Patent ID: 7809137

Claim:
A job allocation control apparatus for controlling allocation of jobs, comprising: a secure device whose security is assured; and a separate normal device whose security is not assured a security discrimination unit adapted to discriminate whether or not a job has security setting; a device determination unit adapted to set the job to a scheduling target to the secure device if it is discriminated by said security discrimination unit that the job has the security setting and set the job to a scheduling target to the normal device if it is discriminated by said security discrimination unit that the job does not have the security setting; a job specifying unit adapted to, when a fault occurs in the secure device, specify a job that cannot be executed by a job deadline due to the fault from among jobs set to the scheduling target to the secure device by said device determination unit; a determination unit adapted to determine who is operating the normal device and; a transmission control unit adapted to transmit the job specified by said job specifying unit to normal device if it is determined by said determination unit that an operator of the secure device is operating the normal device and suspend transmission of the specified job if it is determined by said determination unit that an operator of the normal device is operating the normal device.