Patent ID: 8547569

Claim:
An information processing system comprising a plurality of information processing devices connected to a network, each of said plurality of information processing devices including: a storage unit to store, for each of said plurality of information processing devices, function information which defines an individual process that is performed by the information processing device itself and does not allow processed data to be output to any information processing device other than the information processing device, and function information that defines a shared process that can be performed by another of the information processing devices and allows processed data to be output to any of all information processing devices other than the information processing device, wherein the individual process function information is stored with a state identification that distinguishes it from shared process function information; a setting screen display unit to read the function information of all of said plurality of information processing devices stored in said storage unit and display a setting screen that allows setting of a process condition for performing a process that can be performed in at least one of said plurality of information processing devices; a process condition reception unit to receive said process condition; and an output unit to output said received process condition to any one of said plurality of information processing devices, each of said plurality of information processing devices further including: a data designation unit to receive designation of data to be processed; and a destination designation unit to receive designation of a destination device that outputs said designated data among said plurality of information processing devices, wherein said setting screen display unit provides display that allows setting of said process condition for performing said individual process and said shared process of said designated destination device and said shared process of all information processing devices other than said destination device that cannot be performed by said destination device.