Process executing system, process executing method, and information processing device

A process executing method performed by a process executing system including

• a first device configured to receive a plurality of processes and a setting of an execution order of the plurality of processes, and
• at least one second device configured to execute the plurality of processes, wherein
• the first device and the at least one second device are connected via a network, the process executing method comprising:
• sending, from the first device to the at least one second device, process definition information defining process contents of each of the plurality of processes and a next process to be executed subsequently in the plurality of processes, and process object data or instruction information of the process object data;
• receiving, by the at least one second device, the process definition information and the process object data or the instruction information of the process object data;
• analyzing, by the at least one second device, the process definition information and determining, by the at least one second device, whether the next process is to be executed at a self-device, which is the at least one second device performing the determining;
• executing, by the at least one second device, the next process on the process object data when the next process is determined to be executed at the self-device;
• updating, by the at least one second device, the process definition information by changing a definition of one of the plurality of processes, which is defined to be processed after the next process according to the execution order, to be a new next process;
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• sending, by the at least one second device, the process definition information and the process object data to an other one of the at least one second device other than the self-device.

An information processing device comprising:

• a communicating unit configured to communicate, via a network, with a first device that receives a plurality of processes and a setting of an execution order of the plurality of processes;
• a receiving unit configured to receive process definition information defining process contents of each of the plurality of processes and a next process to be executed subsequently in the plurality of processes, and process object data or instruction information of the process object data;
• a process execution control unit configured to analyze the process definition information and determine whether the next process is to be executed at a self-device, which is the information processing device in which the process execution control unit is included;
• a process execution unit configured to execute the next process on the process object data when the process execution control unit determines that the next process is to be executed at the self-device;
• a definition information updating unit configured to update the process definition information by changing a definition of one of the plurality of processes, which is defined to be processed after the next process according to the execution order, to be a new next process;
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• a sending unit configured to send the process definition information and the process object data to an other information processing device other than the self-device.