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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2005
Naohiro Isshiki, Kawasaki, JP;
Yukihiko Shimizu, Urayasu, JP;
Noriyuki Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Namikata, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Akiba, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Suwabe, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Negishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidehiko Yokoyama, Machida, JP;
Naohiro Isshiki, Kawasaki, JP;
Yukihiko Shimizu, Urayasu, JP;
Noriyuki Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Namikata, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Akiba, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Suwabe, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Negishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidehiko Yokoyama, Machida, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A print job often includes secret information, and information may suffer sniffing from devices that execute distributed processing of jobs, or on the network. Therefore, executing the distributed processing of a print job including secret information reduces the robustness in terms of security protection. Hence, upon reception of a job, a task manager (TM) issues, to a dynamic job scheduler (DJS), a request of target devices of distributed processing according to a security level indicating the importance level of data included in that job. The DJS notifies the TM of the target devices, and the TM transmits divided jobs to the target devices.