JP6149966B2 - Information processing apparatus and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a flow control technique in a network of information processing apparatuses, and more particularly to a user interface control technique in a network in which information processing apparatuses, image processing apparatuses, image reading apparatuses, and the like are mixed.

  Using various functions of an image processing device with multiple functions such as a scanner function, copy function, facsimile function, and network connection function, so-called multi-function peripherals, electronic documents can be sent to various devices connected to the network. Distributed document distribution systems are known. A conventional document distribution system determines a distribution method of an electronic document in advance and performs document distribution via a network according to the determined distribution method.

  The so-called workflow for regulating the delivery of electronic documents can be set by the device administrator, or the workflow is defined by a structured document such as HTML or XML, and is structured using DOM (Document Object Model) etc. The workflow defined by the document is identified as a tree structure, and the electronic document is distributed to the downstream side according to the distribution method defined in the workflow.

  A device connected to a network and providing a specific function in a workflow (hereinafter referred to as a node) bears a role in its own workflow and receives an electronic document sent from an upstream node. Then, the process assigned to the node is executed, and if the current node is not the node of the lowest hierarchy, the process of sending the processed electronic document to the downstream node is executed.

  In the flow control technology using a conventional workflow, bibliographic items including a title, creator, creation date, etc. attached to an electronic document are previously created by combining fixed forms. FIG. 9 shows a structured document for creating a fixed form for displaying a conventional UI display screen. Although the structured document shown in FIG. 9 is described as being XML (eXtensible Markup Language), in other embodiments, structured documents of other formats such as HTML, SGML, and DHTML may be used. it can.

  In the structured document 900 shown in FIG. 9, a tag for designating a combo box, a tag for designating data for generating the combo box, a tag for designating items to be displayed in the combo box, and the like are described. ing. The structured document of FIG. 9 is displayed on a user interface (UI) on the screen of a display device by an information processing device, an image processing device, a facsimile device, a scanner device, or a multi-function copier including a print function in addition to these functions. ) Is displayed. The user can select a desired function by touching the displayed UI with a fingertip or by generating a selection event with a pointing device such as a mouse or stylus pen. .

  FIG. 10 shows a conventional example of a combo box 1000 generated by the structured document shown in FIG. 9 displayed by a multi-function copier or the like. The combo box 1000 is implemented as a pull-down list in the illustrated embodiment, and when the user selects a pull-down button displayed next to the encoded item displayed at the top of the combo box 1000, FIG. Items registered in are displayed. Using the combo box shown in FIG. 10 as a UI, the user can select an encoding to be used by touching with a finger as appropriate or by selecting from a mouse, a stylus pen, or the like.

  FIG. 11 shows still another conventional UI example. The UI shown in FIG. 11 is a UI for the device constituting the workflow to input document data to be generated and bibliographic information for explaining a job to be distributed next. The UI shown in FIG. 11 is also created in a structured document such as XML as described in FIG. 9, and the device is imaged using browser software or the like and displayed on the display screen of the display device. Is done.

  Even when the UI screens shown in FIGS. 9 to 11 are used, the user can make various inputs to the apparatus. However, as shown in FIG. 9, the structured document for displaying the UI is fixed, and there is a problem that it cannot be flexibly modified in response to a user's desire or a workflow change. Also, for example, it is possible to modify a structured document by implementing an editor that can edit the structured document in the device, but if the setting is freely given to the user operation, there is a function that cannot be used on the device side. It may be set, and it is assumed that a meaningful operation cannot be provided. In addition, there is a problem that the flexibility of device use by the user is limited, such as whether the target workflow can be achieved and the burden on the system administrator and device administrator increases.

  For example, JP 2009-044723 A (Patent Document 1) is known as a technique for controlling a workflow using an apparatus so far. Patent Document 1 describes a screen generation method for generating and displaying an input screen for setting bibliographic information, with the aim of improving the convenience of document distribution operation. The method described in Patent Document 1 accepts designation of an item for setting bibliographic information by a client device, generates definition data for an input screen, and transmits the definition data to the image processing device. To generate a desired input screen.

  However, in order to generate a UI screen on a specific device, a command from the client device is necessary, and even if the UI screen is displayed from the client device, the function specified by the UI screen instructed by the client device In some cases, a client device does not have a target device, and it is not always possible to provide a UI that can flexibly cope with a change in workflow.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and the present invention relates to a technique for distributing an electronic document by using the functions of a plurality of devices via a network. It is an object to provide an information processing apparatus and a program that can provide a UI display flexibly corresponding to a change in business contents.

  In the present invention, the information that must be set on the image processing apparatus in order for the image processing apparatus that configures the workflow to perform the function in the workflow can be flexibly changed to change the workflow or the function authority of the group that configures the workflow. Therefore, it is possible to dynamically change the UI display of the image processing apparatus. The UI screen displayed on a specific image processing apparatus is displayed on the display screen by the image processing apparatus performing display control based on UI information and UI control information for controlling the display of the UI information.

  In the preferred embodiment, the UI information and UI control information are structured documents such as XML, and the server corresponds the UI information and UI control information to the workflow group, user information, or node information constituting the workflow. Create. When displaying the UI information on the display screen, the nodes constituting the workflow select and display the display items on the specific node with reference to the UI control information.

  By adopting the above-described configuration, the present invention can provide a UI display that can flexibly cope with work group authority change, function addition, and the like.

Explanatory drawing of the workflow of this embodiment. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system 200 that provides a workflow according to the present embodiment. The figure which shows the detailed functional block 300 of the server 204 of this embodiment. The figure which shows embodiment of the function utilization authority information which the database 204a of the server 204 stores. An exemplary flowchart of a process of creating UI information executed by the server 204 of the present embodiment. The figure which shows embodiment of UI information created in this embodiment. The flowchart of the process performed when the node which comprises a workflow displays a UI in this embodiment. The figure which showed the UI display screen of this embodiment matched with UI information. The figure which shows the structured document for creating the fixed form for displaying the conventional UI display screen. The figure which shows the prior art example of the combo box 1000 produced | generated by the structured document shown in FIG. 9 displayed by the multifunctional copying machine. The figure which shows the further another prior art example of UI.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the workflow of this embodiment. In the workflow 100, document data is acquired by a scanner or the like at a starting point node 110 as a starting point of the workflow. When obtaining manuscript data, additional information (hereinafter referred to as bibliographic information) for explaining manuscript data such as creator, creation date, creation location, authority restriction, etc. is displayed on the user interface (hereinafter referred to as bibliographic information). , Referred to as UI.) To be added to the manuscript data.

  The created manuscript data including the bibliographic information is transferred as a job 112 to the next node 120 connected via an appropriate network. In the embodiment to be described, the next node 120 refers to the bibliographic information for the received job 112, applies file format conversion, transmission protocol conversion, and the like, and prepares to send document data to the downstream node 130. . Further, the next node 120 acquires an appropriate destination IP address, node name, mail address, etc. corresponding to the change of the transmission protocol, and sends the job 112 as jobs 122, 124, 126, 128 to the transmission data downstream side node. .

  In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1, the downstream nodes 132 and 134 function as output nodes that output the job 122 or 124 acquired by the downstream node. In the present embodiment, the term “output” means a process of storing the electronic data of the job 122 or the job 124 in the target folder in addition to the process of performing a hard copy. On the other hand, the downstream nodes 136 and 138 are not functionally responsible for output but apply processing such as conversion and distribution to the jobs 126 and 128, and output nodes 142 or 144 of the final stage 140 of the workflow. The job 137 or the job 139 is sent to and the output process defined in the output nodes 142 and 144 is executed.

  The flow of the job from the origin node 110 to the final stage 140 and the conversion process and transfer protocol setting applied to the job are the most upstream of the workflow according to the request from the user, and the server device that manages the workflow network (see FIG. Not shown).

  FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a system 200 that provides a workflow according to the present embodiment. The system 200 is configured as a so-called workflow system in which various devices are connected to a network 202. The network 202 includes the Internet and a LAN as appropriate, and is interconnected by network devices such as routers and hubs (not shown).

  The system 200 includes a server 204 for managing a workflow, image processing devices 212 and 214, information processing devices 206, 208, and 210. The server 204 also functions as a web server, and implements an operating system such as UNIX (registered trademark), LINUX (registered trademark), Windows (registered trademark) series, CISC (Complete trademark) such as Pentium (registered trademark) series. It includes a processor such as an Instruction Set Computer (RISC) chip and a RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) chip, a memory, a hard disk, etc., and runs server programs such as Apache (registered trademark) and IIS (registered trademark) to make the server 204 a Web -It is functioning as a server.

  The server 204 executes a program written in a programming language such as Java (registered trademark), Javascript (registered trademark), Perl, Ruby, Python, PHP, and provides a CGI (Common Gateway Interface). A service is provided to various devices that are connected via the terminal 202 and function as clients.

  In addition, the server 204 includes a structured document dictionary for designating user information and functions necessary for constructing a workflow. Upon receiving a request for creating a workflow from the user, the server 204 refers to the user information, reads a structured document element for providing the requested function within the scope of the user authority, along with its attribute description, and a structure such as XML Is generated and returned to the requesting user to construct a workflow.

  The image processing apparatus 212 is mounted with a scanner device, an image forming engine, and the like, and also functions as a printer. The image processing apparatus 212 can be a multi-function copier equipped with a facsimile function, a mail function, a storage function, and the like as appropriate. It functions as 1 node which comprises. The network 202 also shows another image processing device 214 and information processing devices 206, 208, and 210 as examples of devices. The image processing device 214 can also function as a workflow node on the network 202 by performing image transmission / reception and mail transmission / reception in accordance with facsimile standards such as G3 and G4 using a public telephone line.

  Further, the information processing devices 206, 208, and 210 are so-called personal computers, which function as clients for the server 204 and also function as final storage units for jobs transferred from the image processing devices 212 and 214. The image processing devices 212 and 214 and the information processing devices 206 to 210 are all suitable browser software such as Internet Explorer (registered trademark), Mozilla (registered trademark), Opera (registered trademark), and FireFox (registered trademark). ), Chrome (registered trademark) can be implemented, and a structured document such as HTML can be parsed to display a graphical user interface on the display screen of each client.

  Client devices such as the information processing devices 206 to 210 and the image processing devices 212 and 214 parse structured documents such as XML, identify them as HTML, and display information described in XML on browser software as a UI. It is possible. In addition, the information processing devices 206 to 210 and the image processing devices 212 and 214 implement DOM (Document Object Model) means for using a structured document such as XML as a data object, for example, an appropriate format description format, for example, Document conversion means that integrates multiple structured documents using DTD (Document Type Definition), CSS (Cascading Style Sheet), XSLT (XML Style Sheet), XLS schema, and namespace, and generates UI It has. In this regard, the UI information of the present embodiment can provide a smooth UI display even by adding it as a patch with a so-called plug-in configuration.

  Each device shown in FIG. 2 receives a workflow definition created by the server 204 as XML, for example, and receives a job to function as a unit node of the workflow via the network 202. providing.

  FIG. 3 shows a detailed functional block 300 of the server 204 of the present embodiment. The function block 300 of the server 204 is realized on the server 204 by causing the server 204 to execute hardware server resources by causing the server 204 to execute various server programs and causing the server 204 to function as each functional unit. ing.

  The server 204 includes a flow control unit 310, a job control unit 312, and a UI distribution unit 314. The flow control unit 310 executes processing for defining a workflow specified by a specific name or identification value executed by the workflow system. Note that the workflow definition is generated by the flow control unit 310, for example, an XML editor while the server 204 receives a workflow creation request from the information processing apparatus 206 and the server 204 refers to the user's purpose, the user's workflow use authority, etc. Create as a structured document using or.

  The job control unit 312 refers to status information sent from a node in the workflow via the network 202 for the execution state of the workflow set by the flow control unit 310, and controls the change of the node so that the workflow is not interrupted. . In addition, the input unit 316 and the output unit 318 allow the server 204 to accept input from the outside, display the result, and output the result. The UI distribution unit 314 has a function of distributing UI information and UI control information generated by a document bibliographic information generation unit 322, which will be described later, to corresponding nodes.

  Further, the server 204 includes a process setting unit 320 and a document bibliographic information generation unit 322. The process setting unit 320 extracts an element describing a process to be executed by a workflow node defined by the flow control unit 310 from the database 204 a and passes the extracted element to the flow control unit 310. The document bibliographic information generation unit 322 includes a document name, destination information, document number, and the like that must be set on a node for processing that may be handled by the node constituting the workflow. In addition, it has a function of creating a structured document for displaying on the node a UI that enables setting of machine-dependent information such as date information and authority setting.

  FIG. 3 also shows a specific configuration of the document bibliographic information generation unit 322. The document bibliographic information generation unit 322 includes a bibliographic item acquisition unit 322a and a display information creation unit 322b. The bibliographic item acquisition unit 322a acquires, from the database 204a, bibliographic items to be set on the nodes constituting the workflow. Extract using node information. The node information is information including function usage authority, model information, sorter, stapler, facsimile capability, scanner capability, mail capability, file transfer capability, etc. of the node, and is collected by the server 204 from the node at an appropriate timing. Can be stored in the database 204a.

  The display information creation unit 322b uses, as an XML schema, UI information for displaying the UI on the node using an XML editor or the like while referring to the function use authority information assigned to the node for the acquired bibliographic item. create. Information for setting a value for controlling the attribute according to the function use authority of the node is added to the structured document at this time. Also, the UI information creation unit 322b refers to the database 204a and creates UI control information such as XSLT for controlling UI display on a specific node from the function use authority of the node. For example, the UI control information can have a structure in which a group having the authority to use a specific function is set as a set variable, and nodes that are elements of the group are described in an enumerated manner. UI control information can be created as a structured document such as XML, for example, and by defining an appropriate name space, it is possible to use uniform variables in the system.

  When the server 204 receives the UI information request from the node, if the node newly participates in the workflow, the server 204 distributes the UI information to the requesting node, and responds to the function use authority of the node at the new entry node. Enables UI display formation. If the node has already participated in the workflow and the function usage authority has not been updated, a notification to that effect is returned to the node, and if the function usage authority has been updated, the updated function usage authority is supported. In this way, UI control information for performing UI information display control is created and distributed to the transmission source to start using the transmission source node.

  In this embodiment, UI information is preferably configured as an XML schema by defining an appropriate name space from the viewpoint of enabling timely addition and integration.

  By executing the above processing, the server 204 can dynamically display and use a UI for setting the settings necessary for completing the workflow on the node. Note that the UI control information of the server 204 can be sent when there is an explicit request from the node, or when the server 204 changes the usage authority of a specific node, the UI control information is transmitted. By modifying, it is possible to cause the corresponding node to display a new UI. Further, UI control information can be created by including UI model information, optional function information, function use authority information, and the like in the UI control information, and can be distributed periodically or in response to a request from a specific node.

  FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the function use authority information stored in the database 204 a of the server 204. The function use authority information shown in FIG. 4 uniquely identifies a column 410 for registering a user identification value (hereinafter referred to as a user ID) that uniquely identifies a user, and a user group (WFG) that shares a workflow. It includes a column 420 for registering a group identification value to be identified, a column 430 for registering a list of devices included in the group, and a column 440 for registering an allowable process for registering a process permitted for a user or a user ID. . In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the device usage restriction is described as being performed in units of groups. Users A and B belonging to WFG = GA use # 1 to # 10 among various functions. Is allowed. For users C to E included in WFG = GB, among the various functions, the functions # 1 to # 10, # 11 to # 14, and # 17 are set to be usable. When the allowable processing shown in the column 440 is set, the allowable processing can be determined including the function use authority of the user group and the processing capability of the device.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the user of WFG = GA performs UI control to be displayed on the node side using the UI control information on the server 204 side so that only the processes # 1 to # 10 can be used. Therefore, a node can efficiently display a UI necessary for processing without displaying a UI that cannot be used within the range of the user group to which the node belongs. In another embodiment, the user can change the function of the device, change the function usage authority, change the processing item, etc. flexibly, and modify the structured document to generate the UI on the node. Without extending the function of the information processing apparatus with, for example, a plug-in or add-on program, the entire group can be efficiently adapted to the workflow environment.

  FIG. 5 shows an exemplary flowchart of processing for creating UI information executed by the server 204 of the present embodiment. The processing in FIG. 5 starts from step S500, and in step S501, an XML parser is called to start processing for creating UI information as XML. In step S502, the database 204a is referred to, a group identification value constituting the work group is acquired, and a function permitted to the group is extracted in step S503.

  In step S504, a segment of a structured document in which bibliographic items used for each function are defined as sentences or paragraphs is extracted, and a segment identification value for identifying the segment is registered in a queue. In step S505, the node information is referred to, and the bibliographic information for the specific node of the specific group is entered as the node information and the attribute value for the group information at the head of the segment defining the bibliographic item. For node information and group information, it is preferable to define an appropriate name space so that common use of data and flexible addition of segments can be unified among different UI information.

  In step S506, it is determined whether or not the bibliographic item in the queue is finished. If there is no unprocessed bibliographic item in the queue (yes), the process is branched to step S508 to assign an appropriate name to the UI information. For example, it is stored in the database 204a. If there is an unprocessed bibliographic item in the queue in step S506 (no), the segment being processed is added to the end of the UI information already created in step S507, the process returns to step S505, and the process is returned to the queue. The process is repeated until there are no unprocessed bibliographic items.

  With the above processing, it is possible to provide a data structure that enables the nodes constituting the workflow to display UIs corresponding to specific nodes and specific groups (users) using, for example, an XML schema. When new processing is added, the UI can be flexibly modified and changed by inserting segments at the end of the already created UI information, or at the appropriate position between the beginning and the end. .

  Note that the XML schema functioning as UI information is determined by the XML parser such as the image processing devices 212 and 214 and the information processing device 206 with reference to the UI control information to determine the attribute value written in the UI information, and the UI control information Use to control display.

  FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of UI information created in this embodiment. The UI information shown in FIG. 6 is UI information for displaying the same UI as shown in FIG. 10 on the nodes belonging to WFG = groupA. As shown in FIG. 6, the UI information is described in XML, and the authority attribute (= acl) is set as value = “groupA” in the <ComboBox> tag. Note that the value = “groupA” can be set by an administrator or the like on an administrator screen with access restrictions and stored in the nonvolatile memory of the node.

  In the UI information shown in FIG. 6, a tag <ExternalSystem> is described, and it is described that UI control information for performing UI display should refer to the server 204 specified by IP address = abc.153.2.154. Yes. In addition, the setting of the user ID and password of the login user is described, and each tag item is configured. The content described by the tag <ExternalSystem> is sent to the server 204, the WFG is specified by using the user ID or the like as a search key, UI control information that can be used, and in the embodiment to be described, the XML schema is specified, and the XML schema The UI display at the node can be controlled based on the above. In this case, UI control and workflow management between WFGs are facilitated by using different name spaces in units of WFGs.

  FIG. 7 shows a flowchart of processing executed when a node constituting the workflow in this embodiment displays a UI. 7 is a process executed by the XML parser and browser software implemented by the node. The process in FIG. 7 starts from step S700, and login user information is acquired in step S701. In step S702, the UI information is obtained by accessing the server 204. In another embodiment, the UI information can be replaced with a process of caching the UI information accessed immediately before and reading and acquiring the cache when the cache is valid.

  In step S703, the tag in the acquired UI information is inspected to determine whether to perform UI control in cooperation with an external system. If there is no information describing the linkage with the external system in the UI information (no), the UI within the range allowed by the UI information acquired in step S708 is displayed. On the other hand, if cooperation with an external system is defined (yes), the UI control information is acquired from the external system in step S704, and in the embodiment to be described, the server 204, set in the XML parser, and the UI part is acquired in step S705. If the UI part includes the authority attribute (yes), the group information described by the attribute is acquired in step S706. On the other hand, if the authority designation attribute is not included in the UI part in step S705 (no), it is a UI part that can be displayed without restriction, so the process branches to step S708 to display the corresponding UI part.

  Thereafter, in step S707, the authority of the group is determined. If the group has authority (yes), the UI part specified by the determination target tag is displayed in step S708, and the UI information is determined in step S709. It is determined whether or not it has been completed. If the group is not authorized in step S707 (no), the UI part is not displayed and the process branches to step S709. If there is unprocessed UI information in step S709, (no) the process returns to step S707, and the UI part display process is repeated. On the other hand, if an unprocessed tag is not found in the UI information in step S709 (yes), the process proceeds to step S710 assuming that the display of the UI parts is completed, and the process is passed to another control.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the UI display screen of this embodiment in association with UI information. The UI 840 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 8 displays an input field 850 for inputting a user name (user ID) and an input field 860 for inputting a user affiliation. On the other hand, the UI information 810 of FIG. 8 defines an attribute value for displaying each input field. For example, the input field “Input your name” is permitted to the group A and the group B. . In addition, the input field 860 referred to by “Input your department” can only display the attribute value = group A.

  Therefore, when the user of group B accesses on the UI display screen 840 of FIG. 8, the input field 850 is not displayed. As a result, the user of group B does not show the input field 860 and the user / group Efficient UI customization in units is possible. In the present embodiment, UI parts that can be shared, such as login user information and user group input fields, are created as separate files that can be displayed without using the server 204. Can be used uniformly on the node.

  As described above, according to the present invention, in the technology for distributing an electronic document using the functions of a plurality of devices via a network, it is flexible with respect to a distribution method, a workflow change, and a business content change. An information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, a flow control system, a method, and a program that can provide a corresponding UI display can be provided.

100 workflow 110 origin node 112 job 120 next node 122, 124, 126, 128, 137, 139 job 130, 132, 134, 136, 138 downstream node 140 final stage 142, 144 output node 200 system 202 network 204 server 204a database 206, 208, 210 Information processing device 212, 214 Image processing device

JP 2009-044723 A

Claims (9)

An information processing system comprising: an image processing device that reads a document and acquires image data; and an information processing device that executes a workflow on the image data transmitted from the image processing device via a network,
The information processing apparatus includes:
First screen information for displaying the input screen including one or more bibliographic items for inputting the bibliographic information is input screen for inputting bibliographic information to be applied to execution of the workflow in the image processing apparatus. Generating means for generating;
Transmitting means for transmitting the first screen information generated by the generating means to the image processing apparatus at a predetermined timing;
Applying the bibliographic information input for each of the one or more bibliographic items via the input screen, and executing the workflow, and
The image processing apparatus includes:
Among the one or more bibliographic items more specified in by said first screen information transmitted from the information processing apparatus, obtains the destination second screen information for displaying the input screen through the network A specifying means for specifying a bibliographic item instructed to be acquired from the first screen information ;
With respect to the bibliographic item specified by the specifying means, acquisition means for acquiring the second screen information from the acquisition destination via the network;
Information processing comprising: display control means for displaying the input screen generated based on the first screen information transmitted from the information processing apparatus and the second screen information acquired by the acquisition means system. The display control means includes
Of the one or more bibliographic items specified by the first screen information transmitted from the information processing apparatus, the bibliographic item instructed to acquire the second screen information from the acquisition source. For the bibliographic item for which the input screen is generated based on the second screen information acquired by the acquisition unit and the second screen information is not instructed to be acquired from the acquisition destination The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the input screen is generated based on the second screen information included in the screen information. The bibliographic definition information, which is part of the first screen information, defines each of the one or more bibliographic items specified by the first screen information transmitted from the information processing apparatus. A determination means for determining whether or not instruction information for instructing acquisition of the second screen information for displaying an item on the input screen from the acquisition source via the network is included;
The specifying means is:
Among the one or more bibliographic items specified by the first screen information transmitted from the information processing apparatus, the instruction information specifying the bibliographic items that are determined to contain by the determining means according to claim 1 or 2. The information processing system according to 2.   The determination means includes
  Determining whether or not a specific keyword is included in the bibliographic definition information;
  The specifying means is:
  The information processing system according to claim 3, wherein the bibliographic item that is determined by the determination unit to include the specific keyword is specified. The determination means includes
Determining whether the bibliographic item includes acquisition source information that can specify the acquisition source of the second screen information;
The specifying means is:
Among the one or more bibliographic items specified by the first screen information transmitted from the information processing device, identify the bibliographic item that is determined to include the acquisition source information by the determination unit,
The acquisition means includes
The information processing system according to claim 4 , wherein the second screen information is acquired from the acquisition destination specified by the acquisition destination information included in the bibliographic item specified by the specifying means. The second screen information includes usage authority information indicating a group having usage authority for a specific function of the image processing apparatus,
The transmission means includes
In response to the request for the first screen information from the image processing apparatus or the update of the usage authority for the function of the image processing apparatus, the first screen information is transmitted.
The display control means includes
Based on the usage authority information included in the second screen information, the bibliographic item for which a user who has logged in to the image processing apparatus has usage authority is displayed on the input screen.
The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5. An image processing apparatus that transmits image data acquired by reading a document to an information processing apparatus, and causes the information processing apparatus to execute a workflow for the image data,
An input screen for inputting bibliographic information to be applied to the execution of the workflow, wherein first screen information for displaying the input screen including one or more bibliographic items for inputting the bibliographic information is displayed at a predetermined timing. Receiving means for receiving from the information processing apparatus;
Among the one or more bibliographic items more specified in the received first screen information by the receiving means, the second screen information for displaying the input screen, the acquisition source over the network A specifying means for specifying a bibliographic item instructed to be acquired based on the first screen information ;
With respect to the bibliographic item specified by the specifying means, acquisition means for acquiring the second screen information from the acquisition destination via the network;
Image processing comprising: display control means for displaying the input screen generated based on the first screen information transmitted from the information processing apparatus and the second screen information acquired by the acquisition means apparatus. A method executed by an information processing system that includes an image processing apparatus that reads a document and acquires image data, and an information processing apparatus that executes a workflow on the image data transmitted from the image processing apparatus via a network. And
First screen information for displaying the input screen including one or more bibliographic items for inputting the bibliographic information is input screen for inputting bibliographic information to be applied to execution of the workflow in the image processing apparatus. A generation step to generate;
A transmission step of transmitting the first screen information generated in the generation step to the image processing apparatus at a predetermined timing;
Obtaining the one of the one or more bibliographic items more specified in by said first screen information transmitted from the information processing apparatus, the second screen information for displaying the input screen, via the network A specific step of identifying a bibliographic item instructed to be acquired from the first based on the first screen information ;
With respect to the bibliographic item specified in the specifying step, an acquisition step of acquiring the second screen information from the acquisition source via the network;
A display control step of displaying the input screen generated based on the first screen information transmitted from the information processing device and the second screen information acquired in the acquisition step;
And executing the workflow by applying the bibliographic information input for each of the one or more bibliographic items via the input screen. A program executed by an image processing apparatus that transmits image data acquired by reading a document to an information processing apparatus and causes the information processing apparatus to execute a workflow on the image data.
An input screen for inputting bibliographic information to be applied to the execution of the workflow, wherein first screen information for displaying the input screen including one or more bibliographic items for inputting the bibliographic information is displayed at a predetermined timing. Receiving means for receiving from the information processing apparatus;
Among the one or more bibliographic items more specified in the received first screen information by the receiving means, the second screen information for displaying the input screen, the acquisition source over the network A bibliographic item instructed to acquire, a specifying means for specifying based on the first screen information ,
Acquiring means for acquiring the second screen information from the acquisition source via the network with respect to the bibliographic item specified by the specifying means;
A program that functions as a display control unit that displays the input screen generated based on the first screen information transmitted from the information processing apparatus and the second screen information acquired by the acquisition unit.