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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1998
Sumitake Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Keiji Ishiguro, Kawasaki, JP;
Ken Murata, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Kawasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
It is intended to provide a composite machine-server system which can handle electronic documents more efficiently and can be realized at a low cost. A composite machine-server system is constructed by connecting a plurality of composite machines and a server to a network. Each of the composite machines has a second-kind process function of executing a second-kind process without cooperating with the server when requested to execute the second-kind process, as well as a first-kind process function of sending, when requested to execute a first-kind process, an electronic document necessary for execution of the first-kind process to the server and requesting the server to execute the first-kind process on the electronic document. The server has a function of executing first-kind processes whose execution is requested by the composite machines.