Information processing apparatus and its control method
US7382484B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 9, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 6, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2206/1508
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
When the distributed load system of grid computing is applied to printers, multi-functional peripheral equipments, and the like connected to a computer network, if a device which inputs a job received from the client is executing processing, the distributed processing requires much time, and the user of the client cannot obtain the print result soon. Hence, when a print job is input, the processing time upon executing distributed processing of data processes in the print job by computer devices connected to the computer network is estimated. Based on the estimation result, the print job or jobs divided from the print job are transmitted to the computer devices connected to the computer network.
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