Patent ID: 8373878

Claim:
An information processing apparatus configured to create definition information of a task cooperative job flow including plural tasks executable as a series of cooperated job processing and usable in plural machine types of task processing devices including first and second task processing devices mutually different in machine type, the information processing apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display first task information relating to plural tasks usable in the first task processing device, in creating definition information of a first task cooperative job flow executable in the first task processing device; an editing creation unit configured to create definition information of the first task cooperative job flow based on an edit instruction entered using the first task information displayed by the display unit; and a production unit configured to produce definition information of a second task cooperative job flow executable in the second task processing device based on the definition information of the first cooperative job flow created by the editing creation unit as well as based on second task information relating to plural tasks usable in the second task processing device.