Information processing system, image forming system, and information processing method that combine and automate cloud and local tasks

An image forming system having a cloud apparatus and a local apparatus for executing an image forming workflow for a document, and

• the cloud apparatus comprising:
• a cloud control unit configured to allocate each of tasks of the workflow to the cloud apparatus or the local apparatus, and
• a cloud task execution unit configured to execute a task allocated to the cloud apparatus by the cloud control unit;
• and
• the local apparatus comprising:
• a client control unit configured to send and receive a task allocated to the local apparatus and an execution result of the task from the cloud apparatus to and from the cloud apparatus, and
• a local task execution unit configured to execute a task allocated to the local apparatus that is acquired by the client control unit.

An information processing method executed by an information processing system having a cloud apparatus and a local apparatus for executing an image forming workflow for a document, comprising the steps of:

• allocating, by the cloud apparatus, each of tasks of the workflow to the cloud apparatus or the local apparatus;
• executing, by the cloud apparatus, a task allocated to the cloud apparatus;
• receiving, by the local apparatus, a task allocated to the local apparatus from the cloud apparatus;
• executing, by the local apparatus, the task allocated to the local apparatus;
• and
• transmitting, by the local apparatus, an execution result of the task to the cloud apparatus.