Information-processing apparatus and information-processing method

• US 20040199538A1
• Filed: 01/22/2004
• Published: 10/07/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Mihira, Sachiko, Matsuda, Toru
• Granted Patent: US 7,461,081 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0273 using web services for network management, e.g. simple object access protocol [SOAP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0807 using tickets, e.g. Kerberos cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using tickets or tokens H04L9/3213
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

In an information-processing apparatus which provides one or more clients with a function that needs exclusive access control, a first management unit manages a series of first processing steps and incidental information in a state where a session with a client is maintained. A second management unit manages a series of indivisible second processing steps performed by using the function that needs exclusive access control. The first management unit starts the management of the first processing steps when a management start request is received from the client or when a request other than the management start request is received.

Claims

1. An information-processing apparatus including a module which provides one or more clients with a function that needs exclusive access control, comprising:

a first management unit managing a series of first processing steps and incidental information in a state where a session with a client is maintained; and

a second management unit managing a series of indivisible second processing steps performed by using the function that needs exclusive access control,

wherein the first management unit starts the management of the first processing steps when a management start request is received from the client or when a request other than the management start request is received.

2. An information-processing apparatus including a module which provides one or more clients with a function that needs exclusive access control, comprising:

a first management unit managing a series of first processing steps and incidental information in a state where a session with a client is maintained; and

a second management unit managing a series of indivisible second processing steps performed by using the function that needs exclusive access control,

wherein the first management unit starts the management of the first processing steps when a management start request and a request other than the management start request are received from the client.

3. An information-processing apparatus including a module which provides one or more clients with a function that needs exclusive access control, comprising:

a first management unit managing a series of first processing steps and incidental information in a state where a session with a client is maintained; and

a second management unit managing a series of indivisible second processing steps performed by using the function that needs exclusive access control,

wherein the first management unit ends the management of the first processing steps when a management end request is received from the client or when a predetermined time-out period expires.

4. An information-processing apparatus including a module which provides one or more clients with a function that needs exclusive access control, comprising:

a first management unit managing a series of first processing steps and incidental information in a state where a session with a client is maintained; and

a second management unit managing a series of indivisible second processing steps performed by using the function that needs exclusive access control,

wherein the first management unit ends the management of the first processing steps when a management end request is received from the client and a predetermined time-out period expires.

5. An information-processing apparatus including a module which provides one or more clients with a function that needs exclusive access control, comprising:

a first management unit managing a series of first processing steps and incidental information in a state where a session with a client is maintained; and

a second management unit managing a series of indivisible second processing steps performed by using the function that needs exclusive access control,

wherein the second management unit starts the management of the second processing steps when a management start request is received from the client or when a request other than the management start request is received.

9. An information-processing apparatus according to claim 5 wherein the second management unit transmits, before starting the management of the second processing steps, a lock request to the module so that other clients than said client are inhibited from using the function that needs exclusive access control.

11. An information-processing apparatus according to claim 5 wherein the second management unit receives a lock type and a management start request from the client, the lock type indicating a classification of a lock request being sent to the module, and the second management unit transmits the lock request, indicated by the received lock type, to the module so that other clients than said client are inhibited from using the function that needs exclusive access control.

12. An information-processing apparatus according to claim 5 wherein the second management unit receives a lock type and a lock type change request from the client, the lock type indicating a classification of a lock request being sent to the module, and the second management unit transmits the lock request, indicated by the received lock type, to the module so that other clients than said client are inhibited from using the function that needs exclusive access control.

6. An information-processing apparatus including a module which provides one or more clients with a function that needs exclusive access control, comprising:

a first management unit managing a series of first processing steps and incidental information in a state where a session with a client is maintained; and

a second management unit managing a series of indivisible second processing steps performed by using the function that needs exclusive access control,

wherein the second management unit starts the management of the second processing steps when a management start request and a request other than the management start request are received from the client.

13. An information-processing apparatus according to claim 6 wherein the second management unit determines a classification of a lock request being sent to the module, in accordance with a kind of a function request received from the client, and the second management unit transmits the lock request, indicated by the determined classification, to the module so that other clients than said client are inhibited from using the function that needs exclusive access control.

14. An information-processing apparatus according to claim 6 wherein the second management unit transmits, before starting the management of the second processing steps, a lock request to the module so that other clients than said client are inhibited from using the function that needs exclusive access control.

7. An information-processing apparatus including a module which provides one or more clients with a function that needs exclusive access control, comprising:

a first management unit managing a series of first processing steps and incidental information in a state where a session with a client is maintained; and

a second management unit managing a series of indivisible second processing steps performed by using the function that needs exclusive access control,

wherein the second management unit ends the management of the second processing steps when a management end request is received from the client or when a predetermined time-out period expires.

10. An information-processing apparatus according to claim 7 wherein the second management unit transmits, after ending the management of the second processing steps, an unlock request to the module so that inhibition of using the function by other clients than said client is canceled.

8. An information-processing apparatus including a module which provides one or more clients with a function that needs exclusive access control, comprising:

a first management unit managing a series of first processing steps and incidental information in a state where a session with a client is maintained; and

a second management unit managing a series of indivisible second processing steps performed by using the function that needs exclusive access control,

wherein the second management unit ends the management of the second processing steps when a management end request is received from the client and a predetermined time-out period expires.

15. An information-processing apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the second management unit transmits, after ending the management of the second processing steps, an unlock request to the module so that inhibition of using the function by other clients than said client is canceled.

16. An information-processing method for an information-processing apparatus which provides one or more clients with a function that needs exclusive access control, the method comprising:

a first management step of managing a series of first processing steps and incidental information in a state where a session with a client is maintained; and

a second management step of managing a series of indivisible second processing steps performed by using the function that needs exclusive access control,

wherein the first management step starts the management of the first processing steps when a management start request is received from the client or when a request other than the management start request is received.

17. An information-processing method for an information-processing apparatus which provides one or more clients with a function that needs exclusive access control, the method comprising:

a first management step of managing a series of first processing steps and incidental information in a state where a session with a client is maintained; and

a second management step of managing a series of indivisible second processing steps performed by using the function that needs exclusive access control,

wherein the first management step starts the management of the first processing steps when a management start request and a request other than the management start request are received from the client.

18. An information-processing method for an information-processing apparatus which provides one or more clients with a function that needs exclusive access control, the method comprising:

a first management step of managing a series of first processing steps and incidental information in a state where a session with a client is maintained; and

a second management step of managing a series of indivisible second processing steps performed by using the function that needs exclusive access control,

wherein the first management step ends the management of the first processing steps when a management end request is received from the client or when a predetermined time-out period expires.

19. An information-processing method for an information-processing apparatus which provides one or more clients with a function that needs exclusive access control, the method comprising:

a first management step of managing a series of first processing steps and incidental information in a state where a session with a client is maintained; and

a second management step of managing a series of indivisible second processing steps performed by using the function that needs exclusive access control,

wherein the first management step ends the management of the first processing steps when a management end request is received from the client and a predetermined time-out period expires.

20. An information-processing method for an information-processing apparatus which provides one or more clients with a function that needs exclusive access control, the method comprising:

a first management step of managing a series of first processing steps and incidental information in a state where a session with a client is maintained; and

a second management step of managing a series of indivisible second processing steps performed by using the function that needs exclusive access control,

wherein the second management step starts the management of the second processing steps when a management start request is received from the client or when a request other than the management start request is received.

21. An information-processing method for an information-processing apparatus which provides one or more clients with a function that needs exclusive access control, the method comprising:

a first management step of managing a series of first processing steps and incidental information in a state where a session with a client is maintained; and

a second management step of managing a series of indivisible second processing steps performed by using the function that needs exclusive access control,

wherein the second management step starts the management of the second processing steps when a management start request and a request other than the management start request are received from the client.

22. An information-processing method for an information-processing apparatus which provides one or more clients with a function that needs exclusive access control, the method comprising:

a first management step of managing a series of first processing steps and incidental information in a state where a session with a client is maintained; and

a second management step of managing a series of indivisible second processing steps performed by using the function that needs exclusive access control,

wherein the second management step ends the management of the second processing steps when a management end request is received from the client or when a predetermined time-out period expires.

23. An information-processing method for an information-processing apparatus which provides one or more clients with a function that needs exclusive access control, the method comprising:

a first management step of managing a series of first processing steps and incidental information in a state where a session with a client is maintained; and

a second management step of managing a series of indivisible second processing steps performed by using the function that needs exclusive access control,

wherein the second management step ends the management of the second processing steps when a management end request is received from the client and a predetermined time-out period expires.