Patent ID: 7746772

Claim:
A task cooperation processing method comprising: a step of using an information processing apparatus to perform the steps: an acquisition step of acquiring a processing flow which defines cooperation processing performed by a plurality of tasks; a setting step of setting input information associated with an amount of data to be processed by the acquired cooperation flow; a calculation step of calculating an estimation time required for processing of the acquired processing flow on the basis of the input information; a designation step of accepting a time limit, designated by a user, for executing the processing flow; and a change step of, when the estimation time is longer than the time limit, changing function settings of tasks in the processing flow so as to make the estimation time calculated in the calculation step become not more than the time limit, wherein, in the change step, function items which are set in tasks included in a group consisting of resolution, print method and color mode, contained in the processing flow and whose settings should be changed, are sequentially selected from change information which describes function items to be changed and changed contents, and setting contents of the function items are changed by referring to the change information until the estimation time becomes not more than the time limit.