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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2004
Atsushi Umekage, Kashiwa, JP;
Suehiro Ueda, Nara, JP;
Hiroshi Takatani, Yamatotakada, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a mediation section () for switching between an active status in which data transmitted to a specific address is registered and processed and a non-active status other than the active status. When the mediation section () judges that unprocessed data stored in a data storage section () cannot be processed in a predetermined time, the mediation section () instructs one or more other MFPs to change into the active status and causes the MFP including the mediation section () to change into the non-active status, so as to cause a data processing section () to process the unprocessed data. As a result, it is possible to perform mediation concerning a job (data) without using a server.