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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2008
Applicant:
Tatsuo Matoba, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Tatsuo Matoba, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A workflow executing apparatus that executes processing in accordance with a workflow, the apparatus comprising: a workflow information storage section that stores workflow information describing the workflow; a transmission control section that transmits an e-mail during the process of the workflow to a user that requested that workflow, in accordance with the stored workflow information; and a workflow execution section that adds identification information of e-mails transmitted prior to the e-mail transmitted by the transmission control section to the stated e-mail and sends the e-mail.