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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2015
Tadashi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takayasu Oe, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Genki Umeizumi, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Junki Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takayasu Oe, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Genki Umeizumi, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Junki Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes an acceptance unit that accepts a configuration of a cooperative operation to be performed by multiple apparatuses cooperating with each other, an execution order determination unit that determines an executing order of processes included in the cooperative operation, an apparatus determination unit that identifies, for each of the processes included in the cooperative operation, an apparatus that performs the process, and a controller that instructs the identified apparatus to execute the processes included in the cooperative operation in the determined executing order.