Patent Document ID: 20090234867
Application ID: 12210906
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. 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 operation procedures, 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 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 operation procedures in at least one of the individual operations, based on (i) the content information of the history records 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 included in the set defined for the at least one of the individual operations.