Patent ID: 8065406

Claim:
A job processing apparatus connected to a second job processing apparatus via a network, comprising: a job execution unit that, if an instruction is given to execute a cooperative job including a first job to be executed using the first job processing apparatus and a second job to be executed by the second job processing apparatus, executes the first job in the job processing apparatus, and creates history information on the first job executed by the job processing apparatus; a job management unit that stores, in a job storage unit, the history information created by the job execution unit in association with first identification information for identifying the history information and manages the cooperative job; an instruction unit that instructs the second job processing apparatus to execute the second job via the network; and a reception unit that receives second identification information for identifying history information on the second job executed by the second job processing apparatus via the network, wherein the job management unit links, and stores in the job storage unit, the first identification information, the second identification information received by the reception unit, and the history information on the first job.