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Apparatus and method for controlling execution of job, and storage medium for such a program

US6587861B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 13, 1998
Grant dateJul 1, 2003
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/1267
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A client generates a request in accordance with an operation initiated by a user, and transmits the request to a server for a local apparatus or to another apparatus. The server interprets the received request, adds a job to a database, and generates and transmits operation screen information to the client. Then, a daemon monitors the database, and detects and performs an executable job. Furthermore, when the local apparatus is designated to display a job list, to select a job therefrom and to print it, the local apparatus processes the job. When another apparatus is designated to process a job, the job is transmitted to that apparatus. When the transmission source of the received job matches a transmission source that has been registered, the execution process is inhibited. The time for executing a selected job is designated and, so that the selected job will be executed at that time, is stored with the job.

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