INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus, having a processor and memory, comprising:
- a processor configured to assign a task to one or more apparatuses when a priority rank of the information processing apparatus is a predetermined rank or higher rank among other ranks of other apparatuses; and
a data interface configured to transmit a request to execute processing related to the task to the assigned one or more apparatuses.
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Abstract
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a receiver configured to receive a request to perform processing related to a task, from a first information processing apparatus which functions as a client on a network; a scheduler configured to, when a rank of a priority of the scheduler of the information processing apparatus among information processing apparatuses on the network is a first predetermined rank or higher, assign the task to one or a plurality of second information processing apparatuses which function as nodes on the network; and a transmitter configured to transmit a request to execute processing related to the task assigned to the one or the plurality of second information processing apparatuses.
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19 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus, having a processor and memory, comprising:
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a processor configured to assign a task to one or more apparatuses when a priority rank of the information processing apparatus is a predetermined rank or higher rank among other ranks of other apparatuses; and a data interface configured to transmit a request to execute processing related to the task to the assigned one or more apparatuses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus having a processor, the method comprising:
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when a rank of a priority of the information processing apparatus among apparatuses on the network is a first predetermined rank or higher, assigning a task to one or more other apparatuses which function as nodes on the network; and transmitting a request to execute processing related to the task assigned to the one or more other apparatuses.
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12. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon which causes a computer to execute:
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a function of, when a rank of a priority of an information processing apparatus among apparatuses on the network is a first predetermined rank or higher, assigning the task to one or more other apparatuses which function as nodes on the network; and a function of transmitting a request to execute processing related to the task assigned to the one or more other apparatuses.
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13. An information processing system comprising a plurality of information processing apparatuses on a network, each having a processor, and further comprising:
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a processor configured to assign a task to one or more other apparatuses which function as nodes on the network; and a transmitter configured to transmit a request to execute processing related to the task assigned to the one or more other apparatuses, wherein a function of a processor of, among the plurality of information processing apparatuses, an information processing apparatus whose rank of a priority of the processor is a first predetermined rank or higher is enabled, and functions of processors of other apparatuses are disabled. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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