Patent ID: 8760682

Claim:
A job processing apparatus which executes a cooperation job in cooperation with another job processing apparatus, the job processing apparatus comprising: a transmitting unit configured to transmit image data to the another job processing apparatus as a part of the cooperation job; an analysis unit configured to analyze a transmitting status of the image data and configured to judge whether or not a transmission of the image data by the transmitting unit has been completed; a determination unit configured to, in a case where the analysis unit has judged that the transmission of the image data by the transmitting unit has been completed, determine that it is not possible to accept an operation for the cooperation job via an operation unit, and, in a case where the analysis unit has judged that the transmission of the image data by the transmitting unit has not been completed, determine that it is possible to accept the operation for the cooperation job via the operation unit; and a control unit configured to, in a case where the determination unit has determined that it is possible to accept the operation for the cooperation job via the operation unit, permit acceptance of the operation for the cooperation job via the operation unit and, in a case where the determination unit has determined that it is not possible to accept the operation for the cooperation job via the operation unit, restrict acceptance of the operation for the cooperation job via the operation unit.