JP6337532B2 - Information processing system and information processing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present application relates to an information processing system and an information processing method.

  A technique is known in which an HTTP request from a client terminal is executed by a Web application server, and the result is notified to the client terminal. Also, in the above-described processing in the Web application server, a method is known in which a request received from a client terminal is stored in a message queue, asynchronously retrieved from the queue and executed, and the result is returned to the queue (for example, a patent) Reference 1).

  In the method of Patent Document 1 described above, a predetermined program (engine) operates within an application having a predetermined function, the engine accesses the message queue, acquires one request, returns a response, and then returns to the message. Access the queue. Since this engine does not access the message queue during execution of a request, for example, when a request having a long processing time is being executed, a state in which the message queue is not accessed becomes long. For this reason, the request stays in the message queue, and the time from the start to the end of the request becomes long.

  In one aspect, the present invention aims to improve processing efficiency.

In one aspect, an information processing system having one or more information processing devices, a plurality of processing units that respectively execute different processes, and a plurality of processing units that generate one or more processes that execute the respective processes; When a request for one or more processes is received from an application installed in the external device, a process flow control means for allocating a process corresponding to the one or more process requests to one or more of the plurality of processing means When one or more processes generated in the one or more processing means to which processing corresponding to the one or more processing requests is assigned are in process, a new process is designated as the one or more processing means. If the generated one or more processes are not in process, the process corresponding to the one or more process requests is executed. Possess a process monitoring unit for executing a process corresponding the one or more requests for processing without the process, the process monitoring means, the number of licenses in use the one or more processing means is, the one or more If the processing means does not reach the number of available licenses, the new process is generated .

  Processing efficiency can be improved.

It is a lineblock diagram of an example of an information processing system concerning this embodiment. It is a hardware block diagram of a computer system. It is a processing block diagram which shows an example of a service provision system. It is a processing block diagram which shows an example of a workflow control part. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of various data. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a process production | generation process. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a process end process.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.

<System configuration>
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an example of an information processing system according to the present embodiment. An information processing system 1 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes, for example, a network N1 in an office 10, a network N2 of a service providing system 20 represented by a cloud service, and a network N3 such as the Internet.

  The network N1 is a private network inside the firewall FW. The firewall FW is installed at the contact point between the network N1 and the network N3, and detects and blocks unauthorized access. A client terminal 11, a portable terminal 12, and an image forming apparatus 13 such as a multifunction peripheral are connected to the network N1.

  The client terminal 11 is an example of a terminal device. The client terminal 11 is realized by an information processing apparatus equipped with a general OS (Operating System) or the like. The client terminal 11 has a wireless or wired communication means. The client terminal 11 is a terminal that can be operated by a user, such as a tablet PC (Personal Computer) or a notebook PC.

  The mobile terminal 12 is an example of a terminal device. The portable terminal 12 has a wireless or wired communication means. The mobile terminal 12 is a terminal that can be carried by the user, such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet PC, or a notebook PC.

  The image forming apparatus 13 is an apparatus having an image forming function such as a multifunction peripheral. The image forming apparatus 13 includes a wireless or wired communication unit. The image forming apparatus 13 is an apparatus that performs processing related to image formation, such as a multifunction peripheral, a copier, a scanner, a printer, a laser printer, a projector, and an electronic blackboard. In the example of FIG. 1, an example in which each of the client terminal 11, the mobile terminal 12, and the image forming apparatus 13 is one is shown, but a plurality may be used.

  The network N2 is connected to the network N3 by the access control device 21. The network N2 is protected by the access control device 21. A print service providing device 22, a scan service providing device 23, and another service providing device 24 are connected to the network N2.

  In the information processing system 1 of FIG. 1, the access control device 21, the print service providing device 22, the scan service providing device 23, and the other service providing device 24 realize the service providing system 20.

  The access control device 21 controls login to the print service providing device 22, the scan service providing device 23, the other service providing device 24, and the like. The print service providing device 22 provides a print service. The scan service providing device 23 provides a scan service. The other service providing device 24 provides other services.

  The access control device 21, the print service providing device 22, the scan service providing device 23, and the other service providing device 24 are realized by one or more information processing devices. The access control device 21, the print service providing device 22, the scan service providing device 23, and the other service providing device 24 may be realized by being integrated into one information processing device, or may be realized by being distributed to a plurality of information processing devices. You may do it.

  Some of the services on the network N2 side may be outside the network N2. In the information processing system 1 in FIG. 1, an example in which the mobile terminal 12 is in the network N1 and the network N3 is shown. A device that provides an external service such as online storage may be connected to the network N3.

<Hardware configuration>
The client terminal 11 and the mobile terminal 12 shown in FIG. 1 are realized by a computer having a hardware configuration as shown in FIG. Further, the access control device 21, the print service providing device 22, the scan service providing device 23, and the other service providing device 24 are realized by a computer having a hardware configuration as shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of the computer system.

  The computer system 2 shown in FIG. 2 includes an input device 31, a display device 32, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 33, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 34, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 35, and a CPU (Central Processing). Unit) 36, a communication I / F 37, and an external I / F 38, which are connected to each other via a bus B.

  The input device 31 includes a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, and the like, and is used by a user to input each operation signal. The display device 32 includes a display and the like, and displays a processing result by the computer system 2.

  The RAM 33 is a volatile semiconductor memory (storage device) that temporarily stores programs and data. The ROM 34 is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory (storage device) that can retain programs and data even when the power is turned off. The ROM 34 stores programs and data such as BIOS (Basic Input / Output System), OS settings, and network settings that are executed when the computer system 2 is started.

  The HDD 35 is a nonvolatile storage device that stores programs and data. The stored programs and data include, for example, an OS that is basic software for controlling the entire computer system 2 and application software that provides various functions on the OS. The HDD 35 manages stored programs and data using a predetermined file system and / or DB (database).

  The CPU 36 is an arithmetic unit that realizes control and functions of the entire computer system 2 by reading a program and data from a storage device such as the ROM 34 and the HDD 35 onto the RAM 33 and executing processing.

  The communication I / F 37 is an interface that connects the computer system 2 to the networks N1 to N3. Thereby, the computer system 2 performs data communication via the communication I / F 37.

  The external I / F 38 is an interface with an external device. The external device includes a recording medium 38A. Thereby, the computer system 2 can read and / or write the recording medium 38A via the external I / F 38.

  The recording medium 38A includes a flexible disk, a CD (Compact Disk), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), an SD memory card (SD Memory card), a USB memory (Universal Serial Bus memory), and the like.

  The client terminal 11 and the mobile terminal 12 can implement various processes as will be described later depending on the hardware configuration of the computer system 2. Further, the access control device 21, the print service providing device 22, the scan service providing device 23, and the other service providing device 24 can realize various processes as described later depending on the hardware configuration of the computer system 2.

<Software configuration>
《Service provision system》
The service providing system 20 according to the present embodiment is realized by, for example, processing blocks illustrated in FIG. FIG. 3 is a processing block diagram of an example of the service providing system.

  The service providing system 20 implements a service application 41, a platform 42, a data storage unit 43, and a platform API (Application Programming Interface) 44 by executing a program.

  The service application 41 includes a print service application 51, a scan service application 52, and other service applications 53 as an example. The print service application 51 is an application that provides a service for outputting, for example, data transmitted from the client terminal 11 or the like from the image forming apparatus 13. The scan service application 52 is an application that provides a service for delivering a scanned image scanned by the image forming apparatus 13 or the like, for example. The other service application 53 is an application that provides other services such as a service for storing data in an external online storage, for example.

  The platform 42 includes an authentication processing unit 61, an organization management unit 62, a user management unit 63, a device management unit 64, and a workflow control unit 65. The workflow control unit 65 includes a message queue 71 and a worker 72. The worker 72 implements functions such as image conversion and image transmission, for example.

  The authentication processing unit 61 performs authentication processing based on a login request from an office device such as the client terminal 11 or the image forming apparatus 13. Office equipment is a generic term for the client terminal 11, the portable terminal 12, the image forming apparatus 13, and the like.

  For example, the authentication processing unit 61 accesses the user information storage unit 82 and the like to authenticate the user. Further, the authentication processing unit 61 accesses the organization information storage unit 81, the device information storage unit 83, and the like to authenticate the image forming apparatus 13 and the like.

  The organization management unit 62 manages organization information stored in the organization information storage unit 81, for example. The user management unit 63 manages user information stored in the user information storage unit 82, for example. The device management unit 64 manages device information stored in the device information storage unit 83, for example.

  The workflow control unit 65 controls, for example, a workflow related to image processing based on a request from the service application 41. For example, the workflow control unit 65 puts (queues) a message of a request relating to a process (job) as a process request into a queue of the message queue 71 corresponding to the type of the job. The message queue 71 has a queue corresponding to the type of processing.

  Worker 72 is monitoring the corresponding queue. When a message is input to the queue, the worker 72 performs processing such as image conversion and image transmission according to the type of the corresponding job. The message put in the queue may be read by the worker 72 (Pull) or may be provided to the worker 72 from the queue (Push).

  The data storage unit 43 includes an organization information storage unit 81, a user information storage unit 82, a device information storage unit 83, a job information storage unit 84, and a data storage 85.

  The organization information storage unit 81 includes, for example, an organization ID, an organization name, a display language, a time zone, a state, a country, and the like as data items. The user information storage unit 82 includes, for example, an organization ID, a user ID, a password, a user name, a display language, a time zone, and the like as data items.

  The device information storage unit 83 has, for example, an organization ID, device authentication information, business office information, capabilities, and the like as data items. The job information storage unit 84 stores request information (job information) related to processing (job) as a processing request, for example. The data storage 85 stores, for example, files to be converted (scanned images and the like) processed by the worker 72 and data.

  The platform API 44 is an interface for the service application 41 such as the print service application 51 and the scan service application 52 to use the platform 42. The platform API 44 is a predefined interface provided for the platform 42 to receive a request from the service application 41, and includes, for example, a function or a class.

  The platform API 44 can be realized by, for example, a Web API that can be used via a network when the service providing system 20 is configured by a plurality of information processing apparatuses.

<Workflow control unit>
FIG. 4 is a processing block diagram illustrating an example of the workflow control unit. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the workflow control unit 65 includes a message queue 71, a worker 72, a process monitoring unit 91, an application management DB 92, a process management DB 93, and a license management DB 94.

  In the example of FIG. 4, the workflow control unit 65 is configured by a web application server, for example. Moreover, the worker 72 has shown the example comprised by the web application, for example. In addition, the message queue 71 includes queues 71-1 to 71-3 (referred to as “message queue 71” as appropriate), and shows an example configured for each application operating on a Web application server, for example. The message queue 71 holds, for example, an HTTP request (job information) related to a process (job) as a process request.

  In the example of FIG. 4, the worker 72 includes, for example, engines 95-1 to 95-3 (appropriately referred to as “engine 95”) as programs for each application operating on the Web application server, for example.

The engine 95 generates one or more processes 100 that execute different processes. That is, one engine 95 operates a single or a plurality of processes 100. When the workflow control unit 65 receives a request for one or more processes from the service application illustrated in FIG. 3 as an example of an application installed in the external device, the engine 95 performs a process (job) corresponding to the request for the one or more processes. ) Is assigned to the queue of the message queue 71. The engine 95 monitors the queue of the corresponding message queue 71, thereby assigning processes such as file conversion such as HTML → PDF and PDF → RPCS according to the type of job, image transmission, character authentication (OCR), and the like. I do.

  When the engine 95 is initially started, for example, one process 100 operates. In the example of FIG. 4, the engine 95-1 includes, for example, processes 100-1 to 100-2 (referred to as “process 100” as appropriate).

The process 100 performs job registration processing and job execution processing. In the job registration process, the process 100 can register a request (job information) related to the process (job) received by the workflow control unit 65 from the service application 41 illustrated in FIG. 3 in the queue of the corresponding message queue 71. .

  In the job execution process, when the job information is acquired from the corresponding message queue 71, the process 100 acquires a target file (for example, a conversion target file) from the data storage 85, and executes a process corresponding to the job information. The request (job information) related to the process (job) is information related to file conversion, image transmission, and the like requested from the client terminal 11, for example.

  When the engine 95 has a plurality of processes 100, each process 100 executes the same process. That is, the same process is executed by the same engine 95. Therefore, each process 100 in the same engine 95 executes processing using the same engine 95 for different input data, for example, and outputs different output data.

  For example, when the engine 95-1 is an image conversion engine, the processes 100-1 to 100-2 execute the same processing relating to image conversion. Therefore, by increasing the number of processes 100 included in the engine 95, it is possible to process the request of the message queue 71 assigned from the workflow control unit 65 more quickly.

  In the example of FIG. 4, the engine 95-1 is assigned the queue 71-1 as the corresponding message queue 71, the engine 95-2 is assigned the queue 71-2, and the engine 95-3 is assigned. Assume that the queue 71-3 is allocated.

  In the engine 95 to which the process is assigned by the workflow control unit 65, the process monitoring unit 91 starts a new process 100 in the engine 95 when all the activated (generated) processes 100 are being processed ( Generated) to execute the corresponding process.

  In addition, in the engine 95 to which the process is assigned, the process monitoring unit 91 causes a process corresponding to the process 100 not being processed to be executed when there is a process that is not being processed among the active processes 100.

  The process monitoring unit 91 causes the engine 95 to which the process is assigned to execute the corresponding process, and if there is a process that is not being processed among the active processes 100, terminates the process that is not being processed. .

  In the process monitoring unit 91, for example, the number of active processes 100 in one engine 95 (each of the engines 95-1 to 95-3 in the example of FIG. 4) matches the number of processes 100 being processed. In that case, a new process 100 for operating the engine 95 is generated. As a result, it is possible to execute a job waiting to be processed, and it is possible to eliminate the retention of the job in the message queue 71.

  For example, if the number of active processes 100 in one engine 95 does not match the number of processes 100 being processed, the process monitoring unit 91 selects a process 100 that is not being processed by that engine 95. finish. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the consumption of the CPU and the memory by the operation of the unnecessary process 100.

  Note that the process monitoring unit 91 determines the generation and termination of the process 100, for example, acquires the number of active processes from the application management DB 92, acquires the processing state of the process 100 from the process management DB 93, and updates the process 100. Or Further, the process monitoring unit 91 acquires or updates the processing state of the license used by the process 100 from the license management DB 94.

  The application management DB 92 is a database for holding and managing application information. Application information managed by the application management DB 92 is registered and updated by the process monitoring unit 91. A specific example of the application management DB 92 will be described later.

  The process management DB 93 is a database for holding and managing process information. Process information (job processing status, etc.) related to the process 100 managed by the process management DB 93 is registered and updated by the engine 95. A specific example of the process management DB 93 will be described later.

  The license management DB 94 is a database for holding and managing license information. License information managed by the license management DB 94 is registered and updated by the process 100. A specific example of the license management DB 94 will be described later.

  4 shows an example in which the message queue 71, the application management DB 92, the process management DB 93, and the license management DB 94 are included in the workflow control unit 65, but the present invention is not limited to this. The message queue 71 may be configured as a message queue server, and the application management DB 92, the process management DB 93, and the license management DB 94 may be configured as a database server. Further, the data storage 85 shown in FIG. 4 may be configured to hold an application management DB 92, a process management DB 93, and a license management DB 94.

<Examples of various data>
Next, various data examples in the above-described embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining various data examples. 5A shows an example of job information, FIG. 5B shows an example of the application management DB 92, FIG. 5C shows an example of the process management DB 93, and FIG. An example of the license management DB 94 is shown.

  The job information illustrated in FIG. 5A includes items such as “ID”, “application ID”, “user ID”, “organization ID”, and “job execution type”, for example. “ID” is information for uniquely identifying a job, for example. “Application ID” is information for uniquely identifying an application.

  “User ID” is information for identifying a user who has requested processing such as file conversion. “Organization ID” is information for identifying a company or the like to which the user belongs. The “job execution type” is information for identifying the engine, for example, and is, for example, a character string corresponding to the processing content such as file conversion (“pdf2rpcs”: data conversion from the PDF file data format to the RPCS data format). Etc. are specified.

  The application management DB 92 shown in FIG. 5B has items such as “application ID” and “active process”, for example. “Application ID” corresponds to, for example, “Application ID” in FIG. 5A and is information for uniquely identifying an application. “Number of running processes” is information indicating the number of processes 100 running in the application.

  The process management DB 93 illustrated in FIG. 5C includes items such as “process ID”, “application ID”, “license ID”, and “job processing state”, for example. “Process ID” is information for uniquely identifying the process 100. “Application ID” is information for uniquely identifying an application in which the process 100 is activated.

  “License ID” is information for identifying a license of software or a service used by the process 100. For example, when the process 100 is not using software or service, “NULL” is set.

  “Job processing status” is information indicating the job processing status of the process 100, for example. For example, when the job processing state is “unprocessed”, the job 100 is not yet processed in the process 100. In the case of “processing”, the job is not completed in the process 100. “Processing completed” indicates a state in which the job has been processed in the process 100. Note that the job processing state is not limited to this.

  The license management DB 94 shown in FIG. 5D has items such as “license ID”, “number of available licenses”, and “number of used licenses”, for example. “License ID” corresponds to, for example, “License ID” in FIG. 5C and is information for uniquely identifying a license. “Number of available licenses” is information indicating the number of available licenses. “Number of used licenses” is information indicating the number of used licenses.

  By using the various types of data described above, the process monitoring unit 91 executes generation processing and termination processing of the process 100. Hereinafter, an example will be described with reference to a flowchart.

<Process generation processing>
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the process generation process. In the example of FIG. 6, the process monitoring unit 91 monitors the processing state (execution state) of the process 100 for each engine 95, and executes the generation of the process 100 when it is determined that the generation of the process 100 is necessary. In the flowchart shown in FIG. 6, the processing state of the process 100 is monitored for each activated engine 95 and the process 100 is generated.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, when the worker 72 is activated by a web application, for example, the process monitoring unit 91 calculates the number of processes activated from the application management DB 92 for each engine 95 (for example, the engine 95-1). Obtain (S10).

  Next, the process monitoring unit 91 acquires the number of records whose “job processing state” is “processing” (the number of processes being processed) from the process management DB 93 based on the application ID, for example (S11).

  Next, the process monitoring unit 91 compares the number of running processes with the number of processes in job processing, and determines whether the number of processes being started matches the number of processes in job processing (S12).

  If the process monitoring unit 91 determines that the number of processes being started matches the number of processes being processed (YES in S12), whether the process 100 is using software or a Web service that requires a license or the like Judgment is made (S13).

  Here, if the process monitoring unit 91 determines that software or a Web service that requires a license is being used (YES in S13), the number of licenses available from the license management DB 94 and the number of licenses in use ( The number of used licenses) is acquired (S14). In the processes of S13 to S14, since the process 100 may use license-limited software or service, confirmation is performed to prevent a license violation.

  The process monitoring unit 91 determines whether the number of licenses in use is smaller than the number of available licenses (S15). If the process monitoring unit 91 determines that the number of licenses in use is small (YES in S15), the process monitoring unit 91 generates a process 100 ( S16). If the process 100 determines that no licensed software or Web service is used (NO in S13), the process proceeds to S16.

  If the process monitoring unit 91 determines that the number of running processes does not match the number of processes in job processing (NO in S12), the process monitoring unit 91 holds the message queue 71 corresponding to the engine 95 in S12. Refer to the job information (for example, FIG. 5A).

  Here, the process monitoring unit 91 confirms the corporate contract license information of the job waiting to be processed from the job information (S17). The job waiting for processing is registered at the beginning of the message queue 71, for example.

  The process monitoring unit 91 acquires corporate contract license information set corresponding to the organization ID included in the job information, and determines whether the corporate contract license is a premier license to be preferentially processed (S18). In the present embodiment, priorities are set in advance according to the type of contract license, and the premium license indicates that the priority of the contract license is higher than other licenses.

  If process monitor 91 determines that the license is a premier license (YES in S18), the process proceeds to S13. This makes it possible to preferentially process a user's job having a premium license.

  If process monitoring unit 91 determines that the license is not a premier license (NO in S18), the process ends. When the process monitoring unit 91 determines that the number of licenses in use is not less than the number of available licenses (matches the number of available licenses) in the process of S15 (NO in S15), The process ends. The process monitoring unit 91 determines the next activated engine (for example, the engine 95-2).

  As described above, the process 100 is generated when the number of active processes and the number of processes in job processing match or when there is no license restriction.

  The process monitoring unit 91 performs control so that the process 100 is not generated when it is determined by the application management DB 92 that the “number of running processes” has reached the upper limit value of the number of activated processes specified in advance, for example. Also good. As a result, it is possible to prevent the processing time of the job being executed from becoming long due to the process 95 being activated in large quantities in the engine 95.

  Also, the job execution history such as the day of the week and the date and time when the process 100 executed the job is registered in the database, and the process monitoring unit 91 calculates the number of processes necessary for job processing in the current time zone based on the job execution history, for example. The shortage process 100 may be generated by prediction. As a result, it is possible to shorten the time until the job is executed in a time zone in which the number of job executions is large.

<Process termination processing>
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process end process. In the example of FIG. 7, the process monitoring unit 91 monitors the processing state (execution state) of the process 100 for each activated engine 95, and executes the end of the process 100 when it is determined that the end of the process 100 is necessary. To do.

  Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 7, the process monitoring unit 91 is activated from the application management DB 92 for each engine 95 (for example, the engine 95-1) when a predetermined time elapses after the worker 72 is activated, for example. The number of processes is acquired (S20).

  Next, the process monitoring unit 91 acquires the number of records whose “job processing state” is “processing” (the number of processes being processed) from the process management DB 93 based on the application ID, for example (S21).

  Next, the process monitoring unit 91 compares the number of running processes with the number of processes in job processing, and determines whether the number of processes being started matches the number of processes in job processing (S22).

  If the process monitoring unit 91 determines that the number of running processes and the number of processes in job processing do not match (NO in S22), a sufficient number of processes 100 to process a job are running. In step S23, the process 100 in which the job is not executed (the process whose “job processing state” is “unprocessed” and “processing completed”) is terminated. If the process monitoring unit 91 determines in step S22 that the number of running processes matches the number of processes in job processing (YES in step S22), the process ends. Note that the process monitoring unit 91 determines the next activated engine (for example, the engine 95-2).

  As described above, by ending the process 100 that is not executing a job, it is possible to perform control so that unnecessary processes do not operate.

  According to the above-described embodiment, it is monitored whether a process that is running is executing a request for each engine in the application, and if all the processes that are running are executing requests, a new process is generated. , Fetch the request from the queue and execute it. As a result, the processing efficiency can be improved.

  The present invention is not limited to the specifically disclosed embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the claims.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing system 10 Office 11 Client terminal 12 Portable terminal 13 Image forming apparatus 20 Service providing system 21 Access control apparatus 22 Print service providing apparatus 23 Scan service providing apparatus 24 Other service providing apparatus 31 Input apparatus 32 Display apparatus 33 RAM
34 ROM
35 HDD
36 CPU
37 Communication I / F
38 External I / F
38A Recording medium 41 Service application 42 Platform 43 Data storage unit 51 Print service application 52 Scan service application 53 Other service application 61 Authentication processing unit 62 Organization management unit 63 User management unit 64 Device management unit 65 Workflow control unit (processing flow control means Example)
71 Message queue 72 Worker 81 Organization information storage unit 82 User information storage unit 83 Device information storage unit 84 Job information storage unit 85 Data storage 91 Process monitoring unit (an example of process monitoring means)
92 Application Management DB
93 Process management DB
94 License Management DB
95 Engine (an example of processing means)
100 processes

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Claims (5)

An information processing system having one or more information processing devices,
A plurality of processing means for executing different processes, and a plurality of processing means for generating one or more processes for executing the respective processes;
A processing flow control unit that, upon receiving one or more processing requests from an application installed in an external device, allocates processing corresponding to the one or more processing requests to one or more processing units of the plurality of processing units; ,
When one or more processes generated in the one or more processing means to which processing corresponding to the one or more processing requests is assigned are being processed, a new process is generated in the one or more processing means. And processing corresponding to the one or more processing requests is executed, and if the generated one or more processes are not being processed, the non-processing is responding to the one or more processing requests. possess a process monitoring unit for executing a process,
The process monitoring means includes
The information processing system , wherein the new process is generated when the number of licenses being used by the one or more processing means is less than the number of licenses available for the one or more processing means . The process monitoring means includes
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the number of one or more process said generated when the number of the processes in the processing are the same, so as to generate the new process . The process monitoring means includes
3. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the new process is not generated when the number of the generated one or more processes reaches a predetermined number of processes. 4. The process monitoring means includes
The number of processes to be used for each day of the week or time is predicted based on history information processed by the process, and a predicted number of processes corresponding to the day of the week or time is generated. 4. The information processing system according to any one of 3 . An information processing method executed by an information processing system,
A plurality of processing means for executing different processes, and a plurality of processing procedures for generating one or more processes for executing the processes;
A process flow control procedure for assigning a process corresponding to the one or more processing requests to one or more of the plurality of processing procedures upon receiving one or more processing requests from an application installed in an external device; ,
When one or more processes generated in the one or more processing procedures to which processing corresponding to the one or more processing requests is assigned are in process, a new process is generated in the one or more processing procedures. If the process corresponding to the one or more processing requests is executed, and the generated one or more processes are not being processed, the process corresponding to the one or more processing requests is processed by the process not being processed. possess a process monitoring procedure for the execution,
The process monitoring procedure includes:
An information processing method for generating the new process when the number of licenses being used by the one or more processing procedures is less than the number of licenses available for the one or more processing procedures .

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