Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Fumitoshi Ito

Makiya Tamura

Daijiro Miyamoto

Ryuta Mori

Shuuhei Kawakami

Natsuki Kato

Atsushi Matsumoto

Masayuki Sato

Fumio Mikami

Junya Arakawa

Satoki Watariuchi

Hideki Sugiyama

In a multifunction peripheral (MFP), an information processing apparatus includes an execution unit configured to execute a series of processing operations of the MFP including a plurality of processes by combining a plurality of extension programs according to a definition file that defines the series of processing operations, and a determination unit configured to determine a design of a user interface that is used in common by the plurality of extension programs executing the respective processes of the series of processing operations, wherein the plurality of extension programs has respective designs of user interfaces.

User interface definition for information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium

In an information processing apparatus, upon the calling of a web application being instructed, the information processing apparatus sets a URL corresponding to the web application in the web browser and makes a request to the web server, and when a request to perform a confirmation process for the license is received from the web server, the information processing apparatus generates signature information of the information processing apparatus, sends the signature information to the URL, and obtains authorization information from the web server. The web server confirms a license of the information processing apparatus in response to the request from the information processing apparatus, and responds to the information processing apparatus with web application content upon the license of the information processing apparatus being successfully confirmed.

Information processing system, method of controlling the system, information processing apparatus, web server, and storage medium

When a request for a service is made from a Web browser to a Web application, the Web application requests the service from a service provider of an MFP in accordance with the request. The service provider obtains a destination URL from the Web browser, and compares the destination URL with the URL of a service host written in a manifest file of a cooperation permission application. If those URLs match, the service provision is permitted.

Information processing apparatus, control method in information processing apparatus, and image processing apparatus

An image processing system includes a memory unit configured to store an address book to be used for setting a transmission destination of image data, a receiving unit configured to receive the image data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a name that is registered in the address book in association with information of a transmission source of the image data received by the receiving unit, a setting unit configured to set a folder path for a plurality of hierarchies which includes a folder with the name acquired by the acquisition unit, and a storage unit configured to store the image data received by the receiving unit in a folder indicated by the folder path that is set by the setting unit.

Image processing system storing received image data in folder, image processing method, and storage medium

An image processing system includes a storage unit configured to store an address book to be used to set a transmission destination of image data, a reception unit configured to receive image data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a name registered in the address book in association with transmission source information of the image data received by the reception unit, a setting unit configured to set a filename using the name acquired by the acquisition unit to the image data received by the reception unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to which the filename is set by the setting unit.

Image processing system for setting filename to received image data, image processing method therefor, and storage medium

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a first transmission means that transmits to a Web server first request data describing contents of a user's instruction via an operation screen displayed with a Web browser, an execution means that receives from the Web server response data to the first request data from the first transmission means and executes image processing based on the received response data, and a second transmission means that transmits second request data to the Web server based on the response data received from the Web server. The response data received from the Web server includes plural addresses to be accessed according to events that can occur when the execution means executes the image processing. The second transmission means transmits the second request data to one of the addresses corresponding to an event having occurred when the execution means has executed the image processing.

Information processing apparatus, web server, control method and storage medium

An expense registration system capable of communicating with a management server that manages expenses individually for each matter includes a transmission unit configured to transmit a uniform resource locator (URL) for displaying a confirmation screen of fax reception when a document is received by fax, a response unit configured to send, if a request for the confirmation screen is received via the URL transmitted by the transmission unit, the confirmation screen as a response to the request, a reception unit configured to receive information used for managing expenses for fax reception, the information being input by a user via the confirmation screen, and a registration unit configured to register, by using the information received by the reception unit, expenses incurred in the fax reception in the management server.

Expense registration system for registering expenses related to document received by fax

When operation screen data sent from a Web server can be received, an image processing apparatus displays an operation screen based on the operation screen data on an operation unit. On the other hand, when operation screen data cannot be received due to a communication error, the image processing apparatus displays a substitute operation screen that allows it use of at least one of its image processing functions on the operation unit.

Image processing apparatus and control method thereof

An image forming apparatus including a web server configured to generate an operation screen and a browser configured to receive the operation screen from the web server and to display the operation screen includes an identification unit configured to identify, if a connection request is given to the web server, a requestor of the connection request, a web server authentication unit configured to perform authentication of a user to use the web server, and a control unit configured to, if the requestor is identified as the browser of the image forming apparatus by the identification unit, control the web server to transmit the operation screen to the browser of the image forming apparatus without the web server authentication unit performing the authentication.

Image forming apparatus, control method, and program

A system is capable of performing a processing flow based on a definition file which designates a plurality of tasks each of which can be performed by a function provided by an image forming apparatus and an order of performance of a plurality of tasks. The system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a definition file of the processing flow specified by a user, a determination unit configured to select one of a plurality of image forming apparatuses to perform each task included in the processing flow based on candidate information included in the definition file of the processing flow, and a performing unit configured to perform each task included in the processing flow using the image forming apparatus selected by the determination unit. The candidate information includes information on a user device that is set corresponding to each user as information for determining the image forming apparatus that performs the task.

Image forming system and information processing apparatus

An image processing apparatus capable of executing a work flow according to setting information indicating a processing content for combining a plurality of functions and executing the functions as a series of processings, includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain function restriction information indicating a function whose execution is restricted among a plurality of functions provided to the image processing apparatus; a function identification unit configured to identify a function executed by the image processing apparatus and a function executed by the other apparatus on the basis of the setting information; and a decision unit configured to decide whether execution of the work flow based on the setting information is restricted on the basis of the function restriction information and the function executed by the image processing apparatus and the function executed by the other apparatus identified by the function identification unit.

Work flow system for deciding whether to execute the work flow based on function restriction information

A system which executes a workflow without a management apparatus immediately notifies the user of an error which has occurred in a device. When an error occurs in a job in a device which is executing the workflow, the device which shares the workflow with other devices transmits the log of the error to a device of the end stage of the workflow in accordance with the flow of the workflow.

Network device and workflow processing system

The present invention improves security of image data when communication between an image managing apparatus that stores the image data of a submitted job and an image processing apparatus is not possible. To accomplish this, for executing a specific process according to a submitted job, the image data and log information of the job is transmitted to the image managing apparatus to store them when the image processing apparatus can communicate with the image managing apparatus. After transmission of the image data and the log information, upon receiving a notification indicating the completion of storage from the image managing apparatus, control is made to execute a specific process on the image data.

Image processing apparatus and method for controlling the same

An image-forming apparatus configured to be controlled based on access-control information and to perform a flow which includes performance a plurality of functions of the image forming apparatus based on flow setting information, where flow setting information designates an order of performance of the plurality of functions of the image forming apparatus. The image-forming apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire the access-control information based on a signature included in the flow setting information if the flow setting information includes the signature, and a flow-performing unit configured to perform the flow based on the access-control information acquired by the acquisition unit.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Fumitoshi Ito