Information processing system, program, and requesting method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsHidenobu Hashikami, Masafumi Tokiwa
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Abstract
An information processing system including at least one input-output device and performing a sequence of processes using electronic data that include image data and print data includes a hardware processor that executes a program so as to implement: an input-output service supply unit configured to perform a collaboration process of causing a hardware computer system implementing an external storage service to collaborate with the input-output device, a request data generation unit configured to generate request data bound for the input-output service supply unit based on metadata, and a request unit configured to request the input-output service supply unit to perform the collaboration process using the request data.
Claims14
An information processing system including at least one input-output device and performing a sequence of processes using electronic data that include image data and print data, the information processing system comprising:
- a first hardware processor that executes a program so as to implement:
- an input-output service supply unit configured to
- register a collaboration process in which a hardware computer system collaborates with the at least one input-output device to implement an external storage service, the registration of the collaboration process including
- accepting a registration request to register the external storage service, the registration request being associated with a developer ID,
- registering a process flow of the external storage service as process flow information, and
- issuing an access authentication key for the input-output service supply unit;
- and
- perform the collaboration process of causing the hardware computer system to collaborate with the at least one input-output device in implementing the external storage service;
- and
- a second hardware processor that executes another program so as to implement:
- a request data generation unit configured to generate request data bound for the input-output service supply unit, the request data including items of metadata as a key, the metadata being data for generating the request data;
- and
- a request unit configured to request the input-output service supply unit to perform the collaboration process using the request data.
A requesting method executed in an input-output device that executes a sequence of processes using electronic data in collaboration with at least one information processing apparatus, the requesting method comprising:
- registering a collaboration process in which a hardware computer system collaborates with the input-output device to implement an external storage service;
- acquiring metadata for generating request data bound for an input-output service supply unit that is configured to perform the collaboration process of causing the hardware computer system to collaborate with the input-output device in implementing the external storage service, the request data including items of the metadata as a key, the metadata being data for generating the request data;
- generating the request data bound for the input-output service supply unit based on the acquired metadata;
- and
- requesting the input-output service supply unit to perform the collaboration process using the request data, wherein
- the registering of the collaboration process includes
- accepting a registration request to register the external storage service, the registration request being associated with a developer ID,
- registering a process flow of the external storage service as process flow information, and
- issuing an access authentication key for the input-output service supply unit.
A requesting method executed in an information processing system that includes at least one information processing apparatus and at least one input-output device and executes a sequence of processes using electronic data, the requesting method comprising:
- registering a collaboration process in which a hardware computer system collaborates with the input-output device to implement an external storage service;
- supplying metadata for generating request data bound for an input-output service supply unit that is included in the at least one information processing apparatus and is configured to perform the collaboration process of causing the hardware computer system to collaborate with the at least one input-output device in implementing the external storage service, the request data including items of the metadata as a key, the metadata being data for generating the request data;
- generating the request data bound for the input-output service supply unit based on the supplied metadata;
- and
- requesting the input-output service supply unit to perform the collaboration process using the request data, wherein
- the registering of the collaboration process includes
- accepting a registration request to register the external storage service, the registration request being associated with a developer ID,
- registering a process flow of the external storage service as process flow information, and
- issuing an access authentication key for the input-output service supply unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.