JP2018147366A - Information processing system and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To switch an execution environment between an external network and an internal network to carry out image processing in the middle of execution of a workflow.SOLUTION: An information processing system has a first server, a storage apparatus, and a second server connected through a fire wall to the first server and the storage apparatus. The first server has a first execution unit for executing a job, a stopping unit for stopping execution of the job and for adding identification information of the job to a stopped job queue, and a first communication unit for transmitting, to the storage apparatus, job data for use in executing the stopped job. The second server has a stopped job queue monitoring unit for monitoring the stopped job queue to determine whether or not the identification information of the job is added, a second communication unit for receiving, if it is added, the job data from the storage apparatus, and a second execution unit for executing the job on the basis of the job data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing system and a program.

  There is an image processing / distribution system that automatically executes image processing or distribution processing according to a workflow set in advance for an electronic document. In an image processing / distribution system, a technique for specifying cloud storage as a workflow delivery destination in cooperation with a cloud service or designating a cloud storage as a workflow input destination is already known (for example, Patent Documents). 1).

  However, the workflow related to image processing / distribution needs to be executed by either cloud or on-premise image processing / distribution system, and the process is switched from cloud to on-premises during the execution of the workflow, or from on-premises to cloud There was a problem that the process could not be switched to.

  SUMMARY An advantage of some aspects of the invention is that image processing is performed by switching an execution environment to an external network or an internal network during execution of a workflow.

  In order to solve the above problem, an information processing system includes a first server, a storage device, a first server, and a second server connected to the storage device via a firewall. A first execution unit that executes a job; a stop unit that stops execution of the job and adds identification information of the job to a stop job queue; and a job for executing the stopped job A first communication unit that transmits data to the storage device, and the second server monitors the stopped job queue to determine whether or not the identification information of the job has been added. A stopped job queue monitoring unit; a second communication unit that receives the job data from the storage device, if added; a second execution unit that executes the job based on the job data; Having.

  During execution of the workflow, image processing can be performed by switching the execution environment to an external network or an internal network.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information processing system 3000 in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example of the image processing and the delivery server 1001 in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the function structural example of the information processing system 3000 in embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram for demonstrating an example of the process sequence in which the information processing system 3000 in embodiment of this invention performs a job. It is a figure which shows an example of the job information in embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an information processing system 3000 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the information processing system 3000 includes a cloud 1000, an on-premises 2000, a wide area network 3001, and a firewall 3002.

  The cloud 1000 is a server computer group connected to the wide area network 3001. The cloud 1000 includes an image processing / distribution server 1001, an image processing storage 1002, and a cooperative cloud service 1003. The cloud 1000 communicates with the image processing / distribution server 2001 and performs image processing and distribution. Part or all of the image processing / distribution server 1001, the image processing storage 1002, and the cooperative cloud service 1003 may be configured by the same server computer, or may be configured by a plurality of server computers. .

  The on-premises 2000 is a network operated in an on-premises environment. An on-premises environment refers to an environment in which an information processing system is introduced, installed and operated in a facility managed by the user. The on-premises 2000 includes an image processing / distribution server 2001, an image forming apparatus 2002, a document management server 2003, and a mail server 2004, and is connected to a wide area network 3001 via a firewall 3002. The image forming apparatus 2002 is, for example, a printer, a facsimile, a scanner, or an MFP (Multi-Function Peripheral). Each device is connected to each other via a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network). Part or all of the image processing / distribution server 2001, the document management server 2003, and the mail server 2004 may be configured by the same server computer, or one device is configured by a plurality of server computers. May be.

  The wide area network 3001 is, for example, the Internet and is a public network. Since the wide area network 3001 is not a dedicated line but a public line, if security measures are not taken, there is a possibility of threats such as tampering, impersonation, and wiretapping.

  The firewall 3002 is installed to protect a network operated on the on-premises 2000 from security threats from the wide area network 3001.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the image processing / distribution server 1001 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The image processing / distribution server 1001 in FIG. 2 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1101, a network interface 1102, an input / output interface 1103, an auxiliary storage device 1104, a memory device 1105, and the like, which are mutually connected.

  A program for realizing processing in the image processing / distribution server 1001 is stored in the auxiliary storage device 1104. The auxiliary storage device 1104 stores the installed program and also stores necessary files and data. The auxiliary storage device 1104 may be a computer-readable recording medium.

  The memory device 1105 reads the program from the auxiliary storage device 1104 and stores it when there is an instruction to start the program. The CPU 1101 executes functions related to the image processing / distribution server 1001 in accordance with a program stored in the memory device 1105.

  A network interface 1102 is a wired or wireless interface for communicating with the image processing / distribution server 2001 or the like.

  The input / output interface 1103 is an interface for connecting to various input / output devices such as USB (Universal Serial Bus) devices, hardware keys, status notification LEDs, a liquid crystal display, and a touch panel.

  Note that the image processing storage 1002, the cooperative cloud service 1003, the image processing / distribution server 2001, the image forming apparatus 2002, the document management server 2003, and the mail server 2004 may also have the same hardware configuration as in FIG. The image forming apparatus 2002 further includes a scanner that is hardware for reading image data from a document and a printer that is hardware for printing print data on a print sheet.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the information processing system 3000 according to the embodiment of the present invention. An image processing / distribution server 1001 shown in FIG. 3 includes an input data receiving unit 101, a workflow control unit 102, a workflow execution unit 103, a workflow suspension unit 104, a job information management unit 105, an execution job queue monitoring unit 106, and job information. It has a storage database 107, a stopped job queue 108, an execution job queue 109, a plug-in unit 110, a processing plug-in A 111, a processing plug-in B 112, and a job stop plug-in 113. Each of these units is realized by processing that one or more programs installed in the image processing / distribution server 1001 cause the CPU 1101 to execute. The job information storage database 107, the stopped job queue 108, and the execution job queue 109 are further realized using an auxiliary storage device 1104 and a memory device 1105.

  The input data receiving unit 101 receives data to be input for processing a job, for example, by a user operation. The data may be image data acquired by scanning, or may be image data acquired by other means.

  The workflow control unit 102 includes a workflow execution unit 103 and a workflow pause unit 104. A workflow is a series of processes set in advance for an electronic document, and is applied to a job. The workflow execution unit 103 executes a workflow for the input job. Further, the workflow execution unit 103 executes plug-ins in the order specified by the user. Upon receiving a notification from the job stop plug-in 113 included in the plug-in unit 110, the workflow pause unit 104 that processes the job temporarily stops the workflow being processed. When the job is temporarily stopped, the ID of the job being executed is input to the stop job queue 108 and the job data is stored in the image processing storage 1002. The workflow suspension unit 104 stores job information including a job ID and job data path in the job information storage database 107.

  The job information management unit 105 manages job information and returns information on a job specified in response to a request. The execution job queue monitoring unit 106 monitors the execution job queue by polling. The execution job queue monitoring unit 106 takes a job from the execution job queue and passes it to the workflow execution unit. The job information storage database 107 is a database that stores information about jobs. The stopped job queue 108 is a queue to which a job stopped by the workflow suspension unit is input, and the execution job queue 109 is a queue to which a job whose execution has been resumed is input.

  The plug-in unit 110 performs predetermined image processing or distribution processing for executing job processing, and includes a plurality of plug-ins. The process plug-in A111 and the process plug-in B112 are examples of plug-ins, and the plug-in unit 110 may include many types of plug-ins. The job stop plug-in 113 is executed from the workflow control unit 102 as one of plug-ins. The job stop plug-in 113 notifies the workflow control unit 102 to stop the job being executed.

  The image processing storage 1002 illustrated in FIG. 3 includes a job data storage 120 and a job data management unit 121. Each of these units is realized by processing that one or more programs installed in the image processing storage 1002 cause the CPU 1101 to execute. The image processing storage 1002 is further realized using an auxiliary storage device 1104 and a memory device 1105.

  The job data management unit 121 manages job data, and inputs / outputs job data specified in response to a request. The job data storage 120 is a storage in which job data is stored.

  The image processing / distribution server 2001 shown in FIG. 3 includes an input data receiving unit 201, a workflow control unit 202, a workflow execution unit 203, a stopped job queue monitoring unit 204, a job information acquisition unit 205, a job data acquisition unit 206, a plug-in. A section 207, a processing plug-in A 208, a processing plug-in B 209, and an execution job queue input plug-in 210. Each of these units is realized by processing that one or more programs installed in the image processing / distribution server 2001 cause the CPU 1101 to execute.

  The input data receiving unit 201 is the same as the input data receiving unit 101. The workflow control unit 202 is the same as the workflow control unit 102. The workflow execution unit 203 is the same as the workflow execution unit 103.

  The stopped job queue monitoring unit 204 monitors the stopped job queue of the image processing / distribution server 1001 by polling. The job information acquisition unit 205 acquires job information input to the stopped job queue 108 of the image processing / distribution server 1001 based on the polling. The job data acquisition unit 206 acquires job data from the image processing storage 1002.

  The plug-in unit 207, processing plug-in A 208, and processing plug-in B 209 are the same as the plug-in unit 110, processing plug-in A 111, and processing plug-in B 112. The execution job queue submission plug-in 210 submits a job to the execution job queue of the image processing / distribution server 1001. That is, the execution job queue input plug-in 210 causes the cloud 1000 to execute a job.

  An image forming apparatus 2002 illustrated in FIG. 3 includes a UI display unit 221, a communication unit 222, and a scanning device 223. These units are realized by processing executed by the CPU 1101 by one or more programs installed in the image forming apparatus 2002.

  The UI display unit 221 provides a user interface to the user and accepts job input. The communication unit 222 performs data input / output related to a job. The scanning device 223 captures image data as data relating to the job.

  FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram for explaining an example of a processing procedure for executing a job by the information processing system 3000 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  In step S100, the user submits a job. For example, a job set based on a user operation performed on the UI display unit 221 of the image forming apparatus 2002 is received by the input data receiving unit 101 of the image processing / distribution server 1001 via the communication unit 222. It may be thrown in. Subsequently, the image processing / distribution server 1001 executes a workflow for processing the job by the workflow control unit 102 (S101). Depending on the job or workflow, the workflow control unit 102 executes one or more plug-ins.

  Step S <b> 102 is executed when the plug-in is not the job stop plug-in 113. When the execution of step S102 is completed, the workflow execution unit 103 executes a loop process when there is a plug-in to be executed next. If the plug-in to be executed next is the job stop plug-in 113, the process proceeds to step S103. If the plug-in to be executed is not the job stop plug-in 113, step S102 is executed again.

  In step S102, the workflow execution unit 103 executes, for example, the process plug-in A111 or the process plug-in B112.

  Steps S103 to S106 are executed when the plug-in is the job stop plug-in 113. When the execution of step S106 is completed, the workflow execution unit 103 executes a loop process when there is a plug-in to be executed next. When the plug-in to be executed next is the job stop plug-in 113, the process proceeds to step S103, and when it is not the job stop plug-in 113, the process proceeds to step S102.

  In step S <b> 103, the workflow pause unit 104 stops job execution and starts processing to pass the job to the on-premises side. Subsequently, the workflow suspension unit 104 transmits the job data to the image processing storage 1002 (S104). The job data is information such as image data for executing a job. In the image processing storage 1002, the job data management unit 121 stores the received job data in the job data storage 120 (S201). When the saving is completed, the job data management unit 121 transmits the path where the job data is saved to the image processing / distribution server 1001 (S202).

  In step S105, the job information management unit 105 stores the job information of the stopped job in the job information storage database 107 (S105).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of job information according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, “job ID”, “workflow ID”, “organization ID”, “user”, “data format”, and “job data path” are associated with each job and stored in the job information storage database 107. . “Job ID” is information for identifying a job. “Workflow ID” is information for identifying a workflow. “Organization ID” is information indicating the organization to which the user belongs. “User” is information for identifying a user. “Data format” indicates the format of data related to the job. For example, “PDF” and “JPEG” shown in FIG. 5 are image data formats. “Submission source” indicates a device to which a job is input. For example, “mobile” illustrated in FIG. 5 indicates that the job is input from a mobile device, and “scanner” indicates that the job is input from the scanning device 223 of the image forming apparatus 2002. Represents. “Job data path” indicates the job data path of the job data storage 120 of the image processing storage 1002 stored in step S201.

  Subsequently, the job information management unit 105 adds the job ID of the stopped job to the stopped job queue 108 (S106).

  In step S301, the stopped job queue monitoring unit 204 of the image processing / distribution server 2001 monitors the stopped job queue to determine whether or not a job ID has been added. Further, the stopped job queue monitoring unit 204 executes the monitoring by loop processing. If the job ID has been added to the stopped job queue, the image processing / distribution server 2001 receives the job information in step S107, and proceeds to step S302.

  In step S107, the job information management unit 105 of the image processing / distribution server 1001 reads the job ID added to the stopped job queue in step S106 from the stopped job queue in response to the access from the stopped job queue monitoring unit 204. . Subsequently, the job information management unit 105 transmits job information related to the job ID stored in the job information storage database 107 to the job information acquisition unit 205 of the image processing / distribution server 2001.

  In step S302, the job data acquisition unit 206 sends job data to the job data management unit 121 of the image processing storage 1002 based on the “job data path” of the job information received by the job information acquisition unit 205 in step S107. Request to send If the job information indicates that job data is unnecessary, the process may proceed to step S303 without acquiring the job data, and the workflow may be executed.

  Subsequently, the job data management unit 121 of the image processing storage 1002 reads the job data from the job data storage 120 based on the “job data path” acquired in step S 302, and executes the job of the image processing / distribution server 2001. The data is transmitted to the data acquisition unit 206 (S203).

  In step S <b> 303, the workflow control unit 202 of the image processing / distribution server 2001 executes a workflow that processes a job included in the job data received by the job data acquisition unit 206.

  Step S304 is executed when the plug-in is not the execution job queue input plug-in 210. When the execution of step S304 is completed, the workflow execution unit 203 executes a loop process when there is a plug-in to be executed next. If the plug-in to be executed next is the execution job queue input plug-in 210, the process proceeds to step S305. If the plug-in to be executed is not the execution job queue input plug-in 210, step S304 is executed again.

  In step S304, the workflow execution unit 203 executes the plug-in, for example, the process plug-in A208 or the process plug-in B209. In step S304, the workflow execution unit 203 executes the plug-in by loop processing.

  Steps S305 and S306 are executed when the plug-in is the execution job queue input plug-in 210. When the execution of step S306 is completed, the workflow execution unit 203 executes a loop process when there is a plug-in to be executed next. If the plug-in to be executed next is the execution job queue input plug-in 210, the process proceeds to step S305. If the plug-in to be executed is not the execution job queue input plug-in 210, the process proceeds to step S304.

  In step S305, the workflow execution unit 203 starts a process of transferring a job to the cloud side. The workflow execution unit 203 transmits the updated job data to the image processing storage 1002 based on the “job data path” of the job information received by the job information acquisition unit 205 in step S107. In the image processing storage 1002, the job data management unit 121 stores the received job data in the job data storage 120 (S204). When the storage is completed, the job data management unit 121 transmits a storage completion notification to the image processing / distribution server 1001 (S205). If the job execution unit 203 has not changed the job data acquired from the image processing storage 1002 in step S305, the job data does not need to be transmitted to the image processing storage 1002. In that case, step S204, step S205, step S109, step S206, and step S207 are not executed.

  In step S <b> 306, the workflow execution unit 203 adds the job ID of the job to be passed to the cloud side to the execution job queue 109 of the image processing / distribution server 1001.

  In step S108, the execution job queue monitoring unit 106 of the image processing / distribution server 1001 monitors the execution job queue 109 to determine whether or not a job ID has been added. Further, the execution job queue monitoring unit 106 executes the monitoring by loop processing. If a job ID has been added to the execution job queue 109, the process proceeds to step S109.

  In step S109, the job data acquisition unit 114 updates the job data updated in step S305 to the job data management unit 121 of the image processing storage 1002 based on the “job data path” of the job information transmitted in step S107. Request to send

  In step S 207, the job data management unit 121 of the image processing storage 1002 reads job data from the job data storage storage 120 based on the “job data path” acquired in step S 109, and stores the job data in the image processing / distribution server 1001. It is transmitted to the job data acquisition unit 114.

  In step S110, the workflow control unit 102 of the image processing / distribution server 1001 executes the workflow for processing the job included in the job data received by the job data acquisition unit 114, as in step S101. With the above procedure, the processing procedure for the information processing system 3000 to execute the job is completed.

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the information processing system 3000 executes the job submitted by the user in the workflow in the cloud environment, pauses the execution of the job, and executes the job in the on-premises environment. Can be executed in a workflow. Furthermore, the information processing system 3000 can execute the job again in the workflow in the cloud environment. That is, the information processing system 3000 can perform image processing by switching the execution environment to an external network or an internal network during the execution of a workflow.

  Further, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the information processing system 3000 can increase the processing speed because the job data is not transmitted / received when the job data is unnecessary for the job to be executed.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, the image processing / distribution server 1001 is an example of a first server. The image processing storage 1002 is an example of a storage device. The image processing / distribution server 2001 is an example of a second server. The workflow control unit 102 is an example of a first execution unit. The job ID is an example of job identification information. The workflow pause unit 104 and the job stop plug-in 113 are examples of a stop unit. The workflow pause unit 104 and the job data acquisition unit 114 are an example of a first communication unit. The job data storage 120 is an example of a storage unit. The workflow control unit 202 is an example of a second execution unit. The execution job queue input plug-in 210 is an example of a switching unit. The workflow execution unit 203 and the job data acquisition unit 206 are an example of a second communication unit.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to such specific embodiment, In the range of the summary of this invention described in the claim, various deformation | transformation・ Change is possible.

1000 Cloud 1001 Image processing / distribution server 1002 Image processing storage 1003 Cooperation cloud service 2000 On-premise 2001 Image processing / distribution server 2002 Image forming apparatus 2003 Document management server 2004 Mail server 3000 Information processing system 3001 Wide area network 3002 Firewall 1101 CPU
1102 Network interface 1103 Input / output interface 1104 Auxiliary storage device 1105 Memory device 101 Input data receiving unit 102 Workflow control unit 103 Workflow execution unit 104 Workflow suspension unit 105 Job information management unit 106 Execution job queue monitoring unit 107 Job information storage database 108 Stop Job queue 109 Execution job queue 110 Plug-in unit 111 Processing plug-in A
112 Processing plug-in B
113 Job stop plug-in 114 Job data acquisition unit 120 Job data storage storage 121 Job data management unit 201 Input data reception unit 202 Workflow control unit 203 Workflow execution unit 204 Stopped job queue monitoring unit 205 Job information acquisition unit 206 Job data acquisition unit 207 Plug-in unit 208 processing plug-in A
209 Processing plug-in B
210 Execution Job Queue Input Plug-in 221 UI Display Unit 222 Communication Unit 223 Scanning Device

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Claims (9)

An information processing system including a first server, a storage device, and the second server connected to the first server and the storage device via a firewall,
The first server is
A first execution unit for executing a job;
A stop unit that stops execution of the job and adds identification information of the job to a stop job queue;
A first communication unit that transmits job data for executing the stopped job to the storage device,
The second server is
A stopped job queue monitoring unit that monitors the stopped job queue and determines whether the identification information of the job has been added;
A second communication unit that receives the job data from the storage device, and
A second execution unit that executes the job based on the job data;
An information processing system. The second server further includes:
A switching unit that adds the identification information of the job to the execution job queue of the first server when the job is executed by the first server;
The second communication unit transmits job data for executing the job to the storage device,
The first server further includes:
An execution job queue monitoring unit that monitors the execution job queue and determines whether the identification information of the job is added;
When added, the first communication unit receives the job data from the storage device,
The first execution unit executes the job based on the job data.
The information processing system according to claim 1.   When the job data is not required for execution of the job by the second execution unit, the stopped job queue monitoring unit determines that the identification information of the job is added to the stopped job queue. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the second communication unit does not receive job data from the storage device.   When the second execution unit does not change the job data, the second communication unit causes the storage device to store the job data when the second server causes the first server to execute the job. The information processing system according to claim 2 which does not transmit. An information processing system,
A first execution unit for executing a job;
A stop unit that stops execution of the job and adds identification information of the job to a stop job queue;
A first communication unit that transmits job data for executing the stopped job to a storage device;
A stopped job queue monitoring unit that monitors the stopped job queue and determines whether the identification information of the job has been added;
A second communication unit that receives the job data from the storage device, and
A second execution unit that executes the job based on the job data;
An information processing system. An information processing system including a first server, a storage device, and a program executable on the first server and the second server connected to the storage device via a firewall,
The first server is
A first execution unit for executing a job;
A stop unit that stops execution of the job and adds identification information of the job to a stop job queue;
A first communication unit that transmits job data for executing the stopped job to the storage device,
The program is
A stopped job queue monitoring procedure for monitoring the stopped job queue to determine whether the identification information of the job has been added;
If added, a second communication procedure for receiving the job data from the storage device;
An information processing system for causing the second server to execute a second execution procedure for executing the job based on the job data. An information processing system including a program executable by a first server, a storage device, and the first server and a second server connected to the storage device via a firewall,
The program is
A first execution procedure for executing a job;
A stop procedure for stopping execution of the job and adding identification information of the job to a stop job queue;
Causing the first server to execute a first communication procedure for transmitting job data for executing the stopped job to the storage device;
The second server is
A stopped job queue monitoring unit that monitors the stopped job queue and determines whether the identification information of the job has been added;
A second communication unit that receives the job data from the storage device, and
A second execution unit that executes the job based on the job data;
An information processing system. A program executable by a second server connected to the first server and the storage device via a firewall,
The program is
A stopped job queue monitoring procedure for monitoring the stopped job queue of the first server to determine whether job identification information has been added;
If added, a communication procedure for receiving job data from the storage device;
A program for causing the second server to execute an execution procedure for executing the job based on the job data. A program that can be executed by a first server connected to a storage device and further connected to a second server via a firewall,
The program is
Execution procedure to execute the job,
A stop procedure for stopping execution of the job and adding the identification information of the job to a stop job queue when the second server executes the job;
A program for causing the first server to execute a communication procedure for transmitting job data for executing the stopped job to the storage device.

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