Patent ID: 8411300
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A workflow execution system comprising: a plurality of proper image processing apparatuses that is connected to a network and work together to execute one workflow related to image information by individually executing their own assigned works in a predetermined order; and a proxy image processing apparatus that is interconnected to the plurality of proper image processing apparatuses via the network and executes by proxy a work assigned to any of the plurality of proper image processing apparatuses, and a proper image processing apparatus configured to execute its own assigned work, comprising: the proxy image processing apparatus comprising: a transmitter that transmits the workflow execution information and the image information to the image processing apparatus downstream in charge of a next work, according to the information indicating the image processing apparatus downstream in charge of a next work, which is stored in the portable recording medium, wherein: the proper apparatus controller of the proper image processing apparatus stores a condition for obtaining log information from the proper image processing apparatus itself, in the portable recording medium; the proxy apparatus controller of the proxy image processing apparatus obtains log information of the work executed by proxy, according to the condition for obtaining log information, which is stored in the portable recording medium, and then stores the log information in the portable recording medium; and the proper image processing apparatus stores in a log information storage location of the proper image processing apparatus itself, the log information stored in the portable recording medium, if the portable recording medium is reconnected to the proper image processing apparatus.