Patent ID: 8760702

Claim:
A device cooperation system, comprising: plural devices connected via a network, in which the plural devices take partial charge of providing functions necessary for a single job constituted by a series of processes starting from input to output, wherein a first device includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire image data that is an output target, an output condition receiving unit configured to receive a first output condition used by the first device and a second output condition used by an at least one second device when outputting the image data, a first important document determining unit configured to determine whether first important information determined in advance is included in the image data, a first operation control unit configured to control an output operation of the first device based on the first output condition and send an output request to the at least one second device, a first output unit configured to output an output object according to the first output condition of the first device, a first operation information recording unit configured to record operation information of the first output unit when the first important document determining unit determines that the first important information is included in the image data, and a data communication unit configured to send, to the at least one second device, the image data, a determination result indicating whether the first important information is included in the image data, and the second output condition of the at least one second device, and the at least one second device includes: a second operation control unit configured to control an output operation of the at least one second device in response to receiving the output request from the first device, a second output unit configured to output an output object according to the second output condition of the at least one second device, and a second operation information recording unit configured to record operation information of the second output unit when the determination result indicating that the first important information is included in the image data is acquired from the first device.