job processing has been executed by the job processing execution unit; a document storage unit configured to store the document input by the input unit or the document on which the job processing has been executed by the job processing execution unit; a job log storage unit configured to store as a job log a job processing content executed on the document by the job processing execution unit; a document search unit configured to search for a document stored in the document storage unit using a document name as a search key; a log search unit configured to search for a log content of the job log stored in the job log storage unit using a document name as a search key; a determination unit configured to determine whether a document having the search key has been sent by the sending unit from the workflow execution apparatus to an external apparatus, based on a job processing content indicated by the job log, as a result of search by the log search unit; a search request execution unit configured to execute a search request for the document having the search key to the external apparatus, if it is determined by the determination unit that the document having the search key has been sent to the external apparatus; a receiving unit configured to receive a search result of the search request from the external apparatus; and a search result output unit configured to output a search result by the document search unit and the search result received by the receiving unit as a search result of the document having the search key.