INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM

• US 20120182580A1
• Filed: 12/21/2011
• Published: 07/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yamashita, Hiroshi, Matsuyama, Yoichi, Kojima, Yuji
• Granted Patent: US 9,645,770 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1203 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1246 by handling markup languages, e.g. XSL, XML, HTML
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1267 Job repository, e.g. non-scheduled jobs, delay printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/127 by using hot folders, e.g. folder for which print settings or print data management rules are set in advance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration

Abstract

A first information processing apparatus inputs job data and a corresponding file associated with the job data to a hot folder of a second information processing apparatus. When the second information processing apparatus detects the corresponding file input to the hot folder, it determines whether the job data has been copied in the hot folder. If it is determined that the job data has been copied in the hot folder, the job data is processed.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising a first information processing apparatus for storing job data in a hot folder of a second information processing apparatus and said second information processing apparatus for processing the job data stored in the hot folder,

said first information processing apparatus comprising:

a storage start unit configured to start to store the job data in the hot folder; and

a file storage unit configured to store a corresponding file associated with the job data in the hot folder, and

said second information processing apparatus comprising;

a detection unit configured to detect the corresponding file stored in the hot folder;

a determination unit configured to determine, when said detection unit detects the corresponding file, whether the job data associated with the corresponding file has been stored in the hot folder; and

a processing unit configured to process the job data when said determination unit determines that the job data has been stored in the hot folder.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the corresponding file is associated with the job data by setting a job name of the job data as a file name of the corresponding file.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein for the job data which is stored in the hot folder before said detection unit detects the corresponding file, said determination unit determines whether the data has been stored in the hot folder.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein if the job data is in a locked state indicating that the job data is being copied in the hot folder, said determination unit determines that the job data has not been stored in the hot folder, and if the job data is not in the locked state, said determination unit determines that the job data has been stored in the hot folder.

5. An information processing apparatus for storing job data in a hot folder, comprising:

a storage start unit configured to start to store the job data in the hot folder; and

a file storage unit configured to store a corresponding file associated with the job data in the hot folder.

6. An information processing apparatus for processing job data stored in a hot folder, comprising:

a detection unit configured to detect a corresponding file that is stored in the hot folder and associated with the job data;

a determination unit configured to determine, when said detection unit detects the corresponding file, whether the job data associated with the corresponding file has been stored in the hot folder, and

a processing unit configured to process the job data when said determination unit determines that the job data has been stored in the hot folder.

7. An information processing method which is executed in an information processing system including a first information processing apparatus for storing job data in a hot folder and a second information processing apparatus for processing the job data stored in the hot folder, the method comprising;

in the first information processing apparatus,

a storage start step of starting to store the job data in the hot folder; and

a file storage step of storing a corresponding file associated with the job data in the hot folder, and

in the second information processing apparatus,

a detection step of detecting the corresponding file stored in the hot folder;

a determination step of determining, when the corresponding file is detected in the detection step, whether the job data associated with the corresponding file has been stored in the hot folder; and

a processing step of processing, when it is determined in the determination step that the job data has been in the hot folder, the job data.

8. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function, in order to process job data stored in a hot folder, to

start to store the job data in the hot folder,

store a corresponding file associated with the job data in the hot folder,

detect the corresponding file stored in the hot folder,

determine, when the corresponding file is detected, whether the job data associated with the corresponding file has been stored in the hot folder, and

process, when it is determined that the job data has been stored in the hot folder, the job data.

9. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function, in order to store job data in a hot folder, to

start to store the job data in the hot folder, and

store a corresponding file associated with the job data in the hot folder.

10. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function, in order to process job data stored in a hot folder, to

detect a corresponding file which is stored in the hot folder and associated with the job data,

determine, when the corresponding file is detected, whether the job data associated with the corresponding file has been stored in the hot folder, and

process, when it is determined that the job data has been stored in the hot folder, the job data.