Information processing method, information processing apparatus, and distributed processing system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTsuyoshi Kuroki
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Abstract
A server in an object-oriented distributed processing system has a computer ID management section which assigns a unique computer ID to each of all computers (clients) in the system. A client receives the computer ID from the computer ID management section in first connection to the server and then generates an object having an object ID generated by using the computer ID. Accordingly, the client need not acquire the computer ID in every object generation processing. Hence, an object can quickly be generated.
Claims14
An information processing method in an information processing apparatus which can generate an object and can be connected to another information processing apparatus through a network to form a distributed processing system, characterized by comprising:
- an acquisition step of acquiring unique information from the other information processing apparatus;
- and
- an identification information generation step of, in generating an object, generating identification information of the object by using the unique information.
An information processing method in a management information processing apparatus which manages information processing apparatuses included in a distributed processing system, characterized by comprising:
- a unique information assigning step of assigning unique information to each of the information processing apparatuses;
- and
- a notification step of sending information about an object received from one of the information processing apparatuses to the remaining information processing apparatuses.
An information processing method in an information processing apparatus which constitutes a distributed processing system, characterized by comprising steps of:
- acquiring a unique ID from a management information processing apparatus which manages IDs of all information processing apparatuses that constitute the distributed processing system;
- generating an object ID by using the acquired unique ID;
- and
- transmitting object information containing the object ID to the remaining information processing apparatuses in the distributed processing system.
An information processing apparatus which can generate an object and can be connected to another information processing apparatus through a network to form a distributed processing system, characterized by comprising:
- acquisition unit adapted to acquire unique information from the other information processing apparatus;
- and
- identification information generation unit adapted to, in generating an object, generate identification information of the object by using the unique information.
A management information processing apparatus which manages information processing apparatuses included in a distributed processing system, characterized by comprising:
- unique information assigning unit adapted to assign unique information to each of the information processing apparatuses;
- and
- notification unit adapted to send information about an object received from one of the information processing apparatuses to the remaining information processing apparatuses.
An information processing apparatus which constitutes a distributed processing system, characterized by comprising:
- unit adapted to acquire a unique ID from a management information processing apparatus which manages IDs of all information processing apparatuses that constitute the distributed processing system;
- unit adapted to generate an object ID by using the acquired unique ID;
- and
- unit adapted to transmit object information containing the object ID to the remaining processing apparatuses in the distributed processing system.
A distributed processing system characterized by comprising:
- a plurality of information processing apparatuses, each information processing apparatus comprising
- acquisition unit adapted to acquire unique information from another information processing apparatus connected through a network,
- object generation unit adapted to generate an object, and
- identification information generation unit adapted to, in generating the object, generate identification information of the object by using the unique information, and
- a management information processing apparatus which manages the plurality of information processing apparatuses, the management information processing apparatus comprising
- unique information assigning unit adapted to assign unique information to each of the plurality of information processing apparatuses, and
- notification unit adapted to send information about an object received from one of the plurality of information processing apparatuses to the remaining information processing apparatuses.
A distributed processing system constituted by a plurality of information processing apparatuses connected through a network, and a management information processing apparatus which manages a unique ID of each of the plurality of information processing apparatuses, characterized in that each of the plurality of information processing apparatuses comprises
- unit adapted to acquire a unique ID of its own from the management information processing apparatus,
- unit adapted to generate an object ID by using the acquired unique ID, and
- unit adapted to transmit object information containing the object ID to the remaining information processing apparatuses in the distributed processing system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.