US 12,008,282 B1
Information processing system, image forming system, and information processing method that combine and automate cloud and local tasks
Hidenori Shoji, Concord, CA (US)
Assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/331,940.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1275 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1208 (2013.01); G06F 3/1239 (2013.01); G06F 3/1288 (2013.01); G06K 15/1859 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing 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.