Patent ID: 8099384

Claim:
An operation procedure extrapolating system comprising: a history recording unit that records history records of processes that at least one image processing apparatus is instructed to perform in a series of operations, each history record including operator information indicating an operator who instructs execution of a corresponding process, time information indicating a time at which the corresponding process is executed, content information indicating contents of the corresponding process, and an object image as an object of the corresponding process; a sort unit that sorts the history records so as to classify operations into sets defined for individual operations, based on a comparison among the object images included in the respective history records recorded in the history recording unit; and an extrapolating unit that extrapolates orders of operations in at least one of the individual operations, based on (i) the content information of the history records of the operations included in the set defined for the at least one of the individual operations and (ii) a sequence of the operator information of the history records of the operations included in the set defined for the at least one of the individual operations, wherein the individual operations are a series of operations that have all been executed with respect to one particular report, and the object image for each individual operation of the series of operations includes a same common-portion information identifying said each individual operation as corresponding to the one particular report.